Emergency Miniature Work - 15mm USMC Super Cobra
Pile of Shame ... Rest in Peace.
That’s it, I’m sick of looking at it. Sick of thinking about it. Sick of feeling bad about it. Pile of Shame, the time of reckoning has come.
I haven’t picked up a brush since Christmas 2019. Before I even think of driving into any new projects, this pile of shame is doing down. As in to absolute f***ing zero.
I realize this pile of shame is pretty puny compared to many others. But … (a) … I would hardly say the size of one’s pile is something to brag about, and … (b) … the diminutive size of such a pile is all less reason to let it linger.
So you’re all witnesses to a premeditated murder now, folks.
I am killing my pile of shame.
So this is it. My pile of shame. Note a lot of this is half-completed - which in my mind makes it even worse. I have the Bolt Action DAK force given to me at the Western Desert Boot Camp, the bulk of my Iraqi 15mm force for upcoming Gulf War 30-year anniversary content, a Tiger I and Stuart given to me by publishers and companies during reviews, convention minis, etc.
First up, that 28mm DAK force given to me during the Western Desert boot camp. These guys have had a hard life so far, I've never worked with 28mm plastics before, and an accident in the hours involving a collapsed hobby table resulted in some breakage and a LOT of repair work. But this army WILL be finished, damn it! 
Okay 44 infantry figures now complete, including 7.5 cm PaK gun, 8.0 cm mortar, two 5.0 cm mortars, MG-34 MG in company support tole (tripod), x2 MG-34s in platoon support roles (bipods), AT rifle, radio, medic team, three officers, etc.
Here's my little "command team" - three officers and a radio signals operator. I kept the shoulder board piping white for all figures (infantry) accept the radioman, (yellow = signals troops).
MG-34 support teams (MMG and LMG support roles) and the mortar crew. German shields on the helmets and roundels on the campaign caps hand-painted.
Some of my infantry.
The back view of my PaK antitank gun, with MG and infantry support.
Bipod MG-34s and the big Mauser antitank rifle. 
Side view of the army at large.
Back view of the army at large.
Probably my favorite guy, which I painted generally as a Oberst-Leutnant (Lt. Colonel) battalion commander. It's a little hidden in shadow but I hope you can see my attempt at Knight's Cross ribbon around his neck and the badge ribbon on his tunic. This guy's seen some sh*t! :D All these figures have brown cuffbands to approximate various DAK units, not really aiming at one in particular.
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