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I appreciate it's an expensive way to do it but if anyone is really keen to start on a Vichy French colonial unit Elhiem produce a great little range in white metal:
I'm half way through painting a couple of dozen of these boys up for Vichy/inter war action and they are very nice sculpts and absolutely compatible with 1/72 plastics.
He also does the Thai Royal Army if anyone is after a properly obscure campaign to wargame!