wargaming

Not exactly new, I painted these at the same time as my first batch of RLI, but I stumbled across these pics still on my laptop today. The figures are Liberation Miniatures modern Africans, the RPG carrying figure is by Platoon 20. They are painted in a fairly generic way as I wanted to be able to use them for both Zanla, Zipra and other modern African insurgents.

Unfortunately I didn't have my camera for our last game and I was only able to grab a grainy shot of the objective once we had stopped playing. So I decided, today being nicer weather, I would take some photos of my new mini's . Liberation (RH Models) Rhodesian infantry in shorts with a bren gunner, a paint conversion from a South African infantryman. The same group but with the Bren gunner close up to show the uniform. 2 Infantry sticks, the figures in helmets are Combat Miniatures (now sold by stonewall miniatures) Israeli infantry for the Yom Kippur war. They have weapons and equipment very similar to that used in Rhodesia, so work well together. I have seen pictures of Rhodesian soldiers wearing Israeli/British style para helmets, I'm not sure if this means they were paratroopers or not. This fellow comes from the mixed Berets and bareheaded pack, again Liberation Miniatures. I have read somewhere that the only soldiers wh...

Just had a game with my stalwart opponent Matt. We were trying out the free rules Fireforce and the scenario was based on one I saw on the warseer forum . Basically a small force of regional police investigating a nearby village where there are reports of "terrorist" activity. Matt had a command stick of 4 men, two 5 man sticks (each with a FN Mag) all listed as Trained. Waiting off table was an Alouette 3 containing a 4 man stick of Veteran infantry. I had 3 squads of rebels, one 6 man with AK's and G3's, one 4 man with 1 RPG and one 4 man with an old russian LMG. I also had the local force commander acting on his own. The rebels all started of hidden with 8 counters on the table, 4 representing the rebels, 2 dummies and 2 represented groups of fleeing civilians. I hadn't told Matt there were any civilians in the scenario so it was fun to see him move in to engage a group that were running up the edge of the table, trying to escape. However sound use of overwatch...

These are the Britannia and Platoon 20 vietnam era Aussies I bought at Salute 2010. I'll be using them as generic British and commonwealth troops for my post colonial campaigns in the future. Here they are humping through the thick jungle regions of Libatia accompanied by an Alvis Saracen APC.

Another guerilla leader, a sniper and some more Government troops converted from Valiant US army.

Have posted the first battle of the Libatia campaign on my other blog. http://libatiawars.blogspot.com/

Here is a battle report of a game my cousin Matt and I played on Good Friday, testing out our new rules and my new terrain boards and Africa wars miniatures. Good Friday 1978, Libatian Government forces are scouting Loseko village in the forest about 30 miles east of the capital, Jedda. Reports say that Marxist Islamist rebels are holding out in the village and planning to launch an attack on food aid convoys destined for Libasamal in the North. The government forces consist of 1 squad of regular government troops deployed in a Saracen APC, with a regular crew. Supporting the main unit are 2, 4 man, squads of elite mercenaries, ex-SAS and FFL etc riding in SUVs. The exact size of the rebel force is unknown. Due to the rushed nature of this operation, no artillery or air support was made available. The only off table support being a government O-1 birddog. The Government forces leapfrog through the long grass to the right of the main road, enemy positions can be seen lining the hillside...

As promised here are some of the modern africa figures that I have painted. The Army troops I painted about 18 months ago but the militia only about 2 months ago. They are all liberation miniatures except the militia leader who is a paint conversion of an Orion Chechen rebel. If I remember the government troops are painted up to be Nigerian Army. I was inspired to get into modern Africa after playing the fantastic Farcry 2.