The First Indochina War (1946-1954) is a conflict I've always been interested in and keen to realize for a wargaming project. Finally got these Eureka (USA) miniatures done up and ready for the tabletop. Lets take look.
Using the ruleset Hammer of Democracy Friendly battle rules for the Second World War. I've added a few tweaks to bring the conflict into the Cold War and specifically the latter period of the First Indochina War, from 1950-1954. Can't recommend this ruleset enough. Definitely a beer and pretzels vibe but with just enough tactics to make it interesting. I might dive more into this ruleset in a later post because its that cool.
For these French troops I decided to essentially divide them into two color schemes. Basic drab green with some camo tops for French Army or Foreign Legion, and all camo troops representing Para (or Legion) elements.
Wracked my brain thinking of ways to avoid painting so much camo; scouring google and my personal library trying to find a larger selection of French Indochina photos to prove my theory that not all the troops stationed in Indochina wore the British para smock or Marine Pacific camo. It seems the camera loved these camo troops but I found some variations and photos from late in the war of Foreign Legion troops wearing the traditional green drab.
The camo scheme came out tan looking, a bit too "sandy" in appearance, but I'm still happy with the end result in that it gives a little more pop on the figures against all green table backgrounds and the mostly green Viet Minh troops.
Per the rules, bases include officer stands, light infantry, heavy infantry, assault teams, MG Teams, Mortars, and recoilless rifles. Love the little details that Eureka worked into some of these heavy weapons stands. Note the rifles and ammo satchel next to the loader and firer.
I've added a M24 Chaffee, nicknamed Bisons at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Currently working on basing a Grumman Hellcat for close air support. Sorry VM, no air support for you!
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