French for Syria and her colonies

[Richard B.]

Vichy troops defending France`s honour in her colonies against the Allies

Elhiem Tropical French AT gun crew - the guy with the binos and Kepi in EWM

Same guys with the only gun I had to hand


Elhiem 81mm mortar & crew - the standing officer comes from the command pack

All gunners and mortar crew together

EWM Bir Hakiem FFL (these will probably do double duty with 6th Legion Regiment in Syria too)

Elhiem command pack - I couldn`t resist head-swapping one guy with a Raventhorpe Kepi



Two packs of infantry


all ten infantry together

[CarlL]

Richard
Lovely figures and well painted and photo'd too.
I didnt realise Elhiem did these l;ovely figures till you posted them.
CarlL

[Richard B.]

Richard
Lovely figures and well painted and photo'd too.
I didnt realise Elhiem did these l;ovely figures till you posted them.
CarlL

I have commissioned a few packs of Senegalese to compliment this range

[David Reasoner]

Lovely work as usual, Richard! The Elheim Vichy figures have been on my wish list for several years now. Maybe some day...

David

[Richard B.]

I find it quite amazing no-one ever did them before

[David Reasoner]

I find it quite amazing no-one ever did them before

Many years ago Vip Klykoom had me interested in possibly building some units for the Franco-Thai War, and shortly afterwards Bob Mackenzie posted a scenario for the Battle of Lang Son during the September 1940 Japanese invasion of Indochina. Not to mention the more obvious uses of them in North Africa and the Levant... So many wars, so little time (and money)...

David

[Richard B.]

I find it quite amazing no-one ever did them before

Many years ago Vip Klykoom had me interested in possibly building some units for the Franco-Thai War, and shortly afterwards Bob Mackenzie posted a scenario for the Battle of Lang Son during the September 1940 Japanese invasion of Indochina. Not to mention the more obvious uses of them in North Africa and the Levant... So many wars, so little time (and money)...

David

Vip wants me to start researching Madagascar to save him doing it

I have two more Syria games written (well one being tinkered with)

Will probably try the French Counter Attack at Merdjayoun (Syria 16th/17th June 1941) over Christmas

I`ve also found a good article on the French defence at Faid, Tunisia (January 30th/31st 1943) so am writing that up at the moment, and that will probably be our second game

[David Reasoner]

Vip wants me to start researching Madagascar to save him doing it

I have two more Syria games written (well one being tinkered with)

Will probably try the French Counter Attack at Merdjayoun (Syria 16th/17th June 1941) over Christmas

I`ve also found a good article on the French defence at Faid, Tunisia (January 30th/31st 1943) so am writing that up at the moment, and that will probably be our second game

Another internet friend of mine, Chris Mikucki, did a huge Madagascar game (The Battle of Antsirane) at Little Wars in Illinois in April or May 2013. I helped with providing some of the model vessels used and some bits of "harbor clutter" for the game. The scenario details are still posted on the CD-TOB forum, although good old Photobucket has now rendered his posted photos too blurry to be viewed. I also still have some info on file regarding the French land fortifications around Antsirane and Diego Suarez.

http://www.testofbattle.com/phpBB2/view ... f3b44ee8ef

http://www.testofbattle.com/phpBB2/view ... f3b44ee8ef

I look forward to seeing the Syrian and Tunisian scenarios you are working on. I always make a point of saving them and squirreling them away for my own future reference.

David

[Richard B.]

Thanks for the links, I`ll plow into it when I get time

Up to now we`ve run:

4 Syria/Lebanon games and i have 2 more written
3 for Operation Torch with another part finished
5 set in Tunisia with another 5 at least ready to go and maybe 6 others in various stages of edit/re-write

I also have 2 Mexican adventures part done

So if I ever finally retire, I`ll have plenty to be getting on with

[cartfc]

Nice stuff Richard. Always interesting mix of figures.

Cheers Fred.