1/6 DID D80172 Otto Skorzeny

[Asta]

Second box figures:

A Luftwaffe Leutnant, or z.b.V. Friedenthal SS-Untersturmführer at Gran Sasso:

The button holes on this shirt were even smaller than the other box. Even after opening them to the max with tweezers I had to push them through with my fingers because they were too tight for the buttonhook.

Das Reich SS-Sturmbannführer:

As the metal skull was missing from this cap I resorted to one of the unused stickers from Ujindou's recent LSSAH Panzer set.

 

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[Uncle_Yoda]

As mentioned before, there’s quite a difference between the colour of the Did and Ujindou uniforms. I have been airbrushing the Ujindou uniforms to weather them and give the appearance of fading.

 

[Asta]

As mentioned before, there’s quite a difference between the colour of the Did and Ujindou uniforms. I have been airbrushing the Ujindou uniforms to weather them and give the appearance of fading.

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They look great, and nice scenery!


Ujindou went for a much more brown shade which used to bother me when I saw him alongside the much paler DID Marseille. But after looking into it both shades are historically correct due to nonconformity of colour, as was also the case with the myriad of variations in feldgrau.



OneSixthKit managed to get the missing cap skull, and sent it with the DID Reznov who arrived a couple of weeks ago, so both are now as they should be.

 

[Uncle_Yoda]

Good point regarding non uniformity of the uniforms. Sometimes my OCD takes over
Thanks for sharing the research on the raid itself. It makes for great reading!
The photos also highlight the assortment of ammo pouches, helmets, camo and everything else

 

[SilverPointShield]

DID shade of Luftwaffe tropical uniform is the more close to the real thing you can get, these where quite regular on cloth shade of color most of the time because it's Luftwaffe contrac manufacture where in lower numbers, the other 1/6 brand shade is to dark and sadly is incorrect, in fact looks more like a color seen in Kriegsmarine tropical clothing sometimes from French manufacturing or tailors, the Luftwaffe tropical tunic and pants where a particular design and also produced in fewer numbers than the other two main armed forces branches, also style and details quite different from the army HEER and Kriegsmarine tropical line of uniforms wich indeed had quite a bit of color shade variations depending on manufacturer and area of production.

Even the Italian "SAHARINA" tropical tunic that was issued and used mostly by the Waffen-SS, was very close in shade to the Luftwaffe issue one, never the "toasted tan" color variation.