I have finally made some small progress on my 1960s Congo forces. First here are some mercenaries. The figures are the old Mongrel Miniatures line, still available from Badger Games in the US.
These will be ideal for 5 Commando & 6 Commando of the ANC who spearheaded the fight against the Simbas. While these sculpts are spot on, there are few such good source figures available. I therefore can't be too pedantic and don't intend to worry about the small details. A reasonable overall impression will have to be good enough.
The mercenaries are largely as cast but with a few head swaps. One at the back in the picture below has another Empress Indochina head and the TAG figure on the right will be my not-yet-headless Roland.
These last few are more based on the slightly earlier Katangese Succession era of the Congo Crisis but can be used for later as well. They are Mongrel Cold War British with head swaps from Empress Miniatures French Indochina range. I'll paint them in camouflage jackets and they can serve as Belgian troops too. I'm going to get some more Mongrel Mercs to mix with more of these Brits and paint them up as Belgian Paras.
These WW2 14th Army Brits from TAG will serve as Katangese Gendarmes. I have removed the bayonets and some of the kit to better match the lightly equipped Gendarmes.
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