Nazi Pigs

They use a mixture of German and traditional equipment.

German wagon.

The little green wagon was a baby crib!

I got it at a wedding store.

I added the wheels and the seats and traces.

Nazi pigs.

Cossack Conversions WWII

Cossacks wore a variety of uniforms, including German and traditional dress.

This battalion is small, but comes with infantry, anti-tank guns, command group, engineers and others.

Several clergy and you can see the dog mascot and radio operator.

There is also a small medical detachment.

Many of these troops have had their heads removed and replaced with more appropriate headgear.  There are also a couple dancers and a mandolin player to keep up morale.

Civilians

More bits and pieces of troops going back together in some way.

These guys are becoming civilians of the 19th and 20th Centuries.

WWII British pants, and upper body from a pioneer!

The upper body is a violin player, I use that guy's upper body frequently.  This lower body is one of several surplus!

New hats, new heads, new bodies!

ACW Troops

I had a few troops from the sick, lame and lazy pile that were to become ACW Union troops.

These figures are from at least five different companies.

The horse rider donated his head to a WWII American soldier.  Not unlike the guy from the Rat Patrol who wore an ACW Kepi.

He got a new head from an Alamo Defender and a horse from Eagle Games.

A few also became Confederates.

Ironically, they are photographed in blue!

GWB in Combat

A front view of the Imex Radio Operator. 1/72nd scale glue able plastic. I use regular model glue. He has a carbine, it was popular with the Germans and was a replacement for the pistol. That makes it a good weapon for the radio guy.

Another view of the Thomson gunner with US Army backpack.

A small unit of George Washington Brigade soldiers. Note the bazooka launcher team. The large bag is the ammo for the bazooka. Note also the panzerfaust man has a rifle next to him. In my rule set you only get the weapons the figures have. So to allow the panzerfaust man to shoot someone, he has to have a rifle.

More GWB

This is a pretty good rear view of the Thompson gunner. Note the combination of GI and German kit on his back. The Thompson was well respected by the Germans.

This Imex WWII German officer in 1/72nd scale plastic has been altered to be an American serving in the Waffen SS in the George Washington Brigade. I only did a small number of these guys but I figured they were intended to be more of a cadre than a typical squad and so included an officer.

The original figure is kneeling and firing a pistol. I cut off some of his German kit and replaced it with an American pack.

His firing arm was removed and I gave him a walkie talkie radio instead. This way the other radio guy has someone to talk to! I also added an American rifle to his left hand.

This one was very difficult. The standing German rifleman on the right, firing the rifle was altered to take the pistol from the American paratrooper in the center. A rather tricky conversion but it turned out well. I wanted these guys to use a good cross section of American weapons, yet retain their overall German appearance.