Thanks Dean! Apparently uniforms in units were very mixed, indeed, until the US started supplying the French, later on. So I've mixed lots of colours and some camouflage patterns.
When I do para's, next year, they will be much more uniform.
2 companies of French Colonial Infantry cross a dusty field, supported by some medium machine guns and a mortar, somewhere in Tonkin (French Indochina), c. 1953.
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These are my recently reconditioned 20mm Platoon20 French Indo-China War infantry. The paint jobs are a bit basic but they look good from about 30cm away, so who cares! They are organised in 2 companies of 2 platoons each (apparently the French adopted this organisation because of a lack of men and junior officers).I've gone with a representative scale of 1:4.
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Next I need to paint a second company of Viet Minh so that they have someone to fight, and a hex-based rule system. I am hoping that I'll be able to get a relatively simple system working; somehting more complex than Memoir '44, but simpler than Tide of Iron, and with local flavour.
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Close this window Jump to comment formGreat looking unit. Love the personal touches - scarves and some with camo jackets. Dean
29 November 2010 at 14:10
Thanks Dean! Apparently uniforms in units were very mixed, indeed, until the US started supplying the French, later on. So I've mixed lots of colours and some camouflage patterns.
When I do para's, next year, they will be much more uniform.
29 November 2010 at 15:58
Nice stuff as always.
30 November 2010 at 08:28