5/26/2015

Perry's DAK in feldgrau

I needed a platoon to play Too Fat Lardies' Chain of Command ruleset at my local hobby shop, and the Perry's DAK infantry box for 20 pounds with 38 figures in it, had quality and nice price, so I went for it. Only minor problem, I did not want them for the desert but for Europe, mostly France; so I committed the heresy of painting their uniforms in German field grey colour after removing everything DAK related from them with a cutter. 
Moreover, as I wanted them ready for action, I committed the second heresy of dipping them.


The box contains enough miniatures to build a full CoC platoon plus some extras for support. I made three full sections and one FO (the radio guy), one medical orderly (his suitcase is the AT ammo box) and one panzerschreck team I made using a spare panzerschreck I had from Valiant Miniatures. I also used Valiant panzerfausts to equip the junior leaders.


I "planted" some flowers on the junior and senior leaders' bases so I could distinguish them more easily.
The plastic bases that come in the box are so tiny that they could be used as tokens and nothing else. Instead I used metal washers for my figures.


The box contains enough miniatures for six LMG teams; just the right number for a CoC panzer grenadier platoon.


I highlighted the panzerschreck soldier after the dipping.


6 comments:

  1. Nothing wrong with a bit of a dip. The figures have turned out very nice indeed.

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    1. Yes, I'm happy with the result. Dipping is not something I do with metal miniatures but with plastic yes.

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  2. They look excellent. What colours did you use for the feldgrau? The scheme doesn't look like dip was used at all!

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    1. I used 830 German Fieldgrey WWII from Vallejo Model Color and then dipped with a homemade mixture of matt varnish and betumen of judea.
      Thank you!

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  3. Those look really good in field grey. I've been using Airfix DAK for north west Europe for some time, so I have no problem with this!

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  4. Yes, once painted they look good!

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