likes the look of the Soviet KV-1 tank, and plunges into a project to paint three of them - plus a spare KV-2 turret!
Before sending these figures off to Dave at Ever Victorious Miniatures, I did some light prep work and took a few photos.
The figures were clean of flash, so preparation took little-to-no time.
I knew that I wanted all of the infantry figures for this Project to be based similarly, so I glued all of the figures down to 1" steel disks. (These disks were formerly sold in the U.S. as anchors for construction work - unfortunately, they are no longer available. Probably because they are the same size as certain U.S. coins...Free soda, anyone?). I wanted a secure attachment, so used two-part epoxy as the adhesive.
This pack consists of leaders, standardbearers, and radiomen. The standardbearers are perhaps the most interesting, since they seem pretty archaic by later-war standards. The set includes two figures carrying poles topped with Soviet stars, posed as if rushing onwards.
The next four figures in the set are various types of leaders.
There's a wide selection of headgear - soft cap, brimmed hat, and helmet.
The leaders are in "action" poses appropriate to the battlefield.
The sculptor has made a good effort to create dynamic figures.
The final figures in the set are a pair of radiomen, lugging the heavy electronic sets which radios required at the time.
The figures were free of seam problems or other irregularities with the exception of one of the leader figures, which had a mold-mismatch on one arm. Rather than trying to solve that on my own, I've decided to pass that along for Dave to address. I'm curious to see whether he thinks it needs fixing, or if he thinks it won't be noticeable once the figure is painted.
