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One of my latest painted models, please let me know what you think.


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Dang it I posted this in the wrong spot! My bad!

It's a characterful model, but two things jump out at me as... odd:
1) commissars carry bolt pistols for summary executions
2) why is he standing on dismembered guardsmen? Shouldn't those be the heads/parts of his vanquished foes rather than his own men?

I cant for the life of me remember what the standard weapon of a commissar is. If its a bolt pistol; it doesn't matter, techincally he can't "downgrade" his weapon. So I don't think that laspistol matters

My issue comes with the fact that he does not have a coat, or a red sash. I would let the coat slide on account of the fact that it may have been ditched because it caught fire or was tattered beyond reason, but that red sash is iconic...

This model reminds me more of colonel Schaeffer than anyone else. Rather good looking.

poda_t wrote:I cant for the life of me remember what the standard weapon of a commissar is. If its a bolt pistol; it doesn't matter, techincally he can't "downgrade" his weapon. So I don't think that laspistol matters

My issue comes with the fact that he does not have a coat, or a red sash. I would let the coat slide on account of the fact that it may have been ditched because it caught fire or was tattered beyond reason, but that red sash is iconic...

Well, except that none of the early models had red sashes. I don't see an issue with him lacking that. The coat and double-peaked hat are both far more "iconic" of a commissar than a sash.