QRF 15mm Chinese Civil War range

Many years ago QRF produced a range of 15mm Chinese Civil War figures for the 1920-30's period sculpted by Steve Cooper. It is out of production  and will probably never see the light of day again.

Back in the 1990s I had a web page featuring the range but that disappeared along with Freeserve . I was recently contacted about the site so I decided to blog it for posterity.

A useful reference is the Osprey Men-At-Arms Chinese Civil War Armies 1911-1949 (Number 306).

Kuominchun Dare-to-Die Assault company

The range covered a selection of Warlord Cliques. For no particular reason the armies are Fengtien (red/white arm band) and Kuominchun Clique (black with white circle armband)

The Fengtien Clique was based in Manchuria so I used mainly Northern Troops with some Southern Troops as a variation. The force also has allied Chihli Clique troops

Fengtien Infantry company

Fengtien Dare-To-Die Assault Company

Fengtien HMG Company

Fengtien Mortar Company

The crews are from Peter Pig's WW1 range and include my first attempts at head-swaps

The mortars are from Peter Pig's AK47 range

Fengtien Infantry company 

Chihli Dare-To-Die Assault Company

The Kuominchun Clique was based in Western China and for which I used Southern and Neat Troops.

Kuominchun Infantry Company

Kuominchun Dare-to-Die Assault Company

Kuominchun HMG company

Generals

The 2 bases on the left are from Peter Pig's WW1 and SCW ranges

The 2 bases on the right are from CF1 ,Chang-Tso-Lin, Frank One-Arm Sutton and assorted important bods, & CF2, 'Dogmeat' General and Concubine.

Of course no self-respecting Warlord would dream of going into battle without the latest in 20th Century technology

Peter Pig's WW1 Staff Car 

Miniature Figurines' WW1 Lorry 

Miniature Figurines' Model T ford

QRF Armoured Truck 

Mini-Figs Rolls Royce Armoured Car 

Mini-Figs Daimler 5.7cm Flak, Panzerkraftwagen (modified) 

FT17 - not sure of manufacturer

The QRF range was comprised of the following

CG1	Northern Soldiers (Fengtien)
CG2	Southern Soldiers (Any)
CG3	Northern Assault Troops (Fengtien)
CG4	Boy Soldiers (Any)
CG5	Northern Cavalry (Fengtien)
CG6	Southern Cavalry (Any)
CG7	'Neat' Soldiers (Chihli, Kuominchun)
CG8	Dismounted Northern Cavalry (Fengtien)
CK1	Feng Yu-Xiang and Kuominchun Generals
CK2	Kuominchun Assault Troops
CK3	Kuominchun Line Soldiers
CK4	DWM 1909 MG with Crew x 3
CC1	Wu Pei-Fu and Chihli Generals
CC2	Chihli 'Tin Hat' Assault Troops
CC3	Chihli 'Tin Hat' Line Soldiers
CC4	Chihli Assault Troops
CC5	Chihli DMW 1909 MG and Crew x 3
CF1	Chang-Tso-Lin, Frank One-Arm Sutton and assorted important bods
CF2	'Dogmeat' General and Concubine, Executioner and victims, 3 x Guards
CF3	Mukden Lancers
CF4	Browning LMG and Crew x 3
CF5	Maxim MG and Crew x 3

There were some really nice touches in this range such as infantry with goggles and boy soldiers but the range does show it's age now.

Unsurprisingly I still have a pile of lead waiting to be painted

I do play with them occasionally using AK47 version 1 rules

The troops in peaked hats would do very nicely for the Mexican Revolution

Finally this army is my claim to war-gaming fame as it appeared on the cover of Miniature Wargames #262

My thanks to Barnaby for making me do this.

Fire In The Bush - Modern Africa using BBB

Rodge has a lovely collection of modern African kit in 15mm. We mainly use RFCM's AK47 v1 which is a great set of rules but can be quite random. Rodge has been tinkering with his own set, Fire in the Bush, for a while but he has taken Bloody Big Battles and tweaked it for modern bush warfare.

The Baako township held by the rebels under Beeko Mumfasa

Shaun played the Government forces led by General President the Right Reverend Jomo Bangbalaonabulu. I played the Rebel forces under Beeko Mumfasa. Our objectives were to destroy the opposing forces and kill or capture their leader.

Government Forces
Unit	Morale	Bases	Attributes
Armoured Car	Trained	1	AC Class 2, Cannon, Load 0, Fragile
Armoured Car	Veteran	1	AC Class 2, HMG, Load 1
APC	Trained	1	APC Class 2, LMG, Load 5, Fragile
APC	Veteran	1	APC Class 2, LMG, Load 5
Lorry	Raw	2	Lorries Class 1, Load 5, Fragile, Tactically Inept
Lorry	Veteran	1	Lorry Class 1, Load 5
Limo	Veteran	1	Armoured Limo Class 2, Load 1
Jeep	Trained	1	Technical Class 1, HMG, Load 1, Fragile
Infantry	Trained	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, Fragile
Infantry	Trained	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, Fragile
Infantry	Trained	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x RPG, Fragile
Infantry	Veteran	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, Aggressive, Infiltrate
Infantry	Veteran	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, Aggressive, Infiltrate
Rebel Forces
Unit	Morale	Bases	Attributes
AA Lorry	Veteran	1	Armoured Lorry Class 2, Wheeled, AA, Load 1
Technical	Veteran	1	Technical Class 1, Wheeled, HMG, Load 1
105mm SPG	Veteran	1	SPG [105mm] Class 2, Tracked, Load 0
Infantry	Raw	5	5 x Rifle, Tactically Inept, Aggressive
Infantry	Raw	5	5 x Rifle, Tactically Inept, Aggressive
Infantry	Raw	5	5 x Rifle, Tactically Inept, Aggressive
Infantry	Trained	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, Fragile
Infantry	Trained	5	4 x Assault Rifle, 1 x RPG, Fragile
Infantry	Veteran	5	3 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, 1 x RPG, Infiltrate
Infantry	Veteran	5	3 x Assault Rifle, 1 x LMG, 1 x AT, Infiltrate
Infantry	Veteran	1	Sniper, Infiltrate, Devastating Volley 0-12”

The battlefield looking west

All vehicles have an Armour Class which certain weapons have no effect against eg a rifle can cause no damage to Armour Class 2 but can disorder it.

Some weapons must fire on their own eg the 105mm SPG can not combine fire with Assault Rifles

Load is the number of bases a vehicle can carry.

Infiltrate is basically the ability to move from one piece of cover to another and is based on Brucie's Play Your Cards Right

Rodge may well post his variant to the BBB Yahoo Group

I deployed the Rebels in the Township and Shaun had the choice of arriving on the Norther East or North West road. He selected the North West road

The approach road taken by the Government forces

Beeko Mumfasa admires his trusty AA truck "Ndege Bunduki"

It's not all work for Mumfasa - he also plays in goal for Baako Rovers

The 105mm SPG "Kunguruma Tembo" spots a Government APC

Government traffic jam on the road to Baako

Government recce scouts the local lock-up

Ambush! A Rebel RPG takes out a Saladin A/C 

Government and Rebel troops get into a fire fight north of the township

General President the Right Reverend Jomo Bangbalaonabulu remembers an urgent appointment in the capital and heads for his limo

With most of their armour destroyed the Government forces fall back

After the battle Mumfasa leads the Victory Parade...

.. and finally The Victory Speech in front of his loyal supporters

A most enjoyable game - it ran very smoothly and quickly as we all know BBB. The Rule tweaks worked well. BBB is a very good rules engine that lends itself to adaption to other periods. I'm looking forward to Mumfasa's march on the capital.

Rodge made all of the buildings and converted the vehicles. The majority, if not all, of the figures are 15mm Peter Pig.

15mm Shanty Town

On Saturday I picked up some 15mm shanty buildings. The masters were made by Rodge and then cast in resin and painted by Shaun.

There are 3 buildings - two large and one small

I've set them alongside so of my Peter Pig AK47 forces

These are the two large ones

The small one is on the left

I was outside taking the photos when it started to rain...

... the sun came out

There are some lovely bits of detail on these shacks

Just the right size for 15mm

Although my bases are a little bit too thick

The shacks will also go well with my 15mm Sci-Fi kit - District 9 anyone?

They are on sale as a pack of 3 unpainted buildings for the outrageous sum of £10 plus £3.50 p&p tn the UK. Shaun doesn't have a website so if you want any then email him at dreamholme (at) aol (dot) com

Apparently there are going to be some more variations based on the masters.