The new Vietnamese civilians by Empress Miniatures

24. February 2021 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Miniatures, 28mm Wargaming, Empress miniatures, Green Stuff sculpting, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, Vietnamese civilian, wargaming

Last week I got the new Vietnamese civilians from Empress sculpted by Paul Hicks. Very nice figures indeed . I ordered each figure twice as I wanted to change one each by swiping heads or adding some green stuff to get an even wider variety of miniatures. So above is a female civilian, the left figure is the original the middle and right pictures show what I did.

Left original right the changed figure

I will paint them up over the next coming weeks . Paul Hicks sculpted the same miniatures with weapons! So you can swop miniatures in your games and turn an innocent villager into a VC!

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The first complete digger fire team

23. February 2021 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Miniatures, 28mm Wargaming, ANZAC, Diggers in Vietnam, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, wargaming, wargaming miniatures

Above is a picture of the first completed fire team of the new ANZAC project I started a week ago. Below are pictures of the 4th missing soldier of the fire team.

Next will be an M60 MG team.

ANZAC fireteam leader

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Here is the fire team leader of my first digger fire team. A real treat to paint. Well done both Pauls!

A US Marine RTO

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Here is another RTO for my US Marines. I needed another one for my mortar section to direct indirect fire.

Another 60mm mortar on the move

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Here are the two missing figures of the Empress Miniatures US Marine 60mm mortar. These are on the move carrying the mortar baseplate and other equipment:

Here is the Marine carrying the mortar and baseplate:

And his partner humping the ammo and rest of the equipment:

Next up a RTO for calling in that much needed fire support.

US Marine mortar

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Here is the US Marine Mortar in a firing position.

A very nice sculpt by Paul Hicks a treat to paint. look for the toothbrush attached to the helmet!

The complete Company Command squad

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Here is the completed company command squad for my NVA army. A really nice pack of figures from Empress Miniatures full of character .

Above is the last missing figure, my company commander .

Next up A US Marine mortar section.

The company command trumpeter

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Here is the signals NCO of the company command I am building and painting. The flag is freehand, not my best..

Tomorrow the company commander and the complete company command.

NVA with liberated blooper gun

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The next member of the company command. Armed with a salvaged blooper gun. He is wearing a camouflage cape fashioned from a US parachute.

A “colonial style” building for my Hue project

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Here is the next building for my Hue city project. Another 3D printed building from WOW buildings. It is from the world in ruins kickstarter set. It is intended for a “Saving Privat Rian” setting, but I think it works for Hue too.