A few years ago I bought some of the Commando Miniatures 28mm British infantry for skirmish wargaming the Malayan Counfrontation or Aden. I was disappointed with the figures, which seemed a bit chunky and lacking in detail, so put them to one side in favour of the 15mm alternative of Peter Pig for my Sandbox Skirmish platoon level project.
I've recently discovered that the Commando Miniatures range, which includes Indonesian para-commandos, Gurkhas and SAS for the Confrontation, has been acquired by Warbases and is now available once again. The painted figures on the website look pretty good too.
I'm thinking of dusting off the figures I already have and ordered a squad worth of the para-commandos or the Arab regulars to do a small post colonial skirmish project in 28mm, alongside my 15mm efforts. The rules would probably be either Fivecore or Danger Close.
I'm leaning toward the Indonesian Confontation, as I have some jungle buildings I've never used and a small amount of jungle terrain that I can expand upon. It's just a possibility at the moment but worth some thought, as it wouldn't be very expensive or time consuming.
If I do decide to go for it, I think it'll need a proper project title, so what better then 'Jungle Green':
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00hhrf6/jungle-green-borneo
I love the assembly line of projects here. Also, the historian in me loves the fact that many of the 'lesser' conflicts across the centuries are finding their reenactment potential being recognised and have commercial support in these strange times.
ReplyDeleteI doubt I'll get round to it soon but it's a really overlooked thing and there's lots of potential for skirmish patrol / ambush type scenarios.
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