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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: RedStar on 01 March 2015, 08:24:32 PM
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It has been a long time but, after many bad moments (firstly the accident of our sculptor Paul Hicks and his convalescence and then, the terrible news of the dead of our moulder, the late Stewart Griffin, in December), our two new packs are here and available.
DBP011 Vietminh 75mm recoilless gun team with
3 marching figures
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f0SyEqfBnHQ/VOZLbeGQm4I/AAAAAAAADMM/_THvlhYEiHI/s1600/DBP011W1.jpg)
and 3 firing figures with the gun
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3u-pxB8aqY/VOZLxSp286I/AAAAAAAADMs/bdyutNuy-v0/s1600/DBP011F3.jpg)
DBP012 French 75mm recoilless gun team with
3 marching figures
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CUNbcvSO8FM/VOZMHmHXzKI/AAAAAAAADM8/iLR8LTzors0/s1600/DBP012W3.jpg)
and 3 firing figures with the gun + packs and rifles
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xjL5KWeF1uc/VOZMXAEEU4I/AAAAAAAADNY/FyTFHTCGoeE/s1600/DBP012F2.jpg)
We will put them on our website as soon as possible but know that both packs sell at 14 euros and are available immediately for ordering via our email at redstarminiatures@gmail.com and soon via our UK distributor Empress miniatures and US distributor Age of glory
Cheers,
Christian
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Very nice. I will be ordering these soon! Glad this project is still going :)
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Very nice. I will be ordering these soon! Glad this project is still going :)
I hope for more, very nice miniatures. Painting them is a pleasure. Seems the paint finds the way by it's own.
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would these scale well with Assault Groups Viet Cong?
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To beautiful not to buy,if only my group will join me. Outstanding figures!!!!!!!!!!
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Those are gorgeous!
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They are lovely! Would it be stretching the imagination too much to have a few of the Viet Minh scattered in units of Main Force VC ten years or so later than they are intended for?
It's great to see Mr Hicks back, he's one of my most favourite sculptors. I'd love to have the money to commission a Vietnam range from him, especially if they looked as good as these figures.
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It's great to see Mr Hicks back, he's one of my most favourite sculptors. I'd love to have the money to commission a Vietnam range from him, especially if they looked as good as these figures.
Snap to that!
These are fantastic these will go on the to buy list... ive got a few of their other sets and the detail is some of the best ive ever seen
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These are superbly characterful models, I'd love to see some Southern African 'Bush Wars' minis done with this level of attention to detail with regard to individual personal kit and facial expression.
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I'd love to have the money to commission a Vietnam range from him, especially if they looked as good as these figures.
I'd love to see some Southern African 'Bush Wars' minis done with this level of attention to detail...
Ditto... especially if the Vietnam range ran from '62 onwards.
Admittedly we have Kostas at Eureka for Bush Wars, but he's not working nearly hard enough and keeps getting sidetracked by that ultra-modern rubbish.
;)
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True, I do like Kostas' RAR & Portuguese a lot, painted them already and they were a pleasure to do.
That said there is something I really like about the style of these French chaps, they just look a bit grim and gritty. I like the fact that each mini has loads of individual character; different belt kit and odd uniforms. I'd love to see some late 70's Rhodesian SAS done like these; WW2 Para helmets & jump suits, RPDs (without the round mags) , AKs & RPGs, individual belt kits (not all the same). I can feel some conversions coming on...
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Nice stuff. This is an excellent range I have a platoon plus worth of the French and a squad plus for the VM. I do wonder why they went with the 75mm RCL the more common item at least for the French was the 57mm RCL. Hopefully they might see fit to sell the gun by itself, it's a really useful item for Vietnam, Africa and even Afghanistan.
I just wish they would do some more Viet Minh. I've resorted to converting Eureka ZANLA figures with rifles and SMG to flesh them out. That and some standard infantry or Legionnaires in shorts and bush hats.
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I would also like to see those Recoils rifles sold separate.
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Its a lovely range, may well have to invest..............
Or maybe, see if Paul fancies working with me again, and go for the classic Hollywood Vietnam look, with 60s Americans v VC and NVA, a whole new range, quite fancy scratching some M113s, M-48 and a decent range of usable Hueys and other helos................. ;D
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Durutti,
I would love to see Paul do the '60s.
On my dream list, how about a PBR by you and Paul do the crew.
Also some ARVN troops. ;D
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Its a lovely range, may well have to invest..............
Or maybe, see if Paul fancies working with me again, and go for the classic Hollywood Vietnam look, with 60s Americans v VC and NVA, a whole new range, quite fancy scratching some M113s, M-48 and a decent range of usable Hueys and other helos................. ;D
As there are quite a few Vietnam ranges out there already you might want to consider starting with the bits that nobody else does. Early USMC in standard fatigues, flak jackets and M-14 rifles. ARN with M-1 Garands and M-1 carbines. NVA regulars in pith helmets that actually look like pith helmets.
You might attract a crossover market. The Marines would be useful for all sorts of Cold War scenarios, even Bond style stuff. ARVN, appropriately scaled could be used for half of the Third World's armies. Central and South American as well as other Asian armies like the Koreans, Indonesians, Cambodians Filipinos, etc. Actually some Pathet Lao in Mao caps would be pretty cool too.
By the by if you want Hueys then Hobby Boss make an 1/48 Easy Build UH-1C (usable as a B model) for around $20. Nice kit and one any gamer could put together inside an hour or so.
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Yep... there are a host of M16-equipped ranges out there, although very few ARVN. The early VC were almost entirely kitted out with US M1 Carbines, Garands and BARs, obtained via the ARVN and would double as RF/PF. Likewise US Advisers carried the same kit and M3 Grease Guns. US Army and Marines both used the M14 in the first year of the war (Marines later obviously), differing only in that the Marines wore flak jackets constantly.
That being said I would buy anything Vietnam-related by Mr Hicks... early period or otherwise, I'd just prefer to start gaming it from '62 onwards given the choice.
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Looks a great range and definitely on my to buy list.
Commenting on suggestions for earlier Nam '65 to '67 figures...perhaps Force of Arms would take up the mantle or maybe we will finally get to hear from recon28 and what was promised/suggested within their line
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I'm not sure what's happening with Force of Arms as Wargames Command Post is out of stock of all the Vietnamese with no news on restocks. I'm still after several packs (advancing and firing) that i'm unlikely to get anytime soon.
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I would have to weigh in here - there are a lot of Vietnam War ranges out there, but very few quality ones. I've been waiting on USMC with M16s and Flak jackets for a long time.
Force of arms is very hard to get, and the rest of the ranges just don't do it for me....
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I'm not sure what's happening with Force of Arms as Wargames Command Post is out of stock of all the Vietnamese with no news on restocks. I'm still after several packs (advancing and firing) that i'm unlikely to get anytime soon.
John popped up here a while ago. Announced some new stuff and then promptly disappeared again. Might be worth PMing him.
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John popped up here a while ago. Announced some new stuff and then promptly disappeared again. Might be worth PMing him.
Yeah, I might try that. Bob at WGCP doesn't know about restocks yet (great customer service by the way!).
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Just saw on the 'Dien Bien Phu Blog' that there are 2 new packs of Viet Minh reenforcements! and they are gorgous!
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They do look good and just what the range needed. Hopefully they will make some separate Vietnamese heads. Would be nice to have some variety.
I anyone is reading this can we have at least one pack of the unadorned Vietnamese pith helmet? It would be useful for converting these and other ranges into later VC and NVA.