Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Gertrud Barkhorn

From Wikipedia:
Eighteen year old Witch from Karlsland; a Flight Lieutenant formerly of the Luftwaffe JG 52. Quiet, efficient, and private, Gertrud (known as "Trude" to her friends) tends to support her comrades from the shadows. Her naturally calm attitude grants her great battlefield stamina, allowing her to rack up an impressive shot-down tally. A long-time acquaintance of Minna and Erica, she is often seen supporting the former in her leadership tasks and chastising the latter for her sloppiness. She has a younger sister named Chris who was badly injured during the invasion of her country and vaguely resembles Yoshika. Her magical power grants her the most physical strength of all the Witches to the extent where she can lift a steel girder many times her size. In flight she gains the features of a German Wirehaired Pointer. For battle her armament consists of an MG42, MG131, or MG151 which she dual wields. Her Striker Unit is based on the Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-6 and her pilot archetype is Gerhard Barkhorn. She briefly flew a jet striker based on the Messerschmitt Me 262 armed with quad 30mm machine guns and a 50mm anti-armor cannon. It was much faster and heavily armed but drained magic at a dangerous rate.


Kotobukiya would be releasing the Gertrud Barkhorn 1/8 scale figure next month. The figure is very detailed, down to the creases on the hem of her shirt, to the badge on her collar and her flowing ribbons. The figure comes with a stand and two of her guns which she double-wields, one All-Purpose MG42 Machine Gun and one Type 99 Machine Gun. It is currently out of stock and I have not preordered mine.
Did anyone preordered it? I wanna see~ ^^

Strike Witches 2 Opening


Other Strike Witches 1/8 scale figures:
 Yoshika Miyafuji (ALTER)            Sanya V. Litvyak (Kotobukiya) 

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