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Title: Danish Congo
Post by: Jonas on 12 August 2016, 01:56:22 PM: After seing the release of Congo I decided to get a copy. At first I wished for a copy for my birthday, but as my wife revealed she had not bought the Congo book I ordered a copy myself. It is still on the way in the mail, but I decided to gather what miniatures i had, which could be included in the setting.

I really think this is what I have been looking for in Colonial Gaming. A skirmish game with 30-40 miniatures pr side, adventure, wild life and such.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo001_zps6ispvljx.jpg)
Mostly finished minitures for White Mans Expedition.
A few VSF miniatures snuck into the image too...

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo002_zps7i7odt40.jpg)
Gorillas and White Mans Expedition.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo003_zpsjy05s6qd.jpg)
Cattle.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo004_zps5dbscsmz.jpg)
Jungle Tribe.

I plan to look through the rules before I go out and buy more miniatures. Hopefully I can get pretty far with the collection I already have.
Title: Re: Jonas in Congo
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 12 August 2016, 02:23:42 PM: Cracking start :)

cheers

James
Title: Re: Jonas in Congo
Post by: Ray Earle on 12 August 2016, 08:26:16 PM: I think you'll be fine for forces with what you have there. If anything you'll probably be able to sort out two forces for the white men from that lot! ;)

Are some of those Gorillas the Obelisk ones?

As I'm in the same position at the moment I'll be following this with interest. :D
Title: Re: Jonas in Congo
Post by: Jonas on 12 August 2016, 08:30:54 PM: Yeah, I have plenty of White Men, but will probably need some not so trained Askari and such.

4 of the Gorillas are from Obelisk, the 5th is from Reaper.
Title: Re: Jonas in Congo
Post by: Marine0846 on 12 August 2016, 08:31:20 PM: Look like you have a good number of figures to get started.
Still thinking about the rules.
Will wait to see some battle reports,
before I decide.
Title: Re: Jonas in Congo
Post by: Ray Earle on 12 August 2016, 08:53:01 PM: Quote from: Jonas link=topic=92827.msg1146632 :'(#msg1146632 date=1471030254
Yeah, I have plenty of White Men, but will probably need some not so trained Askari and such.

4 of the Gorillas are from Obelisk, the 5th is from Reaper.

I wondered who had them all. Regretted never picking any of Jo's African animals up when I had the chance.. :'(

Yes, some standard Askari, a sprinkling of Ruga Ruga and some young warriors would do it. My own white mans column only comes to 23 figures at the 70pt mark.
Title: Re: Jonas in Congo
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 13 August 2016, 10:50:50 AM: Brilliant! I have plenty of Zanzibarians and Azande. Maybe this could be a thing in the coming winter.
Title: Re: Jonas in Congo
Post by: Jonas on 13 August 2016, 11:22:31 AM: Yeah, hopefully the book will turn up soon :D
Title: Re: Jonas in Congo
Post by: pauld on 13 August 2016, 09:37:48 PM: Got my book the other day - it's gorgeous!
Title: Re: Jonas in Congo
Post by: syrinx0 on 13 August 2016, 10:03:01 PM: Looks like a great start. It was a great excuse for me to pick up a few units I didn't have in the Foundry DA range. Congo will be my fall/winter project as I have a lot of painting to do.
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Jonas on 14 August 2016, 08:55:03 PM: Today I had a painting session with Dr. The Viking and since he is also very interested in trying out Congo and already have a lot of Darkest Africa figures we decided to have him join in the fun and rename the thread to Danish Congo.

Here is what I finished today:

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo005_zpsqgzt2pwu.jpg)
Posing in front of a trading station.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo006_zpsdfkct4ms.jpg)
The Explorers.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo007_zps0e8yic5p.jpg)
Askari Characters.
(I could see the woman needed a final coat of highlights, it was added after the picture was taken)

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo008_zpsvqthtu8f.jpg)
British Trained Askari.

Sorry about the blurry pictures, but I haven't quite figured out my "new" camera yet...
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 14 August 2016, 09:07:32 PM: Brilliante! ;D :D

I can maybe assist you with the camera the next time we meet up.
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: syrinx0 on 16 August 2016, 02:40:55 AM: Wow. Great progress!
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Post by: flags_of_war on 16 August 2016, 09:12:35 AM: Super work
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Jonas on 16 August 2016, 09:29:20 AM: Thanks guys. I will update with some more tonight :)
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Jonas on 18 August 2016, 12:21:51 PM: OK, that didn't go very well, the pictures are terrible, but the minis are painted.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo009_zpseean4rot.jpg)
Obelisk Gorillas.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo010_zpsxjqyli0z.jpg)
More Obelisk Gorillas.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo011_zpskm9egq8g.jpg)
Reaper Gorilla and Foundry Adventurer.
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 21 August 2016, 07:19:34 PM: I managed to paint the first 6 of my Zanzibari slavers.

Here's a picture:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wvRUTOYzN92lbrSDsf1eHriY8m3whiZ4YQn07U93KcbRpQxa-DO8-FJnqe6qDwhQD5vmXXVVzimZRw=w1366-h768-no)

Not much to say about the painting. Tried to make it fast and efficient.
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 21 August 2016, 07:24:59 PM: Love the whites :)

A shame the gorillas are a bit blurred though, would like to see them better :)

cheers

James
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: fred on 21 August 2016, 07:56:17 PM: Liking those slavers.
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: marianas_gamer on 21 August 2016, 08:27:10 PM: Your slavers are great :-* It is interesting to see different undertones in the whites. Somehow they all work. The green hat is especially nice.
LB
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Jonas on 24 August 2016, 10:05:04 PM: OK, so I got the book today and I made a quick read through and so far I am delighted with this. It really seems easy, fun and fast to learn and play.

I have been toying around with my minis and the army lists and I am happy to see that my collection goes a long way already.

For the Forest Tribe list my Jungle cannibals could just barely muster the 70 points, but I did it.

1 Chieftain - Free
1 Champion - Free
1 Sacred warrior - 2pts
2 Warrior Units - 34 pts
2 Young Warrior Units - 24 pts
1 Archer Unit - 10 pts

Total: 70 pts

This doesn't give much diversity right now, but it is a playable faction. What I would like to add next was some Pygmies, Cannibals and more Characters.

For the White Man Expedition there would enough for a playable list, but again, not much diversity.

I have all characters except the flag bearer.
4 Bearers - 8 pts
1 Unit of Soldiers - 21 pts
5 Units of Trained Askari - 64 pts
1 Unit of Adventurers - 11 pts

Total: 104 pts

What I would like to add next are Normal Askaris, Young warriors and Archers.

Of course, when playing Dr. The Viking I will be able to mix these two lists and use Forest Tribe minis as Young Warriors and Archers in the White Man Expedition list.

Next I will also have to have a look at what Dr. The Viking will be bringing to the table, so we can list up his minis.
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Jonas on 10 September 2016, 10:41:32 PM: (http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo012_zpsyp4qntzo.jpg)

My 70 pts White Mans Expedition, work in progress.

And custom Stressbag and Dicebag from Matt Slade on the Facebook Group The Congo Trading Post (https://www.facebook.com/groups/679884992165125/)
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Jonas on 20 September 2016, 02:38:40 PM: (http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo13_zpsw7zrfdgf.jpg)

Some terrain WIP.
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Jonas on 22 September 2016, 09:27:03 PM: Next steps:

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo014_zps7ss0do23.jpg)
Stones base painted and sand added.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo015_zpskc6tdijg.jpg)
Sand base painted.

Next I will drybrush the sand, paint the stones, add grass and jungle bushes.
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Jonas on 24 September 2016, 02:35:17 PM: More advances in the Terrain Department.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo016_zpsvovfbwur.jpg)
Bases finished.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo017_zpsq2yc52zp.jpg)
First batch of plants added.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo018_zpsh6ascqgv.jpg)
Detail from the carved monkey mountain.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo019_zpsqllddn16.jpg)
Detail from a holy rock.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo020_zpsra6gvhaw.jpg)
The holy rock.

It is on purpose that I have only put few plants on, to start with. I have a second order of plants coming in, to mix in with these for change of look and colours. Also each base needs to be able to fit a unit within the jungle and the terrain bases are a bit on the small side, but I will try and make sure a unit of 5-7 men can fit in each terrain.

Tomorrow we will have a test game and I can see what works best for terrain and make more and finish these.
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Jonas on 25 September 2016, 02:06:17 PM: We had out first go at Congo today and it went very well. No photos of the game itself, since it involved some unpainted minis, but after the game I decided to play around with the camera and see if I could snap a few photos of my column.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo021_zpsdplge5uh.jpg)

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo022_zpsjaam9yft.jpg)

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo023_zps0nlpa15c.jpg)

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo024_zps3wj8mqcg.jpg)

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo025_zpsjtvxv2ra.jpg)
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Jonas on 23 October 2016, 02:25:05 PM: I will be presenting Congo at this years Horisont Con (http://www.horisontesbjerg.dk/), in Denmark.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo027_zps2htqngte.jpg)

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo028_zpsgims2n6d.jpg)

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo029_zpssco5q8wc.jpg)

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo030_zpsqvzxnkut.jpg)

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo031_zpskx66w2tb.jpg)

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/Darkest%20Africa/Congo032_zpsksd4ijnf.jpg)
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: dijit on 23 October 2016, 02:39:00 PM: Looking good Jonas!
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Jonas on 23 October 2016, 02:42:47 PM: Thanks, I hope to see you at Horisont this year. :)
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: dijit on 24 October 2016, 10:00:46 PM: I hope to be there, though probably only friday-saturday as usual.
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: gamer Mac on 24 October 2016, 10:13:57 PM: Very nice stuff guys :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Danish Congo
Post by: Jonas on 25 October 2016, 10:58:37 AM: Thanks :) I will update with new pics on a regular basis as I race to get ready for Horisont Con :D