(AP 2017) WW2 Japanese Army

[Quendil]

With the New Guinea Bolt Action supplement coming out in August I thought it was time I painted up some of my troops.  I have lots of TAG Japanese that I have had for ages which I think I shall start.  I painted a few years ago but never finished.  Time to sort them out I think.

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Ones I sorted out the other month



Ones I sorted out the other day.  Must also sort out my Company B models

[von Lucky]

Will follow with interest. All the best.

[carlos marighela]

Likewise.

I'm curious to see what the TAG Japanese look like painted up and also how they match up size wise compared to the Eureka Australians. I've been contemplating the TAG Japanese because, to be honest,  I've yet to find anything that really spins my wheels. I bought the Warlord ones due to local availability but I have to say they aren't terribly inspiring. I cut about half of the plastic ones down to fit into fox/spider holes and they work well enough for that. The support weapons are pure shite. The MMG is simply wrong and I have to admit the 70mm inf gun has almost defeated me in terms of construction. the one upside to them is that you get some useful bits, like equipment and weapons, useful for converting other stuff.

[Quendil]

Likewise.

I'm curious to see what the TAG Japanese look like painted up and also how they match up size wise compared to the Eureka Australians. I've been contemplating the TAG Japanese because, to be honest,  I've yet to find anything that really spins my wheels. I bought the Warlord ones due to local availability but I have to say they aren't terribly inspiring. I cut about half of the plastic ones down to fit into fox/spider holes and they work well enough for that. The support weapons are pure shite. The MMG is simply wrong and I have to admit the 70mm inf gun has almost defeated me in terms of construction. the one upside to them is that you get some useful bits, like equipment and weapons, useful for converting other stuff.

Didn't know Eureka did 28mm ww2 Australians, can't see them on the website.  TAG miniatures are my favourite ones for Pacific WW2, i have their Chindits and some USMC (Which mix well with Warlords plastic USMC).  They do match up well with Artizan Australians.  As for how they paint up, I like painting them but I'm not the best painter in the world 

[Kommando_J]

I'm curious as to how metal TAG compare with plastic warlord, I always thought if I did an army id use TAG for metals, for one the separate heads are shite and secondly even if they were fixed...some of the faces are dodgy.

[Quendil]

I started painting some up that I already had undercoated.  Most of them are west wind Japanese and they scale well with TAG even if the sculpts are not as good.  I don't have any Warlord Japanese so can't do a scale comparison and I am unlikely to buy any.  I may get some of the Bamboo fighters but they are metal

[rumacara]

Go for it David.
Will follow with interest.

[OSHIROmodels]

The period isn't my cup of tea but the more the merrier 

cheers

James

[Quendil]

Have started on more soldiers with these ones now finished and waiting varnishing, have another set ready to varnish now and am working on heavy weapons.  Also made a start on one of my Type 95 Ha-go light tank. I have another one of these to paint along with a Type 94 Tankette, Type 2 Ka-Ki Amphibious tank, a Shi-Ki (Chi-Ha Command Tank), two Type 97 Chi-Ha tanks and a Type 97 Kai Shinto Chi-Ha tank







Also started on some terrain

[rumacara]

Nice update. And the jungle terrain looks great.

[SABOT]

Looking good - will follow developments with great interest.

[von Lucky]

Nice progress!

[Quendil]

Finished up some troops and based them up.  Also rebased some of the ones I painted years ago.  Thankfully I have been writing down whats paints I use for different figures for quite a few years so they all match up.  Still got more troops , heavy weapons and armour to do

[von Lucky]

Coming along nicely.