Last member of 2nd platoon 1st section

6. May 20206. May 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, NVA, NVA section, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, wargaming

this is the last missing soldier of the above mentioned unit . This one is painted in black (Viet Cong sponsored) fatigues . He is wearing a traditional Vietnamese scarf.

The complete section:

M60 gunner standing up

5. May 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress, Empress miniatures, M60, Paul Hicks, pig, US Marines, Vietnam war

here is the next Marine , this time a M60 gunner standing upright shooting. Would this be possible without supporting the gun on a wall etc for support?

Charge

4. May 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress, Empress miniatures, North Vietnamese Army, NVA, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war

A North Vietnamese soldier charging. Empress Miniature sculpted by Paul Hicks.

Radio Operator and NCO

30. April 202030. April 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress, Empress miniatures, NCO, Paul Hicks, Radio operator, US Marines, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here is the next figure or better group of figures for my US Marines in Vietnam. This is more like a little diorama as I placed two figures on one base. it is a radioman and an NCO using the radio. So they are connected by the Radio handset line and i couldn’t find a way to base them separately. At least convincingly.

First the NCO:

second the Radioman:

Notice the wounded hand the ripped trousers and the fag in the mouth of the radio operator . These sculpts are so full of character indeed. I loved to paint the pair.

North Vietnamese LMG gunner

29. April 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress, Empress miniatures, gunner, Light machine gun, LMG, North Vietnamese Army, NVA, Paul Hicks

The next figure is a NVA light machine-gun gunner. This time in classic green again.

A bigger river

28. April 202028. April 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, River, shore, shoreline, Stream, terrain, terrain building, Vietnam war, wargaming, Wargaming terrain

Above you see the river I build for my gaming table a wile ago. Now that there will be brown water navy boats available in the near future, at least after the Corona lockdown is lifted, I thought that I would need a wider river to accommodate 28mm boats. I have a modular gaming table layout with extruded polystyrene squares for variety. The approach to the new waterway is a different one. I have a gaming mat permanently beneath the styrene squares which is used for naval wargaming. I thought about just building “shore” tiles and use the gaming mat as the river surface. In that way i can have the river as big as I like or I could even build a shoreline for amphibious landing games. Here is the result:

The half wide “squares” are the new tiles I build.

What do you think?

Another Prick 25 radio man

27. April 202027. April 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, PRC25, Prick25, US Marines, Vietnam war

Here is another radio operator . This time i put some more foliage on the base to differentiate the figures a bit more.

Hiding in the bush

26. April 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress, Empress miniatures, North Vietnamese Army, NVA, Paul Hicks, wargaming

another North Vietnamese soldier. Again from Empress.

Gunny Sergeant Frank Thomas

25. April 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress, Empress miniatures, Gunny Sergeant Frank Thomas, Paul Hicks, US Marines, Vietnam war, wargaming

This US Marine figure is Gunny Sergeant Frank Thomas who carried the Stars and Stripes in Hue and is seen getting it from inside his flak jacket. I painted the figure a bit different. The flag he is getting out of his flack jacket is painted to represent a map so the figure could be used in different settings ,too.