Empress Miniatures 28mm new releases.

These are fantastic Paul.  Love the details on the night scope.

FlyinSquirrel wrote:These are fantastic Paul.  Love the details on the night scope.

Time for some releases methinks.

USMC corpsmen and casualties. An important part of any unit and hopefully relevant in the rules you use, if not they should be

These chaps are based, as usual on pictures taken during the conflict. Most iconic of all is the famous one of the Marine being cared for on the back of an M48 Patton tank.

We also have an 81mm Marine mortar team based upon a picture of them in action in Hue 1968.
As usual brilliant work by Paul Hicks.

Now in the shop!!!

https://www.empressminiatures.com/usmc-vietnam-war-18-c.asp

The dying Marine (he did not make it whatever you read) and the Corpsman with the plasma bottle.

I have seen great work in 28mm VN from many makers.

But that is the best I have seen in any range. You even have the toy octopus in his headband.

I had been trying to work out how I could model this......but gave up

Congratulations.

Liam

I came back to this again.

I said before that Paul Hicks' best ever was the prone assistant to the M60, lifting an ammo belt off his shoulder. I still look at him and try to work out how he could have been modelled and cast. But now....

The Corpsman on the tank, that is the best I have ever seen in any range, scale, period or whatever. I did research these two some time ago. Two famous photographers separately caught the event.  The dying Marine's identity is uncertain and there is even a claimant to be a survivor as in "the book". The Corpsman is more convincing and very definite. He did not make it.

Here is the earlier and less known photo;

Todays release;

NVA/ Main Force VC crew with 82mm 82-PM-37 Soviet mortar.

This mortar entered service in 1937 with Soviet forces and was designed to be able to fire captured enemy munitions without allowing enemy forces to use its captured munition.

The crew are designed to be used as either NVA (PAVN) or Main Force VC.
Now in the shop.

https://www.empressminiatures.com/north-vietnamese-army...

Just released;

28mm ARVN Paratroops.

Officer wearing standard issue combat greens. Armed with a Colt M1911A1 pistol and folding stock M1 Carbine. Wearing standard issue US greens.

RTO wearing standard issue greens although the tight trousers can be painted in cammo. Helmet cover. As well as carrying smoke grenades for marking positions he also carries the M16 rifle.

30Cal. Gunner wears a locally made waterproof coat. This item was unique to the wearer so can be painted in either green or cammo.

30 Call No. 2. Wearing a US flack vest over his issue greens he is carrying a spare ammo belt as well as as an ARVN pack and M16 rifle.

https://www.empressminiatures.com/arvn-republic-of-south...

Another new 28mm ARVN Paratrooper pack.

All riflemen. No helmet covers.

From left to right;
Carrying M79 Blooper with ammo belt for grenades. Smoking a cigarette.

M16 Rifleman carrying a fragmentation grenade, phosphorous grenade, and LAW's.

M16 rifleman wearing a locally made jacket/ vest with stitched pockets and back pack for spare ammo.

M16 rifleman crouching wearing standard cammo or green combats.

https://www.empressminiatures.com/arvn-republic-of-south...

This is a useful guide to the physical size of the figures in our range so that you can se the accuracy of the national height differences across the range.

Unlike most (if not all) others, your figures look like what they are supposed to be. It seems rather basic, but it is something that is so often ignored.

Too bad I do 20s.
Tom

Garryowen wrote:Unlike most (if not all) others, your figures look like what they are supposed to be. It seems rather basic, but it is something that is so often ignored.

Too bad I do 20s.
Tom

Cheers. Yes it is basic but we actually put a lot of effort into making them look like real soldiers, especially when it comes to wearing kit and holding weapons.

Your effort shows in the product, Paul. By saying "it seems rather basic," I meant something everyone should do as a matter of course. Needless to say, it takes more time and effort, and therefore money, to do that.

Tom

Yep and you have to think about it which weirdly some companies do not. No idea why but its pretty logical and in your face tbh.

What gets me is when companies then try to argue they are right in order to cover the error. You only have to look at pictures to see the size differences.

New release. 28mm
ARVN Paratrooper riflemen. No helmet covers.
From left to right;
M60 and support gunner with spare ammo belt. Armed with an M60.
No2 gunner carrying ammo boxes on a stick. Armed with an M60.
The M60 gunner is wearing a bush hat with large feather. Taken from an original picture.
https://www.empressminiatures.com/arvn-republic-of-south...

New Release. 28mm
ARVN Paratrooper riflemen. No helmet covers.
From left to right;
Trooper carrying LAWS. Also armed with a pistol side arm. He has the famous ARVN back pack.
NCO armed with an M16. Note the scarf which was common.
RTO using a PRC-25 Field Radio. Armed with an M16. Smoke grenades carried on the rear.
Trooper carrying an M16 and looking mean.
https://www.empressminiatures.com/arvn-republic-of-south...

New Release. 28mm
ARVN Paratrooper riflemen. No helmet covers.
From left to right;
MCO carrying an M16. Wearing a flack vest.
Trooper aiming a Blooper. Wearing a locally made grenade vest.
Trooper laying down suppressive fire from behind cover. Wearing a hooded waterproof top and scarf.
Trooper reloading his M16. Wearing a scarf.
https://www.empressminiatures.com/arvn-republic-of-south...

New Release 28mm.
ARVN Paratrooper riflemen. No helmet covers.
From left to right;
Trooper acting as point man. Carrying an M16 with 30 round magazine.
Trooper carrying a Blooper and spare grenades as well as his folding stock carbine.
Trooper throwing a grenade and holding an M16.
Trooper with M60 firing. The ammo belt can be cut to length.
https://www.empressminiatures.com/arvn-republic-of-south...

Stunning additions. Must haves indeed

Thanks Tom

All very lovely sculpts by Mr Hicks there, Paul!