PAVN 15mm Vietnam Miniatures

Well, here is the 2nd part of my Vietnam 15mm project that I am putting together for use with Force on Force Wargames rules. Honestly, I cannot wait till October when they release the Vietnam Supplement for Force on Force, Ambush Valley.

So, back to the project at hand. Last month I put together some US Minis, and this month has seen the PAVN Minis have their paint job applied. The miniatures themselves are Battlefront Flames of War Miniatures. I was a little disapointed with the batch I painted, as the quality of casting wasnt very good at all. AND THEY ARE NOT CHEAP! But they do look good. I hope the carrier bag full of Vietnam Miniatures waiting for their turn to be put under the brush, are of a better quality cast.

So with a mountain of lead I turned my copy of Wargames Illustrated, to their article on Vietnam Flames of War, which included a nice colour scheme for the PAVN uniforms.

Why not flames of war I here you ask? Well I really really hate the idea of mounting my miniatures 4 to a base. I want my miniatures individually based and I would prefer to play my games man to man. So, it is a matter of preference really.

Here are 4 photos of the Battlefront PAVN Miniatures.

So my next project is either the Huey Helicopters, as My US troops are going to have a hard time getting to the Ia Drang without them! Then I think I am going to need to make some scenery, I could cheat a little and use the existing scenery at my local wargmes clubs. But I will need some jungle scenery to give it that Vietnam feel. That will have to be either bought or hand built. So while im trying not to get glued to some huey's. I'm going to do some research on Vietnam 15mm scenery.

Vietnam 15mm Miniatures

During my visit to Salute 2010 last year, I treated myself to some Battlefront Flames of War Vietnam 15mm Miniatures. Cost me the good side of £140. Finally I have dug them out of the carrier bag I brought them home in and opened the packets. well only 2 packets. A set of American Marines and a Set of PAVN Troopers.

Normally I play Sci-fi or fantasy wargames and rpg's. But lately I have got really into the Vietnam and World war II movies. Not really sure where to start I looked into the new flames of war rules, for Vietnam. But .. TISK TISK! I had to base my marines 4 to a base! That's was just not on.. I wanted them based individually. After all they are not 6mm!

So this gave me the avid task of hunting for a set of rules that would suit my individual needs. Surely I could have just based my troops and the placed them on a movement tray to use in Flames of War, but i needed something more satisfying then this.

That is when I found Ospreys, or should I say Ambush Alley Games, Force on Force set of rules. A meaty set as well. Although it concentrates on more modern era, they do have a scenario inside for Vietnam. Which I have gladly used to get a set of stats for my little metal marines. The trial game I set out to play with a friend of mine, went well.. Although we played it wrong. But still it was enjoyable, which led me to the current project... Painting the minis for a campaign.

After discussing the idea of using the Force on Force set of rules for a Vietnam campaign, my colleague was more then happy to take part. Which meant I needed some painted miniatures for the occasion. So below you can see the first set of American 7th Cavalry, painted by myself. The miniatures are Battlefronts Vietnam 15mm miniatures.

Well that is that for now.. hopefully in a few weeks i can get the PAVN minis finished.