If my readership hasn’t noticed it yet, I am a huge fan of old WW2 movies. 😉 One of the funniest scenes from one of my favorite films is this one here. [an SS officer is approaching under a white flag] Major Harry Carlyle: Rather interesting development, sir. [to the German] Major Harry Carlyle: That’s […]
Author: Thomas Stoesser
Stoessi’s US Airborne army @ Scale Model Challenge
This was my entry for the “Armies on display” competition at Scale Model Challenge. Finished the display board really last minute and had less then a week to get from zero to done.Really happy that I took a bronze medal home for my little army. One more interesting fact of my trip to Eindhoven was […]
Step-by-step…. painting US Officer Drumpf
While I was on holiday in Italy with my wife, there were a few days of rain and that meant using the brushes and colors that I had brought along. 🙂 Donny Drumpf was chosen as the next target and off we go: I started off with the Khaki-Yellowish uniform with the following colors: MC887 […]
Step-by-step… painting Hans
Started with a German Grey base color. Well diluted… should take a couple of layers to cover. The way I am applying the color is to drag the diluted paint across the area where I am painting and to push that small drop of paint into a fold or a corner or something where the […]
Step-by-step…. painting Roy
So Roy is the first miniature from Wave 2 which I decided to paint. Such a lovely sculpt and a lot of fun while painting. Here is a step-by-step for how I tried to make Roy come to life: 1) Started off with a base of Green Brown (MC879) and Green Ochre (MC914). Mixed in […]
Stoessi’s Heroes Wave 2 has landed!
I am finally back home and mostly recovered from a pretty long business trip that involved lots of hops across different time zones. While this was fun, it was even more fun coming back home and getting the wheels spinning for the final stretch of releasing Wave 2 of Stoessi’s Heroes. And so I am […]
Stoessi’s Heroes Wave 2: Painting excitement and distractions from the real world
The feedback that I’ve received so far for my little range of WW2 personalities, has been fantastic and I am very happy with all the positive comments on Facbook, forums and emails. Thank you!! Now, I wish I could tell you already that the wait for Stoessi’s Heroes Wave 2 is over, but life just […]
Pre-view of Lyudmilla Pavlichenko – Russian Female Sniper
Proudly presenting Lyudmilla Pavlichenko, one of the most successful (deadly!) Russian Female Snipers in history. With 309 credited kills, she was certainly a force to be reckoned with and Stoessi’s Heroes is paying due respects to this courageous woman: Coming soon! Stay tuned!
Stoessi’s Heroes Update: A bridge too far – Robert Urquhart
Stoessi’s Heroes pre-view time again! This time around we are proudly presenting a British airborne miniature that was inspired by the movie “A bridge too far”, a classic from 1977. It is based on the historical events around Operation Market Garden. In the movie, Sean Connery plays Major General Roy Urquhart of the 1st British […]
Stoessi’s Heroes Update: US Officer Donny
It is time again for an update from Stoessi’s Heroes: This time around we’ve got another one for the US boys. Meet Donny Drumpf who is here to shake things up with those Krauts!