Rumble in the jungle

10. July 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, North Vietnamese Army, NVA, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war

A NVA regular comrade soldier. This time i put some elephant grass on the base for variation. This works well for a jungle setting but might be a problem later on when I move to games set in Hue.

Another NVA soldier with a Chinese made AK 47

7. July 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, North Vietnamese Army, NVA, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war

Another beautiful sculpt from the very talented Mr. Hicks!

NVA MG gunner

2. July 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, North Vietnamese Army, NVA, NVA MG gunner, NVA soldier, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, wargaming, Wargaming figure

Here is the next North Vietnamese soldier armed with an MG.Wonderful sculpt by Paul Hicks.

Chinese made AK 47

25. June 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, North Vietnamese Army, NVA, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, wargaming

A NVA Soldier armed with a chinese made AK 47 with foldable bayonet .

Mr Charlie

23. June 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, NVA, NVA soldier, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, wargaming, Wargaming figure

Tried to paint a traditional Vietnamese scarf on this mini.

Group shots

18. June 202018. June 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, Group shots, Paul Hicks, US Marines, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here are a few group shots of the last US Marines I finished.

NVA Soldier with RPG

17. June 202017. June 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, North Vietnamese Army, NVA, Paul Hicks, Rocket propelled grenade, RPG, Vietnam war, wargaming, wargaming miniatures

Here is a RPG gunner for my NVA force. Nice is that he has a secondary arm sculpted on . This helps with the rules I play ( Danger Close Version 2). You can read more about the rules here.

As you can see here the model has a big pack of rocket grenades on the back. He really looks the business.

And another Marine PFC

16. June 202016. June 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, US Marines, Vietnam war, wargaming, wargaming miniature

Again a Paul Hicks sculpt.

The grenade

15. June 202015. June 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, NVA, NVA soldier, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, wargaming

After a longer weekend here is the next Empress miniatures figure finished. it is a NVA soldier throwing a stick grenade. A wonderful sculpt from Paul Hicks, it was a joy to paint.