The dead bloke lying on his front looks wrong to me. If someone is hit in the front they are propelled backwards by the impact so he wouldn't have fallen face down with his arms at his sides.

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The dead bloke lying on his front looks wrong to me. If someone is hit in the front they are propelled backwards by the impact so he wouldn't have fallen face down with his arms at his sides.

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It's a grisly subject, but it's one we sometimes have to deal with (I don't personally like to include casualties in my models, but to each his own).

This notion that bullet impacts propel you backwards is largely a creation of Hollywood filmmakers, who use a cable device called a ratchet pull to launch a stunt performer through the air when they are "shot." It's very dramatic, but in the real world, a bullet has exactly as much kinetic energy as the gun that fired it--if the recoil didn't launch the rifleman backward through the air, the bullet won't do that to the target's body, either. If a rifle bullet doesn't strike a bone or major nerve center, it will often drill right through and keep going, and the victim may not immediately realize he's been hit. If it does strike a bone, there is an impact, but it's often rotational, as the bullet rarely strikes the exact center of mass.

American war news footage is censored to protect public sensitivities, but I have seen foreign television news footage of actual people being shot, sometimes multiple times, and they simply unwind and collapse.

Don't forget to scrape off the moulding lines though as the NCO has a horrible one all the way down his leg

The dead blokelying on his front looks wrong to me. If someone is hit in the front they are propelled backwards by the impact so he wouldn't have fallen face down with his arms at his sides. I built a couple of dead SS and paras for my Arnhem dio and it's not too difficult to get them into realistic dead positions. First off I googled "dead soldiers" which although a bit macabre was very effective as there are hundreds of photos of military casualties so from that you get an idea of how bodies fall. Secondly out came the x-acto saw and amputations galore so I could get legs and arms into the right positions by pinning them then used Squadron green putty to fill in the voids etc. It's surprisingly easy and effective. Give it a try. Plus you end up with a completely unique figure. I like the way this is going so will follow this build with interest...Karl

Glad to see you have a new project lined up and underway!
Now, I'm waiting to see the "Kurt-twist" on the build! What surprise will you "hit" us with?

Good action scene. Nice poses!
J