The latest figure kit from MK35 Editions depicts an infantryman who, unfortunately, didn't make it.

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If this sounds morbid, mea culpa,, but this is a very interesting figure. Don't recall seeing any KIA's since those old Verlinden German & Russian bodies. And I think Masterbox had a few wounded Germans. Maybe MiniArt can do a set?

Can be resting too. They made a german soldier in the same position allready before.

Correct... At LEAST they did this GI clothed in the 1941-issue "Parsons" Jacket, M1937 "Light Shade" Wool Trousers, and the M1938 Canvas Leggings with Service Shoes, which is something that I've been blathering about for YEARS on end. I'd like to see more 1/35 GIs clothed in this fashion, as opposed to the model manufacturer's preference (for some reason?) for the M1943-issue Jackets, Trousers and Boots... The earlier issues of GI's clothing was quite commonly seen right up to VE Day and beyond...

Also agree that this GI could be "resting" or "sleeping". Soldiers in a state of "exhaustion" would find themselves sleeping in the most awkward positions imaginable...

Not morbid at all, but realistic. War is hell as "Uncle Billy" Sherman said (not our Dennis).

In later years it would evolve into the "rucksack flop." Nice idea, but shoulders should be relaxed with arms flattened out more. I'd probably sand the whole back of the figure flat, and possible tilt the helmet more over the eyes.

Both Master Box and Dragon made several figure sets in "D-Day Uniform".

Stalingrad make several excellent overly wounded figures ie. KIA. I'm not sure about this guy. He looks too stiff. I know a corpse stiffens from rigor mortis after awhile but when someone dies all your bodily functions become limp and his hand IMO should be laying flat as should his head be slumped to one side as well. It just doesn't look natural. I've been in a morgue and have seen first-hand lifelessness.

Hi, Biggles!

I'm very well aware of the several MASTER BOX "D-DAY"-genre and "Move, move, move!" figure sets, along with DRAGON's, (especially the "Gen 2" sets), all of which are really GREAT!!! I also have the MASTER BOX USMC and Japanese figure sets. I'm surprised that no one(?) has done a dio of these sets on this site... (Yes, No, Maybe???) I don't know- I missed quite a bit during my absence from this site for about 2 years...

I'd REALLY like to see more of what I said above done in RESIN- The details tend to be crisper and better-defined; for example, ALPINE's..? Most model manufacturers and figure casters do GIs in the later M1943-issues in 1/35... I'm really referring to the "pre-D-Day Uniforms" which in many cases, were still in use even beyond "VE-Day", which I've already mentioned above and umpteen-thousand times prior to saying anything in this thread. Many GIs wore the HBT Trousers with the Cargo Pockets OVER their Light-Shade OD Wool Trousers, which they either discarded after the Invasion, or they wore the HBT Trousers IN LIEU of the heavier OD Wool Trousers. As with German Infantry, there REALLY IS a lot of "variety" that one can put into their WWII US and Allied Infantry and the other branches of their services. Another example is DRAGON's "US INFANTRY, 2nd Armored Division" figure set, (actually, the 17th Engineer Battalion, to be more specific), which wore the M1942 Two-Piece Camouflage Suit. The 30th Infantry Division wore these two-piece suits for a while, too. These two-piece camouflage suits were withdrawn from service in Europe, after several very unfortunate "mis-haps" resulting from confusion with the German SS Camo clothing during the fighting in the Bocage...

Please understand guys, I'm not "ladying", and this particular thread IS about a WWII GI figure, after all... I was only commenting on this little guy's Uniform, and expressing a desire to see more of that style of US WWII clothing represented with 1/35 GI figures. That's all I'm going to say on that subject in this thread...

You're right in several ways- When I was still in High School, I worked "part-time" for an undertaker who was also a family friend. Generally, I worked "calling hours", greeting people and directing them to the various "viewing" rooms. Sometimes, I ALSO went out on "pick-ups" and I had the dubious pleasure of seeing all kinds of things. I will NOT go into detail. There were other things that I did, barring the actual "undertakers' work". Suffice it to say, "You grow up in a hurry"...