The Latest Additions - SS-Helferinnenkorps

I am sure you have guessed what that means - yep - another seven of Bob Murches's rather nicely sculpted but historically inaccurate female members of the SS. Unlike the figures presented below, the real female members of the SS wore a Mausgrau (mouse grey) uniform of jacket and culottes style skirt, as well as a black, hooded cape like coat for bad weather. They had no red armbands and were mostly unarmed, even the concentration camp guards. But we want our baddies to look REALLY bad, don't we, particularly for a Pulp collection!

First up is a new figure, not painted previously, wearing a long black trench coat and sporting a monocle in the left eye, although I have under emphasised that detail - this is how SS women are supposed to look!

Now, here are a couple of images of what they actually DID look like..

Dog Handler at Ravensbruck all women's concentration camp, wearing the hooded coat.

SS Aufseherinnen (Overseers) lined up at Ravensbruck for an inspection by Himmler. The culottes skirt is quite obvious in this image.

Now, back to fantasy Nazis!

The white chevron on the right sleeve has a significance - cant remember the detail and cant be bothered checking but basically denoted you were a member of the SS before it became fashionable - so, maybe prior to 1931 or 1933 - something like that.

Most of the other figures are duplicates of previous versions wearing the sand coloured tropical uniform (which has even less basis in reality than this black European version!)

I think the next figurer is one I have not presented previously

The last figure is also a new one, not previously painted in desert attire.

She seems to be a sniper with a scope fitted to her rifle...

Next up, the first three skeletons from the recently arrived Caliver package - I think they have turned out quite well, and very easy to paint by just starting on a brown base and building up through darker yellow shades (burnt ochre type) to bone and then a light touch of pure white.

I took this rear shot (below) to give an indication of the level of detail in these figures - very impressive for this scale, in my opinion

And here is a living Japanese officer taking on two of the boney warriors!

Finally, its been a while since I posted any scenery and this trip is several weeks ago, so its time to clear it off my "to do" list!

A cool little walk - it took us AGES to get there, travelling over several kilometres of unsealed gravel roads - unfortunately, as I was doing the driving, no pics of this part of the day were taken. We have a week long trip planned in March to visit our niece and her family in Masterton, that will involve several days of bush walks en route, so assuming the weather plays ball, stand by for some more awe inspiring NZ scenic images in a few weeks!

Thank you for your attention - we have finally come to the end of this evenings presentation!