but but but but but!!??
None of them are pointing!!??

but but but but but!!??
None of them are pointing!!??

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but but but but but!!??
None of them are pointing!!??

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They got tired and cold and had to stop pointing, haha.

I guess we should expect Dennis to come on and complain about how this isn't an Allied tank crew.

Nice to see more variety in winter gear in styrene Germans. Guys like this have been in resin but not in plastic.

Miniart offers similar sets for British and US tankers. But it would be nice to see more western front allied infantry bundled up-- just saying but then might as well ask for a new American Civil War set in plastic like Masterbox just produced.

But then I was actually looking for a German armor crew in winter gear in plastic that weren't the typical snow suit guys.

Bill play nice as well please.

German tank crew figures and winter figures are my two favourite combinations of late, but this figure set does not appeal other than the figure with the MP40. The annoying part is I don't know what it is that is not drawing me to them and No it is not because nobody is pointing Robin!

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German tank crew figures and winter figures are my two favourite combinations of late, but this figure set does not appeal other than the figure with the MP40. The annoying part is I don't know what it is that is not drawing me to them and No it is not because nobody is pointing Robin!

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Maybe the poses don't match with the rest?
The sitting guy, radio operator, looks like he has given up and is only waiting for the next meal.
The officer (??) with the binoculars has an odd pose, the upper body is about to use the binoculars while the lower body seems to be going somewhere else.
The MP40 guy holds the gun as if he is alert and ready for action while the rest of the body seems to be more or less in an 'at ease' position. The face seems to be staring all the way back to his "Heimat" thinking "I wanna go home".
The one with his hands in his pockets ... he just seems lost, thinking where am I and what's happening or maybe "Just look at them all, playing at being soldiers while wanting to go home to mommy". Would the word 'disdainful' fit this guy?.
Maybe the MP40 and the binocular guys could swap body parts, walking with MP40 helmet on head vs standing, looking far away, ready to use binoculars.

Hard to come up with an idea for a diorama using these figures, maybe as singles but I find it hard to imagine them as a group in one action scene.
/ Robin

Actual tank crew even in wartime spend a lot time just standing around and waiting. At least two could be posed in hatches
That's the obvious reason for the officer's pose. He's in a hatch. The radio man is standing radio watch and probably sitting in a hatch.
The leaning guy could be another tank commander or the officer's gunner and hurrying up and waiting. And the guy with the submachine gun could be coming off guard duty or a runner telling the officer that chow is on the way.

That's military life. Hurry up and wait and think about home or indeed nothing at all because there is finally a quiet moment.

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Actual tank crew even in wartime spend a lot time just standing around and waiting. At least two could be posed in hatches
That's the obvious reason for the officer's pose. He's in a hatch. The radio man is standing radio watch and probably sitting in a hatch.
The leaning guy could be another tank commander or the officer's gunner and hurrying up and waiting. And the guy with the submachine gun could be coming off guard duty or a runner telling the officer that chow is on the way.

That's military life. Hurry up and wait and think about home or indeed nothing at all because there is finally a quiet moment.

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Point taken
That makes a vignette, but not really a diorama.
It tells four different stories, but not really a single drama where the four actors are participating together.
Conveying the story tying these figures together needs some text: Tank waiting in position with driver or loader on guard carrying the MP40. The other of the loader or driver is "idling". Commander and radio operator in the tank, radio operator is "idling" (no equipment on his ears and a de-focused look).
The guard calls the commanders attention to something in the distance.

I am familiar with the notion of "hurry up and wait", if it isn't too cold there could even be time for a little nap

Oh well, I never bother with figures anyway

/ Robin

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Robin! Why not, with the figures? It could open up a whole new world for you!

I thought that I'd interrupt your collective serious rant to point out that the German crewman in the center probably should be told that he can't text worth a damn with those gloves on. (snicker).