Very nice work Pedro, excellent scene. I wish I could build a dio so well.

As far as the figure in the camo, if we are going to go by Dragons box top art work as reference, than we should also notice the white interior of the hood and the fact that it has a hood period. IE: it's a winter garment, not a standard camo smock ,as they didn't have white interiors or hoods. As someone mentioned though, things like weather could explain this and it really isn't hard to find wartime photos of soldiers in a mish mash of clothing but a fair weather camo smock that is not.

Actually, Lamont, there's nothing about it, other than color, that makes it a winter smock.

It has no special liner or anything else.

It was issued primarily to snipers, though not exclusively.

There is nothing wrong with it's use either on the Dragon box or in this dio.

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Actually, Lamont, there's nothing about it, other than color, that makes it a winter smock.

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Actually, Rob, that's the exact thing that makes it a winter garment, the color. I never said it was padded/insulated, then again neither is the helmet cover but the white side serves one purpose, camouflage in snowy conditions, which if I recall correctly, happens in winter.

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It has no special liner or anything else.

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it most certainly does, a white one, for camouflage against a snow covered backdrop.

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It was issued primarily to snipers, though not exclusively.

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Sounds to me like something one might read on re-enactment sites. There was never a specialized sniper smock, nor was it ever officially referred to as one, the only thing that may lead one to describe the item as such would be the version with the face veil attached to the hood and even then, it's merely modern jargon/mis-information that has unfortunately been repeated far too many times on the big 'ol internet. This is nothing more than the common Heerestarnjacke which was issued equally to every and any soldier that was lucky enough to get one, Machine Gunner, Ammo Carrier, Artillery Man and even quite possibly a Sniper. One size fits all if you will.

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There is nothing wrong with it's use either on the Dragon box or in this dio.

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I'm assuming that was just a blanket statement and not directed at me, considering that I said the very same thing in my statement that you quoted.

There are several variations of the Heerestarnjacke but only two major designs. Although the more rare of the two is the summer smock, there are enough photographic references that show it in use. It was one layer of material and you could clearly see the camouflage pattern which would bleed through to the inside surface, much like your blue jeans ( which aren't white on the inside ). Looking at the inside of the sleeves and hood etc. we can clearly see it isn't white at all and it is one thin layer of material, this is the summer version of the smock.



The winter versions had two layers of material. The outside layer was printed in a camouflage pattern while the inside layer was plain white. This wasn't meant for warmth but camouflage. This is the more common of the two designs but has been wrongfully described in many reference books as having " an unprinted interior which appeared white " Wrong, it had a completely separate white interior which was sewn into the smock and can clearly be seen here:



Tamiya even make a figure set which contain this version of the Heerestarnjacke, the smocks are shown white side out, worn over the great coat. The great coat and other articles of clothing were for warmth, the Heerestarnjcke was for camouflage only.

The reversible, insulated winter parka had yet to be made at this point in the war and there is no comparison between the two, nor did I imply one. The Tamiya set I'm talking about can be seen here:



The only words that I mis-spoke are the ones regarding the hood, as we can see the summer version clearly has one, again for camouflage, not for warmth.

Just to clarify things, the garment in the Dragon Figure set is a camouflage smock issued to Heer troops.

The camouflage patterns were printed on one side onlyand depending on the make up of the fabric, wouold either remain in the natural color of the material or bleed through,