AKULA’s “Rising Dragon” Project (pg2 Chinese PLA Army & a rocket launcher)

[Grumpy Gnome]

Sending some mojo your way mate! 👍

[carlos marighela]

I like the look of those. I still have the Col Stone 25mm ones languishing unpainted and unloved somewhere. Nice figures but really tiny compared to whatever else is out there.

[CapnJim]

Lovely work on them Chinese fellers.  Looking forward to seeing more on this project (and your others...).

[AKULA]

Thanks everyone 

Just the one addition today…a slightly oversized (1/43) GAZ jeep…not strictly correct, but the PLA did have their own locally produced variant.

This isn’t for the PLAN marines, rather I’m going to add a second-line PLA Army unit to my todo list.

[commissarmoody]

Still pretty cool

[CapnJim]

Still pretty cool

Yes, it is. 

Looking forward to seeing the PLA Army chaps, too...

[AKULA]

A small update after a very long lag…

I’ve painted a few more Chinese, this time in a very rough approximation of the newish type 21 Army uniform…. {edit} hmmm… not sure they look that dark a green in real life…oh well.

More of the excellent Empress minis…the Officer is a conversion from the Assault Group.

The Type-63 rocket launcher is from Eureka…very much a reserve piece, but the conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated how quickly armies go through their front line kit.





Group shot with the Chinese Marines, and a copy of friendly locals that have wandered into the shot

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice.

[CapnJim]

Nice.

Indeed they are!

[carlos marighela]

Looking good!

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Are they going to get some locally produced not-HMMWVs?

[commissarmoody]

Oh that looks great. Looking forward to seeing more of this project.

[Ash]

That camo is looking rather tasty, good job.

[HESH]

Terrific work mate 👍👍

[AKULA]

Thanks everyone - its a slow burn as I have other projects that are currently occupying my paint queue, but it also makes an interesting break to paint something different