Mr. Cryns wrote:Dear Gerry,
This is becoming one fantastic project with lots of figures I have never seen before.
Lots of surprising poses of figures, and good conversions by you.
Well done, good work Gerry. I wish this was my project
You posted some other extremely realistic threads last months. But I prefer to reply on Napoleons period instead of WW2 because of my personal interests and fascinations.
I like to share a very short eye-witness account with you, written down by a surviving Dutch soldier serving in Napoleons army during that terrible retreat from Moscow
'When I saw our men walking through the snow, they did not look human. They were black all over. Their cloths, faces, hands and hair, everything was black because of the smoke of the many fires they had made to keep warm. And because of the dirt they had been sleeping in.'
Mr Cryns
Your continued support and kind words on this topic are very much appreciated.
I fully understand your sentiments on the WW2 stuff I post and I understand that everybody has a different area of intrest and focus.
I have a wide intrest in mostly Napoleonic WW1 and WW2 although I tend to stay clear of more modern conflicts.
The inspiration for this project has come from my finding a copy of "The Memoires of Sergeant Burgoine" who was a member of Napoleons Gaurd and went through the whole Russian campaigne including the retreat.
If you have not read this I recomend it as it is a first hand account of this terrible event as told by an ordinary soldier.
Again thank you for your continued support.
Cheers
Gerry