having a little smoke

9. December 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, 3D printed scenery, Full Metal Miniatures, vietnam terrain, Vietnam war, Vietnamese civilian, wargaming, WOW Buildings

Here is another Vietnamese civilian having a smoke. A Full Metal Miniature smoking a pipe.

Is he really just having some time off or is he on the lookout for the VC…..

The building is a 3D print. STL from WOW buildings.

Last fireteam of my 2nd squad of US Marines

8. December 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, US Marines, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here is the first member of the last missing fireteam of my 2nd squad of US Marines for Vietnam. A kneeling firing miniature .

Second fireteam 3rd squad finished

1. December 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, Paul Hicks, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here is the finished 2nd fireteam of the 3rd squad of my US Marine platoon. All figures are Empress miniatures sculpted by Paul Hicks and painted with contrast colors by Games workshop.

Here is the 4th member of the fireteam:

planting rice

30. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Full Metal Miniatures, rice planting, Vietnam war, Vietnamese civilian, wargaming

Here is a female Vietnamese farmer planting rice. The figure is from Full Metal Miniatures.

Complete first fireteam of my 2nd US Marine Squad

16. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, fireteam, Paul Hicks, US Marines, Vietnam war, wargaming

Here is the complete 1st fireteam of my 2nd squad of US Marines. All Empress Miniatures. Terrain scratch build by me.

And here are some closeups of the 4 th member of the team:

The next Marine with LAW

9. November 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, LAW, Paul Hicks, US Marines, Vietnam war, wargaming

Again armed with a LAW and an M16. On his webbing he wears a folded rain poncho.

Squad leader Sergeant Tom

22. October 202022. October 2020 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Wargaming, Empress, Empress miniatures, HQ, Paul Hicks, US Marine squad HQ, US Marines, wargaming

This is the squad leader of the 3rd Squad . It is the Empress miniature combo of an officer and his RTO with a slight difference. I sawed-off the head of the officer figure. I removed the original head and added a head showing myself sculpted by ~Paul Hicks for me. So the figure looks a bit like myself. The original head was not discarded . I saved of the face and used the helmet on the officer figure:

Here you see the Helmet and the RTO more clearly.

Here are pictures of the completed HQ:

This finishes of the 3rd squad. I will start on the second one now. The first was already finished last year so when the second is done I will have a complete platoon. The only thing missing is a few mortars then…