Stalingrad

Caesar Miniature Stalingrad German in greatcoat with winter camouflage cover.

Gear over the outside of all the clothing.

The rifles are bent in some cases.

Drop him in hot water and bend it back into position, then dip in hot water and it will return to straight.

Germans attacking supported by Stug III.

Stalingrad Germans

Another cold soldier from the Caesar Miniatures Stalingrad collection.

The little tab on the back of this stand is the only flash in the set.

The surrendering guy.

I use them as artillery crew, and similar purposes.

Another soldier with a PPSH.

Movies often show Germans with PPSH but we don't see as many in period photos.

Stalingrad Germans by Caesar Miniatures

An MP38 submachine gunner from Caesar Miniatures.

He is in plastic in 1/72nd scale.

The pointing man has a Soviet PPSH submachine gun.

These men are from the new Stalingrad set.

This man looks cold, but he does have a bundle of stick grenades.

This set will go will with my later war, Winter Germans.

Musings

I am taking apart my old phone system.  Electronic stuff often has neat little bits inside that can work for wargame scenery, walls, and even as old computers.

Each handset has a speaker inside.  The Germans in WWII tried to make weapons out of loudspeakers.  Might be a wargame project in there for WWWII.
 

New 1/72nd Caesar Miniatures WWII Germans.

When looking for Pulp ideas, old magazines are a great source of ideas.  The giant battleship bicycle is certainly not something that springs immediately to mind.  That would have required the entire steel and rubber production of the United States from 1916 just to build one.  Compare it to the buildings and troops in the front.  Makes the Maus look rather anemic in comparison.