Golden Triangle Wargaming

[Cypher226]

Looks like a lot of fun.

Reminds me a lot of the anime Black Lagoon, various miscreants causing trouble in South-East Asia. I thoroughly  recommend it!

[Viper4Dan]

I've completed my Mekong pirate gang "Flaming Dragon" for HotLead in March. Just have another boat to finish and they're good to go. Here they are doing what they do best, looting a poor, defenseless village!

[Viper4Dan]

More pirates behaving badly!

[juergen c. olk]

great looking game..looks like a lot of fun.

[Viper4Dan]

Just a few more pieces completed. The Green Dragon is my second Mekong River pirate boat. It's based on the Burmese river pirate boat from Rambo 4, a converted PBR. The Thais still use these and the venerable Vietnam era Swiftboats, to patrol the Mekong today.

[Viper4Dan]

The Thahan Phran (Rangers), aka "The Boys in Black" are a unique Thai light infantry tripwire force along its frontiers. Locals who know the terrain, people and culture of the area, are high on patriotism, but are low on pay, training, education, and in some cases discipline. Some units are almost local folk heroes, while others are barely better than the bandits and drug warlords they patrol against. They are a fascinating group. Each regiment wears its own regimental coloured neckerchief. I used the red, white and black of the 3601st Company because I liked the colours. The discerning reader will realize that this company is actually stationed at Ban Mae Sam Laep, on the Salween River, much further west of the Mekong. Deal with it!

[Viper4Dan]

Thahan Phran command and "heavy" weapons.

[Viper4Dan]

What would the Golden Triangle be without foreign intervention, either through the CIA, corporations, investors, governments, or cartels, not to mention corrupt government officials or military units. Throw in a little piracy, drug warlords, and ethnic militias, and you have a great opportunity to involve mercenaries of one type or another. Well trained and well paid, these boys are ready for most dirty jobs. Besides a .50 Barrett is quite the equalizer!

[Viper4Dan]

The mercenary's means navigating the backwaters of the Mekong.

[Poiter50]

Where is the rubber ducky from?

The mercenary's means navigating the backwaters of the Mekong.

[Viper4Dan]

It's part of a pack of mismatched dollar store plastic combat gear. You know the packaging.....add one 28mm scale boat, one 1:48 scale tent, a 54mm soldier, and a 20mm jeep and sell it in a pack for the kiddies to play with. They won't notice the difference.

[Poiter50]

. I have been hunting those locally but they are not currently available. Finished up buying Eureka's Nato frogmen set.

It's part of a pack of mismatched dollar store plastic combat gear. You know the packaging.....add one 28mm scale boat, one 1:48 scale tent, a 54mm soldier, and a 20mm jeep and sell it in a pack for the kiddies to play with. They won't notice the difference.

[Marine0846]

Love your village set.
Well done.
May I ask where you got the PBR?
Been looking for one.

[Digits]

Great character about your village.  I love how busy it is.

[Viper4Dan]

Marine0846, I think it's an old Cold War Miniatures boat, now long out of production. Old Glory also makes one.