"Forces for Modern Africa Part 3 - Rebel Minis' Rebels" Topic

All,

Part Three of my modern forces for Africa has arrived, and these are once again Rebel Minis from the 'Bongolesia' battle box, which is a super deal containing almost 30 government troops, four contractors/mercenaries, and almost 30 rebels/freedom fighters. This installment deals with the rebels, to whom I've also attached four Special Forces types left over from the Rebel Minis Special Forces pack I bought (and posted previously, here: link The SF guys are trained in unconventional warfare and are here to train and organize the rebels.

So, in the scenario background I have floating around in my head, you have a government element and a rebel element, with the gov't troops trying to maintain power and the rebels trying to take over power. The gov't hires some mercenaries to help train and organize them, while a sympathetic country sends in SF guys to train and organize the rebels. There's one more piece to the puzzle, but that will be in my next post.

The whole force, consisting of four Special Forces guys and twenty-seven rebels, all from Rebel Minis and based for Central Africa. I did the SF up in US-style Woodland cammies, turned out pretty good I think, though I'm not as happy with the brown color for the vests/gear, while the rebels are wearing an eclectic mix of different military uniforms and civilian attire.

To see a bunch more photos, please check the blog at:
link

Well, that's that. I didn't receive my 20mm figs this weekend, so I'm still not ready to start my Balkans campaign (fingers crossed they get here by Wednesday and I can paint them up Friday and play Saturday), but I've been working on other stuff to post here, so stay tuned.

V/R,
Jack

Your force came out very nice

Thanks fellas, I appreciate it.

V/R,
Jack

Good looking troops there Jack and I like the suits at the end too!. Where do you find the time to be so prolific? Keep up the great work.
Cheers and good gaming.
Rod Robertson.

Thanks Rod, I appreciate ya man.

Where do I get the time? Simple, I ignore my wife and kids!

That's a joke everyone; these were done between Cuba Libre and Team Whiskey, just now posting pics. Just like right now I'm getting a lot of painting/basing done as I'm 'between' campaigns. So I have flurries of battles in a campaign, finish, then have flurries of painting/basing, with blog posts usually well behind the real action.

Since I'm not turning any batreps out right now, it would be really cool if you could play your USMC vs Taliban, take a bunch of photos, and post them for us ;)

V/R,
Jack

My kids painted them up and did a good job with them. I love the figures. They really catch the irregular vibe that is modern Africa and the Middle East. I'll have to get myself a couple of packs!

Nice work!!