Stalingrad have given us new images of their set of soldiers
during a frosty winter meal and the children from the village they have
conquered that maybe only one side will get anything out of. This new set from Stalingrad Miniatures shows the harsh
conditions from both sides in this new big set in our preview…
New Big Set from
Stalingrad Miniatures
“The
Dinner,
Eastern Front 1941-44”
This new “Big Set” of figures from Stalingrad Miniatures
captures the scene in the Winter war on the eastern front. There is a field kitchen
and the Germans are eating while Russian children starve and beg for food.
Available as a set or as individual figures these are in
grey resin in 35th scale and are all great pieces of work. Let’s
look at them singularly before we see how they all mesh together as a set and
let’s see the influences the sculptor had to work with to create this scene.
German Soldier, 1941-45
# S-3131
1/35th scale
This German Unteroffizier as he looks on to the
scene as the children come up to beg for some food. He surveys the scene with
his hands in his greatcoat, his field glasses on his chest and rifle slung over
his shoulder. He is very closed mouth and unemotional in his facial features
which probably describes his reaction to what he is seeing unfold before him.
The figure unpainted
A shot that might
have influenced this figure
…And painted up
German Soldier, 1941-45
# S-3132
1/35th scale
This officer is seen here pouring out the rations to his
men. He is noticeably taken the furry Russian style Ushanka and the thick fur boots used by soviet soldiers called valenki. Whether he is going to give
some food to the children is up to you I suppose.
The figure unpainted –
this soldier comes with a bench and a dinner food transport set so you do not
need to have a field kitchen if you do not have one.
A shot that might
have influenced this figure
…And painted up
German Soldier, 1941-45
# S-3133
1/35th scale
This soldier is totally oblivious as to his surroundings, he
is tucking into his plate of whatever he is calling his dinner. His greatcoat
is parted as he sits down on his bottom – he must be intent on the food as the
snow is not bothering him right now…He has a flat forage style cap and the
Valenki boots as his comrade has.
Here is the figure
unpainted
…And painted up
German Soldier, 1941-45
# S-3134
1/35th scale
Here is this figure of a thin and young looking German
soldier – he is seen looking to the side, probably at the children just before
he got to eat his own figure. He is seen here at just the perfect moment when
he is about to eat but thinking twice as he goes to. This excellent body
language is added to with a padded over coated figure that is wearing those
insulating wicker shoes to keep his feet away from the cold, cold ground he
walks on.
The figure unpainted
A shot that might
have influenced this figure
…And painted up
Russian Children, 1941-45
# S-3135
1/35th
scale
Some of the better sculpts from Alex at Stalingrad are of
the Russian people. Especially the children as we see these two emaciated and Poe-faced
children wrapped against the cold that they feel just as much as the Germans
but also the hunger which is probably worse than the Germans are suffering
right now.
The figures unpainted
shots that might
have influenced this figure 
…And painted up
The Dinner, Eastern
Front 1941-44
Big Set of six
figures in Grey Resin
# S-3130
1/35th scale
Here is the scene – somewhere on the Easter Front in the
Great Patriotic War of 1941-44. This is a very interesting scene from both
sides, and like I said it could be a good scene to show either compassion or
the ignorance of the victor’s attitude to the conquered civilians. Your choice…
The figures unpainted
shots that might
have influenced this scene
All of these figures
and the big set are now available from Stalingrad’s Distributors worldwide