The Siege of Jadotville - Netflix movie for October.

[Viper4Dan]

I'm presently working on this game for HotLead in March. I already have all the Katangese done from my "Dark of the Sun" Game. For the Irish, I'm using Warlord Games WW2 British Commandos, with a few helmets thrown in from their Us Army range, and FN's and a Vickers from TAG. Pretty simple really.

[Arlequín]

Indeed and it was an open air mass too; I mean would you cram a whole company into a shack in their part-wool uniforms after complaining about the heat earlier?

The trenches were apparently 1.5 metres deep, so upper chest/shoulder height for most people. Collecting weapons and ammo would have been done under fire from the KAT positions; they withdrew to cover between attacks, they didn't go home. Even if they did, you want your guys in or near their defensive positions, not partly-dispersed around the kill zone trying to decide if each round they have recovered is 7.65, .30, .303, or 7.62; using enemy ammo and weapons could have literally backfired on the defenders.   

All that aside it was a movie and showing point by point all the preparations and processes would have made it incredibly dull and boring to about 95% of people watching it; myself included. Movies are entertainment, documentaries are information. It could have been worse, Mel Gibson wasn't involved, so it wasn't all blamed on the English.
 

[Ash]

It could have been worse, Mel Gibson wasn't involved, so it wasn't all blamed on the English.
 

Priceless..

[grant]

Priceless..

Oh Melvin the Redeemer would have blamed some other people. The English are second on his hate list.

[Hammers]

Dag Hammarskjöld, The UN Secretary General, is a relative of mine so I am *quite* dissappointed they did not portray him secrety faking his own death so he could come storming in, guns ablaze, and save the day. In my mind that is what really happened.

[carlos marighela]

Dag Hammarskjöld, The UN Secretary General, is a relative of mine so I am *quite* dissappointed they did not portray him secrety faking his own death so he could come storming in, guns ablaze, and save the day. In my mind that is what really happened.

The good news is that he modified his name and now runs an international chain of ice cream shops. The bad news is that the ice cream is shit and worse, the more credulous customers think he is Danish.

[grant]

What the fuck?!? It's a häägen lie? This kind of ice cream aggression will not stand!!!

[Viper4Dan]

Just a few pics of my Katangese troops and mercenaries. Most are Warlord Games British Commandos or US Army, with a little green stuff and TAG FN's. Still a work in progress.

[Viper4Dan]

A few more shots of the Katangese and Mercs. Yes, the "officers" are based on characters from "Dark of the Sun".

[commissarmoody]

Looking good so far

[mikedemana]

Looks great! Saw the movie last night and I liked it. My wargaming friend and I had both our significant others in attendance, too. They also gave it a thumbs up.

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/