The officer seen here wears reversible winter trousers and a camouflage tunic over his field blouse. The red piping on his cap indicates an artillery branch officer. Research indicates that the Wehrmacht came up with a wide variety of non-issue uniform items cut from the Splittermuster fabric, from capes to overalls to complete tanker uniforms. This officer is thus depicted, wearing a 1944 pattern jacket with flat pockets and no epaulettes. His Y-strap field harness is the canvas version, originally intended for tropical use but widely distributed in European theaters after 1943 due to leather shortages. They are easily identified by the stitched overlays on his chest straps. His Ml931 bread bag and Ml931 field flask are suspended from his pistol belt and worn outside the winter trousers, as is his sidearm. Most of the conversion centers around the waist. The Panzerjaeger Ostfront wears the large reversible smock over his trousers, so the figure's waist is a part of the upper torso. I positioned his legs and the torso from 861 next to a completed figure to achieve the proper height, and began filling the gap at his waist with discarded resin molding carriers. (When you cut those things off, save a few!) After firmly glueing with superglue, I began to pack Milliput around the waist, using nothing more than my hands and a wet paintbrush.
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