Shortly after D-Day, a grenade blinded Léo Major in his left eye, but that did not stop him from becoming a true hero. In April 45, Leo Major was supposed to scout the city of Zwolle, but instead he proceeded to run throughout the city firing his guns, throwing grenades and making so much noise […]
Canada
Meet the Heroes: Sergeant Tommy Prince, 1st Special Service Force aka The Devil’s Brigade
Tommy Prince was Canada’s most-decorated Aboriginal war veteran, having been awarded a total of 9 medals in WW2. He would sneak into the enemy camp, and he would steal the German`s shoes. Other times he would go into a German camp at night and slit the throat of every third German soldier when they were […]
Step-by-Step… painting Canadian Highlander Harold
Before I dive into this new step-by-step article, let me point out that there are A LOT of similarities between the way how I painted up Harold and how I painted up Roy. So feel free to take a look at the step-by-step for Roy as well, as I might be going into more details […]
Stoessi’s Heroes Update: Calgary Highlander Rifle on the horizon
One of the next releases from Stoessi’s Heroes will be a treat for all Canadians: Sergeant Harold Marshall, from the Calgary Highlander Rifles Scout and Sniper platoon. This new release is based on a pretty iconic picture from WW2: I didn’t want exactly the same pose though, so in our version he is loading his […]