We have some exciting news for you! Starting January, a new vignette capturing an iconic scene from the German miniseries “Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter” (internationally known as “Generation War”) will be available in our collection. This time, we’ve chosen to depict the encounter between Friedhelm and the wolf in the forest. A Glimpse into the […]
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Stoessi’s Heroes Resurfaces: New Partnerships, Milestones, and Exciting Releases!
Greetings, Stoessi’s Heroes enthusiasts! After a prolonged period of anticipation, we’re thrilled to break the silence and bring you a slew of exciting updates. Buckle up, because Stoessi’s Heroes is back with a bang! 1) A New Era: Welcoming Tabletop Basement! Yes, you heard it right – Stoessi’s Heroes is back in action! And this […]
Painting Liudmylla… step-by-step
As this miniature was started as part of a painting jam with a few friends in my basement, I didn’t take any pictures of the first steps, except the first one below. At this stage I had painted most of the face already and I had applied a thin layer of Russian Green for the […]
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 […]
Meet the Heroes: Major Harry Carlyle and Lt. Col. John Frost
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]