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Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #795 on: June 10, 2019, 07:08:02 AM »
They all look fantastic. I know next to nothing about Vietnam. would the miniatures shown so far be usable as Air Cav ?

Air Cav are on the Empress list to do.

Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #796 on: June 10, 2019, 02:03:06 PM »

Some new flag sheets for the Vietnam range.

These include a sheet for US forces. Great for hanging from buildings or vehicles.

A sheet for the ARVN to hang up.

And a sheet for the NVA to wave around including the special Hue flag.

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

Offline Sparrow

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #797 on: June 10, 2019, 06:03:12 PM »
Great idea!
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Offline manchesterreg

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #798 on: June 10, 2019, 06:39:10 PM »
Any chance of a pack of South Vietnamese Police ?

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #799 on: June 10, 2019, 09:58:09 PM »
Some new flag sheets for the Vietnam range.

These include a sheet for US forces. Great for hanging from buildings or vehicles.

A sheet for the ARVN to hang up.

And a sheet for the NVA to wave around including the special Hue flag.

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

Nice, although technically speaking they aren’t North Vietnamese Army flags, they are NLF flags, including the special version for the occupation of Huế.

Might be worth your while, if you are making flags, to think about making some Vietnamese signage for folk to plaster on buildings.
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Offline Harry von Fleischmann

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #800 on: June 11, 2019, 06:08:03 AM »
Any chance of a pack of South Vietnamese Police ?

I think Michael Herr mentions them in the Tet chapter of “Despatches”.

Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #801 on: June 11, 2019, 07:50:05 AM »
Nice, although technically speaking they aren’t North Vietnamese Army flags, they are NLF flags, including the special version for the occupation of Huế.


Yes but we have to keep it slightly simple for many folk who are not as clued in as you.

Good idea on the signage. Got any any good examples? Military signage for both US and ARVN would be useful. 


Offline carlos marighela

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #802 on: June 11, 2019, 08:44:20 AM »
I was thinking of advertising hoardings and signs along the lines of the stuff produced by these guys.

https://duplicata-productions.myshopify.com/collections/signs-road-store-ads/filter-by-conflict_vietnam?page=1

https://duplicata-productions.myshopify.com/collections/signs-road-store-ads/filter-by-conflict_vietnam?page=2

There are plenty of examples on the Saigoneer website and a few more examples here:

https://livingasean.com/explore/the-vietnam-experience/

I can’tfind it at the moment but I linked on one of the other threads to a page showing war era advertising signs. The chaps producing those signs have obviously seen the same sites.

Of course a walk through Springvale Road, along Victoria Street, Richmond or a wander through Footscray would produce a lifetime’s supply of Vietnamese signage.




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Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #804 on: June 11, 2019, 10:10:06 AM »
Yeah will have a look and see if we can do something.

Cheers, Paul

Offline Suetonius Paullinus

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #805 on: June 11, 2019, 12:34:31 PM »
Oh yes please!

Offline Paul @ Empress Miniatures

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #806 on: June 11, 2019, 02:25:37 PM »
I was thinking of advertising hoardings and signs along the lines of the stuff produced by these guys.

https://duplicata-productions.myshopify.com/collections/signs-road-store-ads/filter-by-conflict_vietnam?page=1

https://duplicata-productions.myshopify.com/collections/signs-road-store-ads/filter-by-conflict_vietnam?page=2

There are plenty of examples on the Saigoneer website and a few more examples here:

https://livingasean.com/explore/the-vietnam-experience/

I can’tfind it at the moment but I linked on one of the other threads to a page showing war era advertising signs. The chaps producing those signs have obviously seen the same sites.

Of course a walk through Springvale Road, along Victoria Street, Richmond or a wander through Footscray would produce a lifetime’s supply of Vietnamese signage.

Love the Hazardous Noise Aria sign. lol

That US embassy should have been blown up simply because of its appearance.  :o

Offline Sparrow

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #807 on: June 11, 2019, 07:20:54 PM »
That US embassy should have been blown up simply because of its appearance.  :o

In fairness, they did try in 1968!

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #808 on: June 11, 2019, 07:57:43 PM »
In fairness even the US State Department got the message, albeit thirty years afterwards, and tore it down. There’s a new consulate building next to where the old embassy stood.

The original embassy building still survives, the one that featured in the Tet attack was newly built in 1967. It survived a pretty major car bomb. How long it will continue to survive is another thing. Rampant capitalism has driven a massive construction drive, quite a lot of Vietnam era buildings have been torn down in very recent times. It’s a bit depressing for history buffs but I suppose that’s progress.

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Re: Empress - Hue 1968 - First Glimpse of the New Range
« Reply #809 on: June 11, 2019, 08:22:40 PM »
“Progress” is a “wonderful” thing...  :?