“look behind the bamboo!”

25. March 2021 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Miniatures, 28mm Wargaming, Australian diggers, Australians in the Vietnam war, Diggers, Diggers in Vietnam, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, wargaming, wargaming miniatures

Another Australian searching the bush for VC.

Like these figures very much. so am very happy to have quite some more to paint.

Next ANZAC warrior

23. March 2021 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Miniatures, 28mm Wargaming, Australians in the Vietnam war, Diggers, Diggers in Vietnam, Empress miniatures, Miniature Wargaming, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here is the next Digger. The start of my second section. He has a blonde mustache.

First ANZAC digger rifle section finished

18. March 2021 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Miniatures, 28mm Wargaming, Australian diggers, Australians in the Vietnam war, Diggers, Diggers in Vietnam, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, wargaming, wargaming miniatures

Yesterday evening I finished the last missing digger for my first rifle section. Above and below you see pictures of the completed section.

I now have 3 rifle groups a MG group and a medic finished. Below is the last missing soldier. It is the same sculpt I painted the day before , so there are two identical figures in the last group. I probably switch that around .

And the finished 3rd rifle group:

Moving through the bush

17. March 2021 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Miniatures, 28mm Wargaming, Australians in the Vietnam war, Diggers, Diggers in Vietnam, Empress miniatures, Miniature Wargaming, Paul Hicks, The NAM, Vietnam war, wargaming

The 3rd ANZAC jungle fighter is finished. Only one more to finish my first rifle section.

The last one will follow tomorrow

A M16 armed Digger

16. March 2021 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Miniatures, 28mm Wargaming, Australians in the Vietnam war, Digger, Diggers, Diggers in Vietnam, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, wargaming, wargaming miniatures

Here is the next Digger. this time armed with a M16. A very nice figure, having that late 60th early 70 feeling with the appropriate facial hair.

Start of the 3rd rifle group

15. March 2021 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Miniatures, 28mm Wargaming, ANZAC, Diggers, Diggers in Vietnam, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, Rifle group, Vietnam war, wargaming, wargaming miniatures

Here is the first figure of the 3rd rifle group. When i finish this rifle group, hopefully until the end of this week, my first digger section will be ready for battle.

A blue one

11. March 2021 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Miniatures, 28mm Wargaming, Lambretta, Vietnam war, wargaming, wargaming miniatures

Here is another Lambretta again 3D printed. This is the same model as the buff one you can see here. This one wasn’t printed correctly. The roof above the passenger compartment was partially missing. So I removed it completely and loaded the Lambretta with things to be delivered to a market. Boxes an oil drum ,fruits ( Melons). The boxes and oil drum are 3D printed too, the fruit were plastic ammo for an air gun.

Tomorrow I show you my Lambretta repair shop for my Hue city project.

A three wheel Lambretta

10. March 202111. March 2021 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Miniatures, 28mm Wargaming, 3 wheeler, Hue, Hue city, Lambretta, Tet1968, Vietnam war, wargaming

As I am slowly working on my cityscape of Hue, for the Tet 1968 offensive, I needed some of these vehicles. The three wheelers were and are often seen in Vietnam. As taxi, bus or van stand in. I got a 3D file from Wargaming 3d for a 3 wheeler Lambretta bus. This was printed with my Photon resin printer and then painted in the usual manner. I tried the weathering pencils from AK interactive for the rust effect. I think it works quite well.

The Lambretta sign is printed on paper, varnished with an airbrush and then fixed to the vehicle. I think it looks rather battered and old but thats the look I wanted to get. Now a driver or passengers would be nice. Couldn’t source any till now. Next up a cargo version of the Lambretta.