While planning all these modern
forces I’m working on at the moment I started wondering (sensibly) what was I
going to use at opposing forces…?
I’m in a bit of a gamer’s vacuum
here. Ever since the first group of guys I played miniature wargames with split
up (oh, twenty years ago… has it really been that long!?) and went their
separate ways leaving me with armies with no opponents, I thought it only
sensible to always do both sides. That way I’m never reliant on others. If a
gaming buddy packs up and moves away, I’m no longer left with armies without
opponents.
As an added benefit I can game with anyone. I don’t have to seek out other guys
that have armies to play with. Anyone that wants to try out a game doesn’t have
to first build an army of their own…. The downside of this is that most of the
guys I now game with just rely on me to provide all the toys when we game and
would never consider buying or painting any miniatures themselves….
I’m straying off topic here…
What I think I was initially starting to ramble about was what to do for
opposing forces for my moderns… Vietnam is obvious – Americans and Australians
vs. Vietn Cong and PAVN (maybe someday I could add some ARVN or other odds and
sods). I’m interested in “Cold
War Gone Hot” scenarios – and so I have a few cold war British and
Soviets in 28mm… (and a few slightly-more-recent-than-cold-war soviets and
British, etc…) and a pile of them in 20mm… but then I also have a smattering of
more modern (Post Post Modern?) British and French and Americans… but I have no
interest in gaming Iraq at all and no real strong desire to do Afghanistan… So
what to do?
Then I got thinking I could revive my fictional African
nation of Timbogo – which I originally dreamt up for AK-47
Republic (and have a LOT of stuff for in 20mm…). Eureka
Miniatures and The
Assault Group have some great ranges of Africans that I could use for
the primary local belligerents: The Federal Army of the Republic of Timbogo
(F.A.R.T.) and the Peoples Revolutionary Army of Timbogo (P.R.A.T.). The French
and British and such could simply be used as foreign (previously colonial)
powers that are required to intervene from time to time…
Oh I suppose I could put together a force of central asian
insurgent types… but perhaps they’ll be the denizens of Derkaderkastan…?
Anyway, here’s the first of the Africans….
(Remember: click on the pictures
for a bigger version):
This is General Xavier Millerbutu (the “President
for Life” figure from Matakishi’s
Tea House) and a few Timbogan Militia from The
Assault Group.
I have a one more TAG militiaman
and a batch from Eureka
Miniatures (ZANLA from their Rhodesian War line) on the workbench.
I’ve run out of washers to base them on and have been too sick this last week
to go out and get some more… Hopefully I’ll get to those this week!
Here, again is General
Millerbutu with his personal body guard “The
Jackals”
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
more painting... probably modern-ish...
more painting... probably modern-ish...
Nice painting!
ReplyDeleteMan, that heavy looking dude in the epaulettes reminds me more than a little of the last King of Scotland. Perhaps he could be the last King of Guernsey, Izi Ameen, President of Meeduk. :-)
ReplyDeleteAlthough 'moderns' isn't really 'my thing', its attractions are becoming more apparent!
Great figures - love 'em! I tend to paint up both sides too, mate as I am predominately a solo gamer (when you scrape me off the xbox, that is) ;)
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Monty
P.S. Rules of choice - Two Hour Wargames
I also like the Eureka Zanla Figures and painted up a bunch of them for a Diseposeable Heroes game based on Operation Barras in Siera Leone.
ReplyDeletehttp://mlwodementia.blogspot.com/2012/01/eureka-zanla-models-painted.html
ColKG
Thanks Guys!
ReplyDeleteI'm working on the Eureka figures right now, ColKG!
Wow and what a great looking game it was!
Operation Barras at Catawba Gamers
Love the Mi-24 flying around the table!
Thanks, we worked hard on the figures and trying to make a scenario where everybody playing had a good time.
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