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Author Topic: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. T64 RELEASED.  (Read 88205 times)

Offline Ultravanillasmurf

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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #540 on: March 06, 2022, 05:09:35 PM »
Nice.

I will add them to my next order...

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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #541 on: March 07, 2022, 10:39:53 AM »
What’s next on the greens list - RPGs, LMGs...hopefully a mortar section?

 :)

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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #542 on: March 09, 2022, 10:00:49 AM »
What’s next on the greens list - RPGs, LMGs...hopefully a mortar section?

 :)

Just about to arrive will be a command group and support weapons. Plus RPG and LMG packs.

Plus something else you will like very much.  ;)

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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #543 on: March 09, 2022, 12:55:00 PM »
Just about to arrive will be a command group and support weapons. Plus RPG and LMG packs.

Plus something else you will like very much.  ;)


Ooooh....is it a Bedford truck? Or a BTR60PB? Vehicle riders? More Landies? A Caspian Sea Monster?

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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #544 on: March 09, 2022, 01:49:13 PM »
Octopus driving a double decker bus.  ;)

Lots of hand signals.

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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #545 on: March 12, 2022, 10:41:27 PM »
Octopus driving a double decker bus.  ;)

Lots of hand signals.

More like lots of head scratching...confused now  lol

Come on you know how impatient we (meaning myself) are  :)

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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #546 on: March 13, 2022, 01:24:14 AM »
I dunno, merging the thread with the Times cryptic crossword, saves a lot of flipping between tabs and a subscription to Rupert’s masthead. I like it. Either that or Paul was watching 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as he was typing. Never have I felt so close to Roisin Conaty.  :D

Useful things for Soviet paras, list 2.

SPG-9 and crew.(admittedly I could easily convert existing models)

AT-4 or AT-5 and crew. Launcher already in the Empress stable, just needs new crew.

Grad-P single tube 122mm rocket and crew.

ZU-23 and crew. Paul has indicated this is likely already.

82mm Vasilek mortar and crew.

The BMD variants are already covered, so unless there are plans for a Gaz-66 truck or an ASU-85 SPG, the VDV are pretty much covered in terms of what would be useful on a wargaming table.

Prepared to be surprised though.  :)
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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #547 on: March 13, 2022, 09:01:46 AM »
The ZSU-23 with crew would be excellent - already have a BTR-DG SPAAG on my todo list

Agree also on the 82mm mortars as I want to flesh out a company-level formation  :D

I’d add a RPU-14 rocket launcher to the mix...used by VDV and it’s not huge...a small towable/air droppable rocket launcher.

Did VDV have some sort of airdroppable supply canister?

Vehicle riders to sit on the BMDs would be a welcome addition, purely for the “cool” factor.

Other “nice to haves” would be:

A sprue of Soviet gas mask heads (could always greenstuff the bag on)

Some generic unarmed European civilians (coat/bag slung over shoulder).
« Last Edit: March 13, 2022, 10:40:04 AM by AKULA »

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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #548 on: March 14, 2022, 09:37:52 AM »
Thinking of doing a LOA2 - 967M with the seats optional as either upright or laying down.


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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #549 on: March 14, 2022, 10:31:38 AM »
Would make sense given it was used variously as a weapons carrier or medevac

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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #550 on: March 15, 2022, 03:20:04 PM »
Next batch of Soviet VDV paras.

The Bazooka looking thing is an RPO "Rys" Rocket-propelled Infantry Flamethrower "Lynx". Its a napalm rocket-propelled grenade launcher classified as flamethrower by Russian military. The RPO had first entered service in 1975 and it was intended to replace the obsolete LPO-50 flamethrowers.

The RPG is the RPG16. Designed for both special forces and VDV.

We also have the SA-7 Grail.




« Last Edit: March 15, 2022, 03:29:39 PM by Paul @ Empress Miniatures »

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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #551 on: March 15, 2022, 04:18:46 PM »
 :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

Lovely additions...all on my shopping list

When do you expect they will be in stock Paul?

 :)
« Last Edit: March 15, 2022, 06:12:29 PM by AKULA »

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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #552 on: March 15, 2022, 08:06:22 PM »
Indeed! Cracking stuff.

Fairly certain that someone has a copy of the Osprey on the VDV.  ;)

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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #553 on: March 16, 2022, 09:50:30 AM »
Cheers guys.

Yes one of the better Osprey's  ;)

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Re: [COMMERCIAL] Empress Miniatures Cold War Range. SOVIET PARAS RELEASED.
« Reply #554 on: March 16, 2022, 10:51:48 PM »
Cool skateboard.

 

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