15mm Moderns and Plastic Napoleonics I've Been Working On

[bigjackmac]

All,

Despite my very busy playing schedule with the Cuba Libre campaign, I've also had some other stuff going on.  First, I bought the "Command and Colors: Napoleonics" boardgame, as well as the Austrian expansion.  I intend on playing the game with miniatures, and what I'm using are "10mm," which in this case is actually little plastic Risk game pieces.  Several years ago I bought quite a bit painted from Gunner of "La Petite Armee," but I need quite a bit more.  I'd bought a bunch of the Risk pieces off of E-bay a year or so ago, and now I finally have something to do with them.  The other issue is that, for the third time in my short wargaming career, I've gone big into 15mm.  The first two times I bought a slew of 15mm WWII stuff for company/battalion-level games, painted it up (or mostly so), then gave it away.  Now I'm looking at 15mm modern skirmish gaming, and so I've ordered up quite a bit and been working on it.  With more on the way, and more in the purchase queue.


First up, Brian (AKA, "Irishserb," a purveyor of fine 15mm gear), sent me two AAVs for my modern Marines, and they are fantastic!  Both have the dual turret (M2 .50 caliber HMG and Mk19 automatic grenade launcher) and the add-on side armor.  The vehicles are crisp, no flash, four pieces (hull, turret, and both tracks), and they went together like a champ.


A Peter Pig 15mm guy I've finished.


And a Rebel Minis 15mm "Direct Action"-type.


British infantry for Command and Colors, waiting on basing.

For about 35 more pics of various Rebel Minis and Peter Pig 15mm guys, as well as Crescent Root and Gamecraft Miniatures' 15mm buildings, please check the blog at:
http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2015/07/some-15mm-modern-and-command-colors.html

Well, that's what I've been working on the past month or so, when not gaming.  There will be additional pictures and separate posts once the various elements are finished.

V/R,
Jack

[Techno]

Looking damn fine, Jack !
Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Superb work Jack.

[Leman]

Great looking stuff. The British have a colonial look about them. I'll bet Bongolesians are not produced in this country - not really acceptable in these more enlightened times.

[toxicpixie]

Those Amtraks from IrishSerb are superb... if I was still into 15mm post war...

[petercooman]

I thought i was the only one who had ever pondered about painting and basing my risk miniatures 

[bigjackmac]

Thanks all, I appreciate it!

The amtracks do look great; I'm going to paint both of them in NATO 3-tone, wish me luck!

The Bongolesians are kinda cool, some good poses, though there's one weird one with a tubby guy wearing a cowboy hat.  And the Regulars have some great poses, and a lot of them, but they don't have any RPGs!!!  I think I'll get some PP ones and sub them in.

Peter - Using the Risk figures is certainly a cheaper option, and I've got quite a few of them:


French on top, Allies on bottom, and lot including the stuff in this post. 

Not nearly as beautiful as Pendraken's, but decent.  I still have plans to purchase quite a bit of Pendraken Napoleonics, but base them up as battalions (the Risk figures are being based as brigades).  I need a clone...

V/R,
Jack

[petercooman]

Wich edition of risk miniatures do you use?

I have these in my box:



There are also a few places where you see them in use:

http://www.miniatures.de/parker-risk-chasseur-cheval.html

There is also a variant of risk with miniatures with tricorne:

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/913478/maurice-making-good-game-better-or-scotsmans-guide



Also, do your first models, that you bought ready painted come from this company?:

http://www.zianet.com/SIGNIFER/lpa.html

[Techno]

I'm probably getting the wrong end of the stick, here, but are we talking about the really old board game, "Risk" ?.....Taking over the world area by area...If you managed to hold on to a 'continent' for a turn, you got extra armies when it was your go ?
When 'I were a lad' the pieces were just.......er........cubes and some other shape. Cylinders ?

Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

The newer versions contained miniatures, infantry,cavalry and artillery.

There are a lot of variants these days, with Lord of the rings armies, star wars figures and even transformers!

[bigjackmac]

Peter - Yes Sir, those are the ones, and yes Sir, that's the guy I bought from.  He even does some of his own molding, so that there are cav and infantry in helmets, some Highlanders, some Lancers, etc...  I also have some of the Tricorne ones, but they're not all that impressive, IMHO.

Phil - It was surprise to me, too, to learn that Risk now has variations with figures.  But, being half your age, the Risk of my youth had Roman numeral pieces, not tubes and sticks

V/R,
Jack

[FierceKitty]

No substitute for Diplomacy. There's the second-finest boardgame ever!

[petercooman]

.  I also have some of the Tricorne ones, but they're not all that impressive, IMHO.

I would just base up two forces in two different colours, to have some sort of generic force to try out rule sets and such, maybe just paint some of the detail and leave it at that. 

[toxicpixie]

Try a blue army and a red army for "Maurice" - it's a cracking set of rules

[petercooman]

Try a blue army and a red army for "Maurice" - it's a cracking set of rules

Thanks for the tip!

The link i posted to BGG does just that!