- Joined
- Mar 13, 2010
- Messages
- 26,695
- Reaction score
- 28,608
Well, they definitely changed fabric this guy doesn't have the felt material the older ones had on the collar, and this guy is giving me the same comic book vibes the MP figure had.
Not sure on this one yet will most likely wait for release and see.
Unlike Erwin Rommel, another field marshal who preferred to lead from the front, Walter Model was almost universally disliked by those who had to work with him. For example, when he was made commander of the XLI Panzer Corps in 1941, the entire corps staff asked to be transferred.[129][130] He made a habit of being abusive and foul-mouthed, micromanaging his subordinates, changing plans without consultation, and bypassing the chain of command when it suited him. He was oblivious to the niceties of etiquette, often reprimanding or castigating his officers in public. When he departed Army Group North in March 1944 after being sent to Ukraine, the army group's chief of staff remarked, "the 'Swine' is gone".[131] It was a reference to Model's nickname among his staffers, that he had earned during his time at XLI Panzer Corps, namely 'Frontline Pig' (Frontschwein).[132]
Great improvement I'm going to have to get him I know I'll be watching a documentary and it will mention Model and I will regret passing on him like I did von Rundstedt, $140 is also a fair price and he will fill out the general display.
I used to never collect these types of figures back in the DML days and only bought random military figures of whatever I liked but now that I'm older I have more interest in figures based on people with real military backgrounds and significance + DiD/3Rs quality and detail is much better at portraying figures based on historical people than DML could have ever done in their day.I'm torn on collecting generals.
During both bouts of my 1/6 WWII collecting I've wanted to keep to those actually engaged in the fighting. That changed with Rommel and Patton.
It's still tempting because, like most DID figures, they look good. However, since I came back into this late I've already missed so many.
The thing that drew me to Model was his monocle! The original comical sculpt kept reminding me of a Colonel Blimp type, or a drunken earl holding court at a party, glass of whiskey in hand, regaling an audience with tall tales of big game hunting in Africa.
The updated more realistic and accurate sculpt has lost most of that charm.
View attachment 650195
View attachment 650196
I used to never collect these types of figures back in the DML days and only bought random military figures of whatever I liked but now that I'm older I have more interest in figures based on people with real military backgrounds and significance + DiD/3Rs quality and detail is much better at portraying figures based on historical people than DML could have ever done in their day.
I'm missing a lot of older release 3R/DiD figures as well, mainly Heinz Guderian who I want the most but those figures are around and won't cease to exist so if I really want him in the future I don't mind putting some money aside to pay more for sold out figures, star wars sucking has helped this a lot as I'm pretty much done buying anything star wars/Hot toys related.
Looks good, box is pefect for this kind of figure small and elegant.
Enter your email address to join: