A fisherman

23. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, fisherman, Full Metal Miniatures, Vietnam war, Vietnamese civilian

The next Full Metal Miniatures figure. A fisherman. He is smoking a pipe and has a basket for the fish and a fishing rod at his side.

More to come!

Next marine

20. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, US Marine, Vietnam war

Here is the next US Marine I finished painting.

“Having a brake”

19. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Full Metal Miniatures, Vietnam war, Vietnamese civilian

Here is the next Full Metal Miniature figure. A Vietnamese civilian having a fag.

Is he really just having a brake or is he spying for the VC?

Next fireteamleader

18. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, fireteamleader, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war

This is the fireteamleader of the next team of my 2nd squad of US Marines.

At the dock

17. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, At the dock, Full Metal Miniatures, Vietnam war

Here are the three miniatures for my river harbor scene . the Miniatures are from Full Metal Miniatures. The dock and the Sampan are 3d prints.

Here is a picture of the second porter on his own:

Complete first fireteam of my 2nd US Marine Squad

16. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, fireteam, Paul Hicks, US Marines, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here is the complete 1st fireteam of my 2nd squad of US Marines. All Empress Miniatures. Terrain scratch build by me.

And here are some closeups of the 4 th member of the team:

Vietnam porter

12. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Full Metal Miniatures, porter, Vietnam war

A porter for my river docks. The figure is from Full Metal Miniatures. Painted with GW contrast paints.

Fireteamleader 1st fireteam 2 squad

11. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, fireteamleader, Paul Hicks, US Marines, Vietnam war

The fireteam leader of the next Marine fireteam to be finished soon.

Figures from a different company

10. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress miniatures, Full Metal Miniatures, size comparison, Vietnam war

As I can be a very impatient guy I tried out a different. Miniature manufacturer. I have completed quite a table full of Vietnam terrain but have no inhabitants so I didn’t want to wait until Empress Miniatures brings out civilians in their Vietnam war range and bought some from Full Metal Miniatures. Don’t get me wrong, you can never have to many civilians, so i will buy the Empress ones, too when they are avalable .

So here is a comparison of a Full Metal Miniature figure and two Empress ones:

As you can see the figure hight is comparable, the Full Metal Miniature in the centre of the picture is just a bit chunkier. For me it is a close enough fit to use miniatures of both brands on the same table.

Here are some more pictures of the white collar worker, woh will eventually supervise some porters on the docks of my river terrain.