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Title: Belgian Soldiers in the Congo - CRISIS 2019 special figures
Post by: Johan on October 14, 2019, 10:10:26 PM: Hi guys (and girls),

on the 9th of november it is Crisis again in Antwerp and the first 1800 through the door get these 2 nice figures of Belgian soldiers in the Congo. They are called Lt. Lippens (lying down) and sgt. Debruyne. They were in the Congo when the Belgian army was fighting the slave traders and these guys were captured by one of those. When Sgt. Debruyne was offered the opportunity to get to safety, he refused to leave his officer behind to a certain death and returned to captivity. It didn't matter much as both of them were killed soon after anyway. A statue was erected for them in the coastal town of Blankenberge and several cities have streets named after these brave soldiers. As usual you can of course use them as you see fit. The extremely talented Paul Hicks sculpted these figures, with the assistance of Iron Duke for the weapons and Griffin Moulds cast them.
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Post by: marianas_gamer on October 14, 2019, 11:45:55 PM: Nice sculpts!
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Post by: Atheling on October 15, 2019, 07:14:59 AM: They are lovely sculpts; really dynamic posing and realistic posture.

Who is the sculptor?
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Post by: Westfalia Chris on October 15, 2019, 08:55:45 AM: Quote from: Atheling on October 15, 2019, 07:14:59 AM
They are lovely sculpts; really dynamic posing and realistic posture.

Who is the sculptor?

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The extremely talented Paul Hicks sculpted these figures, with the assistance of Iron Duke for the weapons and Griffin Moulds cast them.

@OP, interesting choice and nicely executed. Looking forward to Crisis, if nothing untoward happens.
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Post by: marco55 on October 20, 2019, 04:58:28 PM: Is there anyway to obtain these without going to the show.I'm in the US.
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Post by: DonVoss on October 20, 2019, 06:56:33 PM: Wow...those minis really look good....:)

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Post by: italwars on October 20, 2019, 06:58:43 PM: I second Marco55...Congo Belge’s Force Publique being among my favourites 🙂
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Post by: Mike1879 on October 20, 2019, 07:11:17 PM: Superb sculpts those!! Love the facial features !!
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Post by: marco55 on October 21, 2019, 03:14:00 AM: If anybody goes to Crisis and gets these figures but doesn't want them keep me in mind as I'm willing to buy them.
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Post by: marco55 on October 21, 2019, 03:52:56 AM: Sefu,Lippens and De Bruyne. :D
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Post by: Helen on October 21, 2019, 08:29:09 PM: Thank you for sharing these beautiful miniatures sculpted by Paul. Have a wonderful convention.

Best regards,

Helen
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Post by: Johan on October 21, 2019, 10:05:30 PM: Thanks Helen
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Post by: aircav on November 11, 2019, 05:45:17 PM: Now they are a bit nice, glad I still don’t have my Force Publique or I would be chasing after getting some myself 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Post by: italwars on November 13, 2019, 08:43:20 PM: sorry cause i've already posted it but i did without any caption..the following image by great Belgian artist James Thiriar depict exactly what Johan told us about the two minis...Serg De Bruyne and his officer prisoners of Arab slavers...Serg De Bruyne had, during a pour parler between Belgian officers and slavers chiefs on the two sides of a river, the chance to escape diving in the water while the askaris covered him from the other side...as suggested to him by their Belgian camarades on the other side of the river (probably shouted in French or Flemish as, i suppose, the arabs did'nt had an interpreter or a Ipad with on line translator at hand ;)....the heroic sergeant prefered to remain in captivity with his boss and face certain death... the minis probably depict the scene at the moment of their initial capture in battle by the slavers
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Post by: marco55 on November 14, 2019, 04:28:10 AM: I have a set coming my way. :D
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Post by: marco55 on November 20, 2019, 01:18:48 PM: My set arrived yesterday and they are very nice.I love the animation and nicely cast.I wish somebody would start a Force Publique range with the same sculptor. :D
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