In the last months, Ivano
increased the number of his Italian miniatures with new models
He decided to paint only
28mm with great results.
I love his painting style
and so some weeks ago I stole some of his miniatures while he was playing and I
took take some photos.
He painted some infantry
units of the “Regio Esercito”
And the their supports
The Regio Esercito (Royal
Army) was born during the 1800’s with the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy
and it was one of the largest ground forces in Ww2.
Our national army was one
of the pioneers of the use of paratroopers so Ivano painted some of them. He
decided to dedicate his attention to a specific Italian division the “184th
Paratroopers Division Nembo”.
This division was formed in
December 1942 from another famous Italian paratroopers unit: 185th division
Folgore. The 185th was sent to fight against partisans in Jugoslavia and
against Us forces in Sicily.
After the Italian
surrender, a significant part of the unit went over to the German side becoming
the 4th Fallschirmjäger
He painted some soldiers
one another elite unit of our army: the Bersaglieri
The Bersaglieri are an
historical Italian unit that it easy to recognize thanks to the black capercaillie feathers applied to their helmets. During the ww2 they
fought in all fronts: form the Libyan desert to the Russian frost
He painted also a Pak 38
with an Italian crew
The last unit he decided to
paint is a particular army unit that was born after September 8, 1943 … the day
in which the Kingdom of Italy signed with the Allied forces an armistice. In response
of the armistice, the German army disarmed the Italian troops that they did not
decide to continue the fighting for German cause. It was one of the most
dramatic period of our history and the start of the Italian civil war but … it
is history and we cannot forget it.
In October 1943 Heinrich
Himmler devised the “Programm zur Aufstellung der italienischen Milizeinheiten
durch die Waffen-SS” creating the first unit of Italian Waffen-SS
Below an original
enlistment poster
Ivano painted the unit using German volkgranadiers partially modified with a good result as usual
Awesome! Your's minis and terrain are fantastic!
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