Stoessi’s Heroes Returns With Friedhelm And The Wolf Vignette
March 6, 2024 by brennon
Stoessi's Heroes has been on a bit of a break for a while (their last release was in 2019) but they have now returned and will be creating fascinating miniatures based on movies, TV shows and the real history of World War II.
Friedhelm And The Wolf // Stoessi's Heroes
The first vignette to signal the return of Stoessi's Heroes is Friedhelm And The Wolf, based on a scene from the World War II miniseries Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter also known as Generation War. The idea is that the vignette hones in on that particularly poignant scene in the movie where the tired Friedhelm encounters a wolf in the depths of the woods. As Stoessi's Heroes have noted, it symbolises a development in Friedhelm's character in the series and the connection between humanity and nature in the depths of war.
Friedhelm And The Wolf // Stoessi's Heroes
As Stoessi's Heroes continued...
"...it also represents the loneliness and quest for peace amidst the war. This scene illustrates the personal challenges faced by soldiers on both sides, encapsulating the ambivalence of World War II."
The miniature was made available to order in January this year as part of a limited run on Tabletop Basement. It is a white metal set consisting of three parts and the display miniature you see here was painted by Ingo Lehner (Kingscorner Painting).
More miniatures are going to be coming for Stoessi's Heroes in the near future and I'm very eager to see what they do next. I always liked seeing what characters they sculpted, especially when they were tied to some of the lesser-known moments of World War II on both sides of the divide.
Are you going to be picking up Friedhelm And The Wolf?
"The first vignette to signal the return of Stoessi's Heroes is Friedhelm And The Wolf..."
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This is beautiful!
The only movie or TV show made in Germany after 1945 that I am aware of that comes close to the REAL history of WWII is ‘Die Brücke’ (the bridge, 1959) in which a handful of school boys decide to try to defend their little town in western Germany against the fast approaching, hugely massive American tank army.
Everything else is just a bunch of self-flagellation fests that have little or nothing to do with reality.
And what British, American, Soviet and other such movies and shows are like…well, you know….