The next North Vietnamese Army ( NVA) soldier or Mr. Nathaniel Victor. Again one of the lovely Empress miniature figures sculpted by the very talented Mr. Hicks!
More to come in the next weeks and over the next year!
Nathaniel Victor
Paul Hicks
Charly in the jungle
Here is the next Empress miniatures NVA Soldier, sculpted by paul Hicks . I painted the figure again with GW contrast colors.
A rather green NVA soldier
I painted this NVA soldier in an overall green uniform as some people said that there were no Kaki NVA soldiers uniforms. To my knowledge that is not true. I read kaki descriptions of NVA uniforms in many different books. I personally think Kaki and green together looks best.
More to come.
In the jungle there are NVA soldiers
More and more north Vietnamese soldiers are coming to south Vietnam . Here is the next Paul Hicks sculpt available from Empress .
The first miniature after Crisis 19
So back to normal after Crisis 19. Returning on Sunday I thought it might be nice starting to paint some miniatures again. I had purchased quite a lot more Vietnam war models so I will continue to ad to my collection by painting them up through this winter. By the way I bought some MDF 25mm round bases. As I always ad a magnet to them, for easy storage, how would you do that with these bases? I used plastic slota bases up to now.
Here is the NVA figure I painted ( Empress miniature by Paul Hicks)
Another NVA regular
Here is the next NVA soldier by Paul Hicks available through Empress miniatures:
More to come !
Blooper gunner for my Marine squad
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
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.
More in the painting line.
The next US Marine squad, for Vietnam
here is the first figure of the second squad of my US Marines for Vietnam. This is a very special figure. It depicts the squad sergeant of the second squad, who happens to be me.
So here is sergeant Tom . the figure got a head swop and a special paint job on the left arm . The figure is a gringo 40 figure. The head is a special sculpt by my friend Paul Hicks and depicts my features. I added a scarf round the neck to hide the joint between the body and the head. On the left upper arm I tried to paint a tattoo I happen to have there.
More to come!
The complete M60 team
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.
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