My current gaming project is to run a campaign of Charlie Company with some friends. It's a rule set published in 1986 for miniature gaming in Viet Nam 1965-1972. It's got elements of a typical skirmish war game, but also some RPG elements. For example, the players represent squad leaders in a single platoon, with one playing the platoon command. Each squad leader may have different levels of experience, and accordingly better command stats. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces are handled by the game-master/referee. The campaign will be a tour of duty, I'm thinking about 10 missions.
So I've been painting up a lot of VC and NVA. These are 20mm North Vietnamese Army figures from Britannia Miniatures. It's the second batch I've done for the project so it's mostly heavy weapons, officers, and a few vignettes. And a couple a water buffalo and pigs.
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| Group Shot |
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| Small Mortar |
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| RPG and Water Buffalo |
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| Captured American Airman |
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| Anti-Aircraft Gun |
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| Tax Collector (I suppose it's healthy to feel a little ambivalence about this hobby sometimes) |
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| Bigger Mortar w Radio man |
Heavy MG crew backed up by pig
29 x 20mm foot @ 4pts each = 116
The past month has been crowded with a lot of life's 10000 joys and sorrows so it was touch and go if I would make this cut. I'm so glad I did.
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Hi Mike - congratulations on "making the cut" - we all know that life (or "1-to-1 scale" as I sometimes lament) can throw a lot of curve balls, and at times our hobby must take a back seat. But you have persevered, and here you are with a fine opening entry!
Gaming a setting such as the Vietnam War(s) is appealing, but daunting! How, after all, does one find rules which can recreate on our gaming tables the elements that made that period, particular the era of direct US intervention, so specific and unique? Congrats on finding and adapting a clever set of rules for just such a purpose.
Your painting is fine, and wow, I fear for whatever patrol might come up against this heavily armed crew!
Note for scoring I added extra points to account for the multiple crew-served weapons int the submission.
Welcome to AHPC XV!
GregB
Excellent additions Mike
ReplyDeleteGreat painting and photos!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't there, so I don't know. But these look fab :)
ReplyDeleteNice work Mike! Looks like it is going to be a fun campaign! I quite like the vignettes you made as they make for interesting objective markers!
ReplyDeleteNice work on your troops. Have fun with your campaign.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the Wednesday cohort 😊
ReplyDeleteExcellent brush work and photo staging. Wonderful project.
ReplyDeleteVietnam has long been a temptation for me and your work is not making it any easier to resist.
ReplyDeleteFabulous work on these Mike. I especially like the tax collector. I have 'Charlie Company' as well. A very compelling set of rules. Nonetheless, the contrarian in me always wanted to run a campaign but from the North Vietnamese perspective. To me, they always had far more 'skin in the game'.
ReplyDeleteIt's not a subject I am intimately familiar with, but your painting is top notch!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff and welcome to the this edition of AHPC!
ReplyDeleteVery nice, I'd like to game this as well. I like the pigs and buffalo!
ReplyDeleteExcellent work
ReplyDeleteFine work and some nice variety! The little vignette is good, also like the animals.
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