Who does 28mm WWII Allies in winter gear?

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PS: I have WWI Brits who have leather jerkins and I'm sure I've seen photos of Brits with same in WWII (eg Gen. Horrocks of XXX Corps, at least according to Edward Fox's depiction in "A Bridge too Far" ;) ) - are there WWII figs like that?
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There are loads of pictures of WW2 British troops in North West Europe in leather jerkins.

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Empress and Warlord have WW2 leather jerkin British.
This guy is doing a winter British project on his blog with these:
https://www.hntdaab.co.uk/blog

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Rumor has it Warlord will be doing plastic Winter Brits to go alongside their new British plastics.
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Must say I was rather underwhelmed with the new plastic Brit photos. They looked rather stilted and awkward compared with say the Brit Paras.
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The ease of putting them together, and more robust weapons will make it worth it to me.
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tburgt wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:47 am Empress and Warlord have WW2 leather jerkin British.
Paul Hicks has just been sculpting a British mortar crew in winter gear from a contemporary photograph (see his Facebook site).
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Allan JD wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:44 pm British, Canadian, Belgian, Dutch and Polish troops were hardly idle in the winter of 44/45 on the western front.
Their equipment and dress was not that visually that very different from what they wore in spring, summer or autumn. If we look at photographs from the period, when in action, the soldiers wore normal battledress but with a jumper/jersey underneath. They often wore (partial) gloves, comforters or scarves. The greatcoat was mainly for sentry duty at night or behind the lines.
The Empress Miniatures ‘wind cheater’ smock figures are a good representation of such troops in action. If we want to imitate this look the Warlord British plastic paratroopers with head swaps are a close match.
British infantry made extensive use of wool lined leather jerkins in the winter months of '44-'45. https://talesfromthesupplydepot.blog/20 ... r-jerkin/
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Another item you would need for late war British equipped troops would be the 'pixie suits' worn by AFV crews.

Got mine from S&S models https://sandsmodels.com/product/28mm-15 ... tank-crew/
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I'd never come across the term "pixie suit" before - why "pixie"? From my look online I'm guessing maybe the collar?

Having a look at them also took me down path to Churchill's romper or siren suits - which I always thought were just his unique wartime occassional - but apparently he'd invented it back in the '30s and the "Siren Suit" name had come from it being used as a coverall (particularly for pyjamas) when heading down to the air-raid shelter (thus the "siren" suit).

Question: did either the pixie suit or the siren suit ever get worn by infantry? I'm guessing not Churchill's pin-stripe or velvet versions, but maybe something hardier
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