vrijdag 31 juli 2015

The Lions of Nezele

Time for some fluff  :D


The Lions of Nezele

Mysterious pilots flying the regime’s Cavalier II’s. Some say they are CIA, some say one is a Uzbek mercenary, others claim there’s a illegitimate son of General-for-Life Emmanuel Nwude trying to find a place in the dynasty, some even claim former Third Reich Luftwaffe pilots are amongst them.  Who knows?

They are the 7th Attack Wing (Glorious Lions) and they fly Golf Alfa to Foxtrot (Fxotrot sporting Garfield nose art). They are camouflaged in the standard Nelengele fashion of 3 tone camouflage, with sharks teeth. Compared to other aircraft in the Nelengele inventory they look a bit rough, but the mechanics make sure that underneath the peeling paint and oil stains beats a strong mechanical heart.
The 7th operates from Nzele AFB which is a old single hardend  4200 feet runway dating back from before WW2 (formerly known as RAF Bloodieot), housing the small fleet of 6 Cavaliers as well as a few transports (possibly expanded with a helicopter group in the near future if rebel activity increases). The close location to the disputed border area and rebel camps makes this base vital for the government, and it is well fortified.  The Red Cross has requested use of a section of the airbase to fly in food and medical aid for the war stricken local community, but sofar this request has been denied, meaning most food is trucked in with occasional airdrops.

The rebels refer to the close support aircraft as Akapi’s (“ scorpion” in the native tongue) and rumour has it there is a bounty for capturing any pilot (dead or alive). Sofar no Cavaliers have been shot down, though 1 suffered a landing mishap recently, involving a very unlucky flock of flamingos and copious amounts of pink feathers.

6 opmerkingen:

  1. So for your 20mm AK-47, are you going to single base the figures or use multiple figures for a base?

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    1. Singles, but I have sabot bases for my 1 cent bases so I can keep groups together in 4's and 5's if it needs to be. It could very well be a version of Battlegroup Modern with elements of the AK-47 political part tacked onto it :)

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    2. The first time I played AK47 republic was in 2002. And we used single penny based liberation minatures from their African and south African line.

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    3. Never played it, but had the rules for a good 10 years now. Will be using Liberation miniatures for the most part, plus lots of Hobby Den vehicles. and African miniatures from other companies. Want to focus on Technical militia first as I need it for Black Hawk Down and it can work for goverment militia or rebels just as easily :)

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  2. Also looking forward to seeing more of your back ground for Nelengele

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    1. So am I, I'm making this up as I go along or want to make new vehicles :)

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