Here is the radio operator of the Marine Recon unit.
USMC recon radio operator
Empress miniatures
NVA with bandana
The next NVA soldier. Looks a bit like a north Vietnamese ” Rambo”.
Next up some heavy weapons.
USMC recon member
Here is the next Marine of my growing recon squad. Another Empress Miniature figure.
NVA in the bush
Here is another NVA regular soldier by Empress miniatures sculpted by Paul Hicks.
USMC Recon Corpsman
The combat medic of the Recon squad.
I know there wouldn’t be a red cross emblem on the medics bag but for recognition purposes on the gaming board I thought it might be nice.
NVA soldier with a rare of white uniform
The next NVA soldier with a rare of white uniform. The uniform is shown in the book by Emering . I can’t recommend that book highly enough as it shows pictures of original equipment.
More pictures of the miniature:
USMC Recon
Another member of the USMC Recon squad by Empress miniatures. Armed with an M14 if I am not mistaken.
Will he get that tank?
Another RPG gunner on the move. I like how he carries an AK47 as a secondary weapon.
USMC Recon squad
A few month back Empress miniatures released a 6 figure USMC Recon pack. I just started painting these. I thought it might be difficult to paint the camouflage uniform, but i think i found a way to paint it quite easily and quickly. It took me about 1 hour to finish this miniature.
The Marine is armed with an M16 and a sawn of shotgun.
I painted the uniform like I do all my marines. You can see the stages here.
After that I used Vallejo sky grey again to ad the camp stripes:
Then I added dark brown ( Snakebite leather ) and bright green ( Warp lightning) on the sky grey patches.
The rest was done as in above mentioned link described. Now just the the missing 5 figures to do.
Actual of a new US Marine Squad
Here is another combo of NCO and Radio operator with a prick 20 radio. I did a head swap on the NCO figure. The head I used is a sculpt of my head done by Paul Hicks.
Here is a comparison with the original model on the left. The Figures are from Empress miniatures.
More to come
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