We mentioned earlier this year that there'd be a bit of an expansion coming for our Indochina range, just in time for the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu.  This batch covers some new French Paratroopers along with a load of conversions on the existing Vietminh figures to give more variation.

Some of these go with items already moulded years ago so we'll do a bit of an overhaul to some of the codes and add more poses or tweak things to make them better.

Timelines should have these ready for release before Salute, all being well.

French Paratroopers

2 x officers / radio operator / NCO / firing MAT-49 / 3 x riflemen / rifle grenadier:
IndoChinaExpansion1 by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

LMG team / light mortar team / MMG team:
IndoChinaExpansion2 by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

3 x mortar crew / spotter / 2 x artillery crew / casualty / 120mm mortar baseplate:
IndoChinaExpansion3 by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

Vietminh - Chu Luc

Officer / bugler / standard bearer / NCO / LMG No.2 / MMG team / artillery crewman / assault pioneer / casualty:
IndoChinaExpansion4 by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

Vietminh - Boi Dai Phuong or Tu Ve

LMG No. 2 / kneeling rifleman / 2 x officers / 6 x riflemen:
IndoChinaExpansion5 by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

2 x Thompson / 2 x firing rifle / 2 x LMG prone / 2 x MMG teams:
IndoChinaExpansion6 by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

2 x mortar crew / 4 x porters / 5 x civilians / Browning team:
IndoChinaExpansion7 by Leon Pengilley, on Flickr

     

Seriously impressive updates

Hurrah for these! {he says Woosterishly}

Seriously impressed with so many variants - and with the berets for the French too!

Timed pretty much seventy years to the day after first serious bombardment on the fortified camp happened!

And there's always plenty of scope for traditionally dressed civilians in other conflicts.

Those look superb little miniatures 

Love these ! I'll be getting some 👍🏻

Wow...another tempting range.

Well those are just lovely - I'm glad I didn't hit 'go' on these a million years ago now, and can therefore do Dien Bien Phu soon & in line with the 70th 

I'll be getting out Kim Kanger's gaming masterpiece over the weekend, Dien Bien Phu: The Final Gamble, and looking forward to playing some IABSM games (with Indochina Ain't Half Hot Mum mods) using my current Pendraken Indochina forces over the Easter break.

Great expansions to the existing ranges, with them being useful for other conflcits I'm sure, especially the civilians.

They look really nice

Today is the seventieth anniversary of the fall of the 'French' garrison at Dien Bien Phu - any update on when the new minis will be online to purchase, Leon?

Mike H

This completely missed my radar. Will definitely be purchasing some of these to help diversify my sculpts.

Quote from: henjed on 07 May 2024, 03:40:50 PMToday is the seventieth anniversary of the fall of the 'French' garrison at Dien Bien Phu - any update on when the new minis will be online to purchase, Leon?

Mike H

Not far off hopefully, Salute prep stole all of my new releases time last month so I'm a bit behind there.  They've all been master moulded so I just need to check them over and get the production moulds prepped.  It'll likely be after Partizan.

Thanks for the update, Leon!

Where's FSN saying he's going to buy them all?

Nah. Not me. No. No way.

It is written "for all in the one true scale is available to me, excepting the tricorn which is an abomination; the League of Augsburg which is neither fish nor fowl, nor crawling thing nor axolotl; and the tropical forest where there is just too damned many trees."

I have resisted a Australian C sqn 1st Armoured Rgt with Centurion tanks, and M113s from 1st APC Sqn carrying infantry from the 1ATF, supported by L5 pack howitzers from 1st Field Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, and maybe some Iroquis from 9 Sqn RAAF- not given Long Tan even a fleeting thought -  so I think I can resist a few French paras.
 

Quote from: fsn on 08 May 2024, 04:08:57 PMNah. Not me. No. No way.

It is written "for all in the one true scale is available to me, excepting the tricorn which is an abomination; the League of Augsburg which is neither fish nor fowl, nor crawling thing nor axolotl; and the tropical forest where there is just too damned many trees."

I have resisted a Australian C sqn 1st Armoured Rgt with Centurion tanks, and M113s from 1st APC Sqn carrying infantry from the 1ATF, supported by L5 pack howitzers from 1st Field Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, and maybe some Iroquis from 9 Sqn RAAF- not given Long Tan even a fleeting thought -  so I think I can resist a few French paras.
 

No way......