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Author Topic: (COMMERCIAL) Empress Miniatures' NEW Vietnam Range  (Read 384758 times)

Offline jdp

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #810 on: June 13, 2019, 12:09:06 AM »
Don't worry that's in the loop at some point although was thinking of all new sculpts and slightly earlier period.

Always loved the look of the early troops with M14s.  :-*  Loving the troops so far but those are the ones I really want!

Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #811 on: June 17, 2019, 09:07:38 AM »
"INCOMING!!!!!"


Offline carlos marighela

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #812 on: June 17, 2019, 09:43:48 AM »
Just received a big order of all the rest of the releases. Happy dance!*  :)


* Fucking post office didn’t send an advice slip so they’ve been sitting at the post office since last Friday. :-[
Em dezembro de '81
Botou os ingleses na roda
3 a 0 no Liverpool
Ficou marcado na história
E no Rio não tem outro igual
Só o Flamengo é campeão mundial
E agora seu povo
Pede o mundo de novo

Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #813 on: June 17, 2019, 01:30:04 PM »
"Come and get it!!!!"

Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #814 on: June 17, 2019, 01:32:09 PM »
New Vietnam packs.

Laws operators.

Historic personalities, This pack includes, from left to right,

Dale Dye who became famous for his work in Hollywood epics such as Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and Last of the Mohicans etc.

Lt Col. Cheatham who served as the CO of the 2nd Battalion 5th Marine regiment.

Gunny Sergeant Frank Thomas who carried the Stars and Stripes and is seen getting it from inside his flak jacket.

Captain Christmas. His unit captured the Citadel and lowered the famous and one off North Vietnamese unification flag and raised the Stars and Stripes carried by Thomas.

Characters from Full Metal Jacket. If you have not seen the film then where have you been?

Left to right Joker, 8 Ball, Cowboy, Animal Mother.

Two more characters from Full Metal Jacket.

These chaps were only in the first half of the film but both became iconic characters. We introduce to you Gny Sgt Hartman and Private Gomer Pyle as if they did survive basic training and got to Vietnam and Tet.
 As usual Hartman is on Pyles case and Pyle is showing his manic war face. Scary stuff.

All in the Vietnam room in the shop.
« Last Edit: June 17, 2019, 02:37:37 PM by Empress Miniatures »

Offline Elk101

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #815 on: June 17, 2019, 01:35:21 PM »
Cracking work. The FMJ characters are my favourites.

Offline Dr. Zombie

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #816 on: June 17, 2019, 01:41:51 PM »
Outstanding.

Now bring on Charlie.

Offline Mick_in_Switzerland

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #817 on: June 17, 2019, 01:43:52 PM »
I will place an order this week. :-*

Offline Ash

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #818 on: June 17, 2019, 01:49:27 PM »
These look so cool, goes off to place an order...

1 little correction; Captain Christmas (OC H comp 2/5) didn't capture the Citadel that was the 1/5 under Major Bob Thompson. Christmas, Frank Thomas et al raised their flag over the provincial headquarters in the triangle on the south side of the Huong River.

Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #819 on: June 17, 2019, 02:38:53 PM »
These look so cool, goes off to place an order...

1 little correction; Captain Christmas (OC H comp 2/5) didn't capture the Citadel that was the 1/5 under Major Bob Thompson. Christmas, Frank Thomas et al raised their flag over the provincial headquarters in the triangle on the south side of the Huong River.

Well corrected that man. ;)

Offline Ultravanillasmurf

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #820 on: June 17, 2019, 03:21:35 PM »
Nice,

I hope you are at Colours this year (though whether I have finished the batch I just ordered by then is anyone's guess).

Offline manchesterreg

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #821 on: June 17, 2019, 04:34:00 PM »
Lovely, just ordered new packs any idea when Radio Ops will be done ?

Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #822 on: June 18, 2019, 07:48:46 AM »
Lovely, just ordered new packs any idea when Radio Ops will be done ?

I reckon they will be released in about three weeks.

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #823 on: June 18, 2019, 08:50:11 AM »
Will that be part of a platoon HQ pack? Officer, corpsman, Sgt and signaller?

Hopefully the heavy weapons, 3.5” rocket launcher and 106mm RCL will soon follow. As you already do the RCL (I have one) it just needs a ground mount and crew. Ernie Cheatham needs something to direct.

Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #824 on: June 18, 2019, 09:13:33 AM »
Will that be part of a platoon HQ pack? Officer, corpsman, Sgt and signaller?

Hopefully the heavy weapons, 3.5” rocket launcher and 106mm RCL will soon follow. As you already do the RCL (I have one) it just needs a ground mount and crew. Ernie Cheatham needs something to direct.

Radios will be in a separate pack although there may be three radios and one officer as I have a good design.

3.5" will be in an assault pioneer type pack with a flame thrower and stuff.

106 will be possibly two packs one moving one firing plus the mule at some point.

Officer NCO pack

Medic and sniper pack.

plus some specials plus of course VC

Well that's a small part of our life planned for the next 6 months  lol

Vehicles getting very close now so stay tuned.