Thursday, November 11, 2010

Japanese Imperial Army revisited

Hi, here's a post about my 1/72 Japanese Army! This army has slowly expanded during the course of 2010. The entire army is made out of Esci, Waterloo 1815 and some Matchbox figures.

The army know exists out of

- 2 Battalions of 17 bases ( 2 x 33 figures)
- 3 Light machine gun bases ( 3 x 2 figures)
- 2 AT rifle bases ( 2 x 2 figures)
- 3 Heavy machine gun bases ( 3 x 2 figures)
- 3 Light mortar bases ( 3 x 2 figures)
- 2 70mm guns/mortars ( 2 x 3 figures + 2 guns)
- 2 Tow bases for the 70 mm guns ( 2 x 1 figure + 2 horses)
- 1 "No retreat" marker ( 1 x 3 figures)

Total of figures: 96 figures (+ 2 guns and horses)

Now some pictures!


The 70mm guns with tow teams.


Close up of one of the 70mm guns.


Close up of the other 70mm gun.


Close up of a modest tow team.


First battalion of the Japanese Imperial Army.


Close up of some bases, you can clearly see the Matchbox, Esci and Waterloo 1815 figures. I really like the guy with the explosive pole!


The second battalion of the Japanese Imperial Army.


The AT rifle crews

Now I need to paint them!

Greets,

5 comments:

Thanos said...

Great preparation mate!
Now, let's see them painted!!!
T.

Wargame News and Terrain Blog said...

Thanks! I hope to paint them soon if I'm in the painting mood!

Paul´s Bods said...

These new sets of japanese from italeri look really good.
Why do you not paint them and then base them....surely it would be a bit easier?
Greetings
Paul

Tarih1964 said...

Hi Paul, I think you mean, "the Japs from Waterloo 1815"!

I am not a "nit-picker", but I love them, so that you shouldn't rename them!

.-)

Or are they a Co-op product of Italeri-Waterloo?

Tarih1964 said...

Especially the ones from "Waterloo 1815" look great!

But painted they are better!

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4005/dsc04521gs.jpg