Tomrommels Vietnam war 13.3. Another Ford Mutt page 47

[Paul @ Empress Miniatures]

Great job. 

[tomrommel1]

Thanks Paul.
Here is another one:


Next NVA soldier. This time in a unusual colored uniform. But it is a authentic color . You can look it up in this book: "Weapons and field gear of the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong" by Edward Emering.

More here: https://wargamesgazette.com/2020/04/17/another-nva-fighter-2/

[tomrommel1]

Good Morning.  So the Salute weekend is gone by without Salute… more time for painting though. I painted up this blooper gunner from Empress. Very nice sculpt by Paul Hicks.

It was a joy to paint.



More at https://wargamesgazette.com/2020/04/20/m79-blooper-gunner/

[Paul @ Empress Miniatures]

 

[vodkafan]

Here is another one:


Next NVA soldier. This time in a unusual colored uniform. But it is a authentic color . You can look it up in this book: "Weapons and field gear of the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong" by Edward Emering.

If you say so, that's good enough for me! I will probably do a couple in that colour too now 

[tomrommel1]

Vodkafan, I think the book is trustworthy , there are no replicas pictured inside just original collectors items.

here is another one with an unusual colored backpack :



As always taken the color from the excellent reference book by E. Emering.

[tomrommel1]

Vietnam landscape without water buffalo ? As these animals can be found almost everywhere in Vietnam I needed some for my Vietnam war gaming table. The standing ones are from Empress miniatures the resting ones are 3D printed as is the chicken.





More at https://wargamesgazette.com/2020/04/22/water-buffalo/

[tomrommel1]

I painted up a special figure the other day. 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. See the camera and the attached film boxes round his neck and the cigarette in his left hand.



More pictures at : https://wargamesgazette.com/2020/04/23/attached-war-reporter/

[tomrommel1]

Here is another Vietnamese NVA soldier painted with a red party scarf



More at https://wargamesgazette.com/2020/04/24/a-vietnamese-soldier-in-classic-green/

[tomrommel1]

This US Marine figure is Gunny Sergeant Frank Thomas who carried the Stars and Stripes in Hue and is seen getting it from inside his flak jacket. I painted the figure a bit different. The flag he is getting out of his flack jacket is painted to represent a map so the figure could be used in different settings ,too.



More at https://wargamesgazette.com/2020/04/25/gunny-sergeant-frank-thomas/

[tomrommel1]

another North Vietnamese soldier. Again from Empress. More at : https://wargamesgazette.com/2020/04/26/hiding-in-the-bush/

[tomrommel1]

Here is another radio operator . This time i put some more foliage on the base to differentiate the figures a bit more.



More at https://wargamesgazette.com/2020/04/27/another-prick-25-radio-man/

[syrinx0]

Really nice figures and a great paint job. 

[tomrommel1]

Thank you syrinx0!

here is a little addition to my terrain collection. Not only usable for Vietnam war games though.



Above you see the river I build for my gaming table a wile ago. Now that there will be brown water navy boats available in the near future, at least after the Corona lockdown is lifted, I thought that I would need a wider river to accommodate 28mm boats. I have a modular gaming table layout with extruded polystyrene squares for variety. The approach to the new waterway is a different one. I have a gaming mat permanently beneath the styrene squares which is used for naval wargaming. I thought about just building “shore” tiles and use the gaming mat as the river surface. In that way i can have the river as big as I like or I could even build a shoreline for amphibious landing games. Here is the result:





Many more pictures at https://wargamesgazette.com/2020/04/28/a-bigger-river/

[Paul @ Empress Miniatures]

Excellent 

Love the bamboo. Because of you I 'planted' 200 bamboo plants this weekend and they are now on the table.