Here is the machine-gun team for my US Marine platoon. First the missing 2nd assistant gunner:
Another of the brilliant paul Hicks sculpts. He is wearing a rain jacket beneath the flack jacket.
Here is the complete M60 team:
The only thing missing is some foliage on the bases.
Here is the M60 gunner. A Paul Hicks sculpt. Avalable from Empress Miniatures:
Next up the second assistant gunner of the team.
Here is the first assistant gunner of a M60 MG team. An Empress Miniatures figure by Paul Hicks
After a short break, I got a Anycubic photon resin printer and had to try that out ( more later) here is the next NVA soldier another Paul Hicks sculpt form Empress miniatures:
More in the next days. i will put up the first test prints of my resin printer later.
Ernest Clifford Cheatham Jr. (July 27, 1929 – June 14, 2014) was a United States Marine Corps officer, a veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Navy Cross, and American football defensive tackle who played for the Baltimore Colts and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Lt Col Cheatham served as commander of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines during the Vietnam War.
On 2 February 1968 Cheatham was at Phu Bai Combat Base when he was ordered into Huế to take command of his companies already engaged in the Battle of Hue. Before leaving for Huế, Cheatham reviewed Marine urban fighting doctrine which recommended staying off the streets and moving forward by blasting through walls and buildings. He proceeded to gather the necessary equipment including M20 Bazookas, M40 106mm recoilless rifles mounted on M274 Mules, C-4 explosive, flamethrowers, tear gas and gas masks. This equipment was loaded onto a convoy which arrived at the MACV Compound at 1 pm on 3 February, Cheatham then joined his Company commanders in Huế University and they proceeded to develop the tactics to be used in recapturing southern Huế. Cheatham led his forces as they methodically cleared the Viet Cong and People’s Army of Vietnam forces from the western area of southern Huế.
He was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism leading 2/5 Marines during the battle.
More background here
here is the Gringo 40 Miniature of Ernest Cheatham painted with Contrast paints:
Here he is together with the Grunts of fire team 3:
Here is the next NVA soldier. An Empress miniature with a head swop ( You can get the heads in the vietnam section of the Empress homepage).
Next time it will be more light in the jungle again. Fumbled with the exposure time.
Here is the next grunt for the third fire team. Again Empress miniature sculpted by Paul Hicks and painted with Contrast Paint.
Moore to come!
Today I will show something completely different. I finished the first miniature of the other side of the Vietnam war . Here is the first NVA Soldier. An Empress miniatures figure sculpted by Paul Hicks. I did a head swap as when I purchased the figures there were only 2 different packs available but since then the range has grown considerably and is still doing so. I painted the figure with Contrast colors by GW.
There will be many more following this one!
This is the next member of the 3rd fire team 1st squad 1st platoon of my US Marines.
An Empress miniatures figure sculpted by Paul Hicks. A joy to paint!
As you can see here I made my own clump foliage. I mixed a coarse scatter foliage to be added to my jungle terrain and to the bases of the Marines and the soon to come NVA.
Here is a picture without the foliage and with the foliage:
What do you think ? I personally think with foliage will blend the miniatures better into the terrain.
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