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Offline white knight

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Update 07/19: Weird Japan
« Reply #45 on: July 19, 2009, 03:54:58 PM »
4 more charging figures, this time from Brigade Games. The flagpole is a Gripping Beast spear and the flag itself is made from thick aluminium foil and hand painted. It was late when I started on it and I was a bit distracted... The result is that I painted the flag in the correct direction on both sides, instead of mirroring it. Oh well, can't be bothered to repaint that.











And with the earlier figures (mostly TAG):




Offline traveller

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Re: Update 06/28: Weird Japan
« Reply #46 on: July 19, 2009, 06:14:17 PM »
Mighty cool! Please keep adding on, this is true eye candy ;D

Offline white knight

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Re: Update 06/28: Weird Japan
« Reply #47 on: July 19, 2009, 06:18:01 PM »
Thank you.

And before anyone says anything about it, yes the bent bayonet has been straightened out since the pictures. ;)

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Re: Update 06/28: Weird Japan
« Reply #48 on: July 19, 2009, 06:24:29 PM »
I hope so, otherwise he'll be shooting the moon instead of Americans.
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Re: Update 06/28: Weird Japan
« Reply #49 on: July 19, 2009, 07:03:02 PM »
Bent bayonet? Why not, this is "Weird Japan"

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Re: Update 06/28: Weird Japan
« Reply #50 on: July 19, 2009, 08:57:55 PM »
Brilliant project.
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Re: Update 07/19: Weird Japan
« Reply #51 on: July 19, 2009, 10:05:35 PM »
Nice minis but shouldn't there be an anchor instead of a star on those hats and helmets with that flag?
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Offline white knight

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Re: Update 07/19: Weird Japan
« Reply #52 on: July 20, 2009, 09:50:28 AM »
Nice minis but shouldn't there be an anchor instead of a star on those hats and helmets with that flag?

D'oh! You're right, for Imperial army, the sundisc should have been in the centre of the flag.

Oh well, I still can't  be bothered to do it again. lol

Offline majorsmith

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Re: Update 07/19: Weird Japan
« Reply #53 on: July 20, 2009, 05:48:36 PM »
ace stuff!

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Re: Update 07/19: Weird Japan
« Reply #54 on: July 20, 2009, 06:22:15 PM »
Nice minis but shouldn't there be an anchor instead of a star on those hats and helmets with that flag?

D'oh! You're right, for Imperial army, the sundisc should have been in the centre of the flag.

Oh well, I still can't  be bothered to do it again. lol

WK -

You're fine, actually. Both the IJA and the IJN used that flag. The belief that only the Navy used the "ray" flag is a myth, probably started by wargamers. Plenty of evidence for both with both branches.

Now, the anchor, sure, that's a Navy thing.

Hope that helps.

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Re: Update 07/19: Weird Japan
« Reply #55 on: July 21, 2009, 11:21:08 AM »
Brilliant   :D:D  :-*:D :D  :-*:D :D : :-*D :D



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Re: Update 07/19: Weird Japan
« Reply #56 on: July 23, 2009, 04:51:40 PM »
They are coming along really well!

Offline white knight

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Small Meka added: Weird Japan
« Reply #57 on: July 26, 2009, 08:35:11 PM »
Two rather extensive conversions of the 1/35 "fireball" Mak. This is the flying, rocketpack version and everything that wasn't needed was stripped from the models and holes were filled with greenstuff and useful bits and bobs (some old pression buttons were recycled).

I decided to give this version flamethrowers (which allowed me to make use of the fueltanks for the rocketpack), using some leftover plastic bits from a GW catachan sentinel sprue. Some tubes were added to connect it to the fuel tanks. Since the long, humanlike arms didn't work for me after this conversion, the other arm was modified to, one receiving a chainsaw (useful in the jungle, no dount) from the same sentinel sprue and the other a circular saw from a clicky mechwarrior mini (these are a great source for alternative weapon arms for your MaK's btw).








Offline Hawkeye

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Re: Small Meka added: Weird Japan
« Reply #58 on: July 26, 2009, 09:49:32 PM »
Nice!

This whole project is great - not just because it's brilliant to see something other than U.S./German/Russian Weird War stuff (and I have nothing against any of that! It's just nice to see something different), but because the painting and modelling are great, and it's clear that a lot of thought has gone into the project.

Excellent mekas, by the way! I love the Rising Sun on the lid/door!
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Re: Small Meka added: Weird Japan
« Reply #59 on: July 27, 2009, 12:04:43 AM »
Sugoi-des!

Really excellent reinterpretation of Ma.K. From one Japan to another (real/imagined present/past authentic/interpreted), as it were.
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