WW1 Bristish/German soliders

[casewindu]

in my History lesson we have been asked to make trenches from WW1. I want to make mine out of lego and i know what i have to make.

however i have become really bogged down because i dont know how i would make British/ German soliders especially the helmets!

if anybody can suggest how to make them (especially the helmets ) please write below!

if i can i will reward everyone with pics of it.

thanks , michael

[El Bucanero]

Well, you can buy military helmets from Armothe's Brickforge.

Not sure if they are WWI helmets. But you can fool your teacher! :-P

Decals for soldiers can be found all over the web...

If it was about WWII there are loads of custom weapons and figs...

[Starwars4J]

How many do you need? And do you mind spending a little money on it?

If you can, purchase accessories from here. RedBean makes a very high-quality WWII helmet which would serve you well I think

Edit: Damnit, I'll get you next time, Tiber :-P

[casewindu]

How many do you need? And do you mind spending a little money on it?

If you can, purchase accessories from here. RedBean makes a very high-quality WWII helmet which would serve you well I think

Edit: Damnit, I'll get you next time, Tiber :-P

thanks but do these do them to england?

[Minifig Lecturer]

thanks but do these do them to england?

Well it says United Kingdom on the form you fill out and last time I looked England was still a part of it...

So it looks like your in luck *y*

[Khorne]

The Stahlhelm from Armothe's Brickforge is rather expensive since you get the crappy StG 44 with it :-/ . You could use Rock Raider or Imperial Officer torsos for the Germans. For the Brits you can use the Adventurers Baron Von Barron torso and a 1x1 radar dish as helmet.

[casewindu]

The Stahlhelm from Armothe's Brickforge is rather expensive since you get the crappy StG 44 with it :-/ . You could use Rock Raider or Imperial Officer torsos for the Germans. For the Brits you can use the Adventurers Baron Von Barron torso and a 1x1 radar dish as helmet.

yes thats what i was thinking i might have to do.

[Thrash]

Brickforge sells the helmet seperately from the Sturmgewehr now for $1.50.

[SkaForHire]

eh... depending on what you have lying around you could just make pith helmets for the Germans via the adventure pith helmet, if you want the spike (which the Germans removed during the war) you could always cut one of those mini-spears down a notch and put them in the pith helmets hole. for the Brits i am not sure... I can't even remember what they were wearing at the beginning of the war... perhaps there is some sort of SW helmet you could paint to look like them? I just don't like spending 1.50 on a helmet myself lol.

[exo attack]

does this help at all?

[casewindu]

does this help at all?

they are good but i think thats is WW2

[El Bucanero]

they are good but i think thats is WW2

Yes, According to their weapons it is WWII, but it does look nice anyway...

[Khorne]

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for the Brits i am not sure... I can't even remember what they were wearing at the beginning of the war... perhaps there is some sort of SW helmet you could paint to look like them? I just don't like spending 1.50 on a helmet myself lol.

The Brits wore normal hats in the beginning of the war. These hats are easily represented by using brown kepis.

@Thrash: I didn't know they sold them seperatly. Thanks for the info, man!

[Lord David]

Well here's a few tips of mine, German helmets can be made using the military helmets purchased from Armothe's Brickforge.

For the WW1 authenticity, you could perhaps make some moulded "spearhead" tops for the German Helmets?

Like this?

As for British Helmets, I suppose using standard lego brown kepis hats could work.

Now if you want French helmets, I suppose a mixture of Adventurers' Piths (painted dark blue) and using those Imperial Guard Shako hats (could it be possible to cut it in half, and loweing the height whilst still making it wearable? I'm not sure as I don't currently have this piece)

Officer helmets can easily done by using standard police officer helmets.

Australian/New Zealand soldier helmets are easily done by using those Adventurers' slouch hat.

Dragoon cavalry helmets are easily done using those castle dragon head helmets

Well hopefully this is helpful for you.

[Norrington]

Imperial Guard Shako hats (could it be possible to cut it in half, and loweing the height whilst still making it wearable? I'm not sure as I don't currently have this piece)

Cut a shako 8-

[Lord David]

Cut a shako 8-

[ChrisF2006]

Actually for early WW1 French you could use Civil War style kepis either kept the same or painted red and you could even use the same minifigs as Lego provided in the Western sets, some mfs should also have red pants for realism. For late WW1 French when they wore the Adrian helmet and either the horizon blue or the khaki uniform would probably require custom skins.