Blooper gunner for my Marine squad

16. October 2019 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Blooper gun, Empress miniatures, M79, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war

Here is the Blooper gunner for my US Marines for Vietnam. He is armed with a M79 grenade launcher. A single-shot, shoulder-fired, break-action grenade launcher that fires a 40×46mm grenade, which uses what the US Army calls the High-Low Propulsion System to keep recoil forces low, and first appeared during the Vietnam War. Because of its distinctive report, it has earned the nicknames of “Thumper”, “Thump-Gun”, “Bloop Tube”, “Big Ed”, “Elephant Gun,” and “Blooper” among American soldiers as well as “Can Cannon” in reference to the grenade size. The M79 can fire a wide variety of 40 mm rounds, including explosive, anti-personnel, smoke, buckshot, flechette (pointed steel projectiles with a vaned tail for stable flight), and illumination.

There was usually one “grenadier” armed with a Blooper per marine squad. The figure is a Paul Hicks sculpt available through Empress Miniatures.

More to come. Have to speed up my painting as there will be lots more waiting for me at Crisis Antwerp.

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 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.

The next NVA Soldier

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

Here is the next NVA soldier. An Empress miniature with a head swop ( You can get the heads in the vietnam section of the Empress homepage).

Next time it will be more light in the jungle again. Fumbled with the exposure time.

Grunt No X

10. September 2019 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress miniatures, Hue, Paul Hicks, US Marines, Vietnam war

Here is the next grunt for the third fire team. Again Empress miniature sculpted by Paul Hicks and painted with Contrast Paint.

Moore to come!

Something different

4. September 20194. September 2019 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, Empress miniatures, Games Workshop, North Vietnamese Army, NVA, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war

Today I will show something completely different. I finished the first miniature of the other side of the Vietnam war . Here is the first NVA Soldier. An Empress miniatures figure sculpted by Paul Hicks. I did a head swap as when I purchased the figures there were only 2 different packs available but since then the range has grown considerably and is still doing so. I painted the figure with Contrast colors by GW.