ANZACS and the return of ‘Them’, ( & Cthulu Kong, Goldylocks etc!))

Now as I initially as I said the idea for this Project came from watching Kong Skull Island, which gave me that weird buzz of the Vietnam War. So how do I get Anzacs involved?

Simple rather than a mysterious lost Island  , I use the Dark Suns game setting. , we’re the Long Lost Alien race of Lemuria, created pathways to various dimensions  including one from our World  of the Vietnam to to the Dark Jungle World of the Black Suns.

The game allows traditional Historical force class   but also with ancient Alien races , Dinosaurs   giant insects Cuthulu etc. So adding Kong etc is not a stretch.

So far on reading rules they look interesting . Nice touch is force cards at back of book for copying,  plus the game company Crucible Crush has a free Downloads pdf.

They don’t do Anzacs but it shouldn’t be to hard to produce my own.

You will probably be u suprised that OTT have done a 3 part I production to the game  , so here is the link to part 1

Introduction To Black Sun: Part One

Having solved the Helicopter problem, I went to Rubicon and got the Infantry and a Centurion. I would have got M113’s,  but of course they were out of stock    so had to track them on fleabay.

They have arrived and have done a couple of sample builds of the Infantry.

The figures go together well with little problems with the matching arms. They appear to be anatomically correct, now they look a little spindly compared to the BA figure, but he is in winter baggy clothing so may not be best comparison.  I have brought some Black Suns Pilots and will compare then to see if its worth getting anymore of Bob March’s figures for characters.

Well it all began when re-watching Kong Skull Island , and thinking this would be fun to play.

I’m on the wind down to retiring at the end og August  so another new project , to go with Finishing my Winter WW2 , Battletech , Dystopian Wars , Halo and Tag Match Kickstarter wasn’t a problem.

Now as I found later I could have gone for Bob March’s excellent figure range for Black Suns. ( I have later ordered rules and helicopter crews) , but wanted to go ANZAC.

Why?

3 reasons

1) I’d had a 20mm Vietnam back in the 1980’s with  ANZAC’s from Platoon 20, supported By converted Centurions, and  Skytex M113’s. All long gone, problem with Platoon 20’s metal it was very Brittle , and most were wrecked when my mother had to clean and hadn’t checked thr box they were in was shut properly when she had to clean!!.

2) I’d been tempted by Rubicon’s Anzac figures , and Centurions ( did I say Centurions) at Games Expo. Plus I’d enjoyed “Danger

Close’ recently. The excellent.movie on the Battle of Long Tan (watched it again since)

3) ANZAC   could double as British in Indonesia ( I already  have Saracens)

Anyway I originally tried to see if the old Corgi Hueys were still avail at reasonably prices. Surprisingly I managed to get two on flea bay. As I really didn’t want to have to paint Helicopters specially inside.