A hut for my jungle terrain

9. October 20199. October 2019 thomasriepe 28mm, 3d printer, Anicubic Photon, female 28mm figures, printable scenery, STL file, terrain, Vietnam war

As I started on my Vietnam war project during the summer and have finished a few miniatures now I thought it is time to start on some terrain for my games. I got a 3D printer from my wonderful wife and so the terrain making starts. I got the Anicubic Photon 3d resin printer a wonderful machine indeed. You can get more information here.

Here is a picture of the machine:

I got an STL file of a carribian hut which fits in with the vietnamese rural landscape quite well:

You can get the file here.

I printed the file and build it using superglue which worked quite well. I painted it with my airbrush and a few washings based it and added a palm tree ( available on eBay) and here it is:

Here is a US marine figure next to it . I printed it in the size it came in. Of course you could resize it in any scale you would like. I am quite happy with it. It won’t be the last structure to print for my terrain needs.

If someone knows other STL files useful for my Vietnam war project please leave a comment , thanks.

4th NVA soldier

7. October 2019 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress miniatures, NVA, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war

Here is the 4th soldier of my 1st NVA squad. Figure by Paul Hicks, released by Empress Miniatures. the figure has a head swop with one of the Empress head packs you can get here.

The next US Marine squad, for Vietnam

2. October 20192. October 2019 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Gringo 40, mini me, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war

here is the first figure of the second squad of my US Marines for Vietnam. This is a very special figure. It depicts the squad sergeant of the second squad, who happens to be me.

So here is sergeant Tom . the figure got a head swop and a special paint job on the left arm . The figure is a gringo 40 figure. The head is a special sculpt by my friend Paul Hicks and depicts my features. I added a scarf round the neck to hide the joint between the body and the head. On the left upper arm I tried to paint a tattoo I happen to have there.

More to come!

The complete M60 team

25. September 2019 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress miniatures, M60, Paul Hicks, pig, Vietnam war

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.

The “pig”

23. September 201923. September 2019 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress miniatures, M60, Paul Hicks, pig, Vietnam war

Here is the M60 gunner. A Paul Hicks sculpt. Avalable from Empress Miniatures:

Next up the second assistant gunner of the team.

M60 team

19. September 201919. September 2019 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, Vieth

Here is the first assistant gunner of a M60 MG team. An Empress Miniatures figure by Paul Hicks

Next NVA soldier

18. September 2019 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress miniatures, NVA, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war

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.

Lt. Colonel Ernest Clifford Cheatham

12. September 201912. September 2019 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Ernest Clifford Cheatham, Fireteam 3, Gringo 40, Vietnam war

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: