Congo Progress 2 The Simbas

Sadly, the Mongrel Congo range was never completed, so finding something to use for the Simbas was more of a challenge.  I cobbled together a selection of figures from TAG to use with liberal head swaps and a bit of basic sculpting.

Most of the source figures are from the TAG Viet Cong and African Irregular lines with a few WW2 US Marines.  The heads used are Natal Native Contingent from the Perry Victorian range.

The TAG figures match the Mongrel Mercs pretty well in size and sculpting style.  Eureka do some lovely African Wars figures but they are a bit smaller and more slender than the Mongrel and TAG figures.  So they can be saved for another day.

 

I have sculpted on some animal hides, feathers and dreadlocks to a few of the figures to try to create the classic Simba look but I didn't go overboard and many will just be in khaki or green with perhaps a bit of leopard skin painted on.  I might add some more primitively armed and dressed tribal militia, as 'Jeunesse', later but their actual combat effectiveness must have been minimal against modern automatic weapons.

 

  

Despite their traditional affectations and use of magic, the Simbas were supposed to be a modern army, the "Armée Populaire de Libération" (APL), so could and did use support weapons.  I might add some vehicles for them eventually.