Kurt Knispel was born on September 20th 1921 in a small town called Salisfled in Czechoslovakia. Knispel spent most of his childhood in Mikulovice, where his father worked in an automotive factory. Knispel disliked factory work and in April 1940 Knispel joined the Wehrmacht as a volunteer. Knispel first saw action in August 1941 in […]
Germans
Impressions from the Battlefield
A more impressions from yesterday’s 1000 point game US Airborne. We played the mission Top Secret with a US list that had lots of veterans and a 105mm howitzer Sherman against Germans without any armoured vehicles, but with a Hauptmann (Captain) in their ranks. In the end, the Germans took the objective and won the […]
Step-by-step – Painting Palmenmuster (palm tree) camouflage in Autumn colors
Here we go with the first part of the long awaited series on how to paint German WW2 camouflage patterns. We’ll start with the Palmenmuster (palm tree) camo pattern for Autumn, so predominantly in brown and orange colors. I am not claiming that my way of painting camo patterns is the best way or the most […]
Quick shots from the workbench: Jedi Puppies in WW2 camouflage
Sometime last year I had promised to work on tutorials for painting different German camouflage patterns and here you can see a few pre-view pics of the work that I am doing for the first tutorial on Autumn Palmtree pattern (Palmenmuster) and Autumn pea dot pattern (Erbsenmuster). I thought it would be fun to piggyback […]
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 […]
Stoessi’s Heroes Update: Preview of German SS Officer
I am very excited to share a preview for one of the upcoming Stoessi’s Heroes miniatures! The inspiration for this German SS Officer figure came from one of my favorite movie actors, Christoph Waltz. I love the guy’s acting, I really do. So, I am proudly presenting this new work based on the figure of […]
Krupp truck – WIP #3 and finish
Let’s keep going with the truck and push it over the finish line. Previous parts of the step-by-step: Part #1 Part #2 Working the wheels: * Painted the wheels black with acrylics and the middle part of the wheels in dark grey * Sealed with satin varnish * Applied different shades of brown pigment to […]
Krupp L3H – For a truck full of Germans (WIP Part #2)
Previously on Stoessi’s Heroes: WIPs part #1 for the Krupp truck To intensify the dusting, I applied various mixes of pigment with a dry brush. Next, I soaked the area with thinner from MIG or turpentine. Once that dried, I worked with brush, fingers and cotton tips to remove some of the pigment in those […]
Krupp L3H – For a truck full of Germans (WIP #1)
After painting quite a bit of German infantry in the past few months, I decided that it’s time to give them some wheels. Yes, I know… a regular truck is not the most impressive vehicle that the Wehrmacht had to offer, but I really like the model and it had been sitting around fully assembled […]
Bolt Action Painting Update – Germans with field caps from Warlord
Getting Stoessi’s Heroes Miniatures up and running has certainly kept me busy over the last couple of months, so painting was a bit slow as a result. The good news is that I am off work for two weeks now and that the next batch of new models for Stoessi’s Heroes is already planned out and in […]