History experts needed (Narvik Campaign)

[curtsibling]

This looks excellent!

[Eivind IV]

Well, it's far from finished. So expect another week or so, most probably two (that is if everything goes according to my plans). If you have any comments or suggestions, please share them . Anything to help this forward is apreciated.

Right now I'm working on the units. I need to fix the unit stats and make the cities inhabitable. Only that might take some time. And on top of it all I'm a perfectionist, so I guess it will never be finished

[Arthedain]

Well, I don't think we can help you so much now, as long as you don't request anything in particular, but when you release a beta-version, we can give you all kinds of suggestions. Well you already knew this.
Just wanted to tell you that your unit-drawing skills have improved alot, and I've seen your earlier work (not that it was bad, just not my style the units you posted above is more my style).
Really looking forward to this. And I think you were right in doing this one about the whole Norway-campagin instread of just the Narvik-campaign (although I don't think you should scrap the idea totally since you got a nice map etc etc).

[skipper]

Looks great!!

[fairline]

Originally posted by Kobra
Still working...

Norwegian inf and French alpine trooper.

Eivind, the French wore green by WW2. I have an excellent source pic for a Chasseur Alpine of WW2 vintage. When I get a chance I'll draw him.

[Eivind IV]

Thanks, guys! And Arth, I'm still a high res supporter though. I'm just seduced by Fairline's graphics. That's why I've been on 'this side' for some time now . Who knows, maybe I'll stay...

By all means, Failine! You would leave me a very happy man I only had grayscaled pics as sources so I just instinctively went for the trafitionally blue French uniform

I changed the Norwegian inf. Recoloured the Frenchie and tweaked a Gebirgsjäger.

[fairline]

OK, here's my version of the French mountain trooper. Over the khaki-green uniform they wore a light brown sheepskin jacket with white wool seams across the hem, chest, front of the arms and down the front. They had baggy green pantaloons with ankle boots and rolled over white socks, sometimes worn with puttees or canvas gaitors. They wore either a large blue beret or green Adrian helmet.

I'll draw you a Brit as well; they had ankle-length kapok greatcoats for the Norway expedition.

[Arthedain]

EEK!

I wish i could draw units like that..

[Eivind IV]

Thank you very much, Fairline! They are simply gorgeous!

Originally posted by fairline
I'll draw you a Brit as well; they had ankle-length kapok greatcoats for the Norway expedition.

Can't wait!

How about a polish trooper?

[fairline]

Thanks gents

Here's the British. My source book says that this kapok-lined coat (apparently called a 'Tropal' if it really matters) was heavy and uncomfortable and I think was only worn for the Norweigan campaign. They were also issued with green gloves and balaclavas, as worn by the bloke on the left.

I'd use the soldier with the Bren gun on the right as the beter quality Guard's Brigade unit.

I'll have a go at the Polish some other time Eivind.

[Eivind IV]

Originally posted by fairline
Thanks gents

Here's the British. My source book says that this kapok-lined coat (apparently called a 'Tropal' if it really matters) was heavy and uncomfortable and I think was only worn for the Norweigan campaign. They were also issued with green gloves and balaclavas, as worn by the bloke on the left.

I'd use the soldier with the Bren gun on the right as the beter quality Guard's Brigade unit.

I'll have a go at the Polish some other time Eivind.

This is more then I expected! Thanks! And nice with those little stories to the units as well.

Hehe, is balaclava a word in English as well? I remember that from my days in the army. We only called it (directly translated) 'bear p-u-s-s-y'.

[fairline]

I wouldn't want to stick my head up there!

Useless factoid: 'Balaclava' helmets were introduced in the Crimean War and named after the battle of Balaclava, rather than a bear's genatalia. I think I like the bear reference more though.

I'll draw the Pole after work. They were issued with French uniforms and had a green beret, rather than the blue one.

[fairline]

There were a couple of battalions of French Foreign Legion despatched to Norway, along with the Chasseurs Alpins and the Polish Mountain troops in the service of the French Army. I've drawn the former in the standard French WW2 uniform in the absence of any source pics, while the Polish wore the standard French mountain uniform of cotton anorak and gaitors, but with a green beret worn Polish style. They were also issued with sheepskin jackets for this campaign, but I've shown him without this to distinguish him from the Chasseur.

BTW, you have shown the German mountain troops with a paratrooper helmet: they wore the standard German steel helmet or an Austrian-type field cap

[Eivind IV]

How can I ever repay you? Looks marvellous!

I used this pic as a source along with other pics I had of the gebirgsjäger with that helmet

[fairline]

Thats a pic from the mountain troops in Crete, when some were landed by air - its the standard Falschirmjäger uniform rather than gebirgsjäger.

I'll draw a mountain trooper if you like.