Really nice looking army. I am currently finishing painting my 3rd 10man IJA inf. unit. We are running sort of "alternate history campaign" with my friend who plays the Soviets, so Im going to focus on paratroopers and some SNLF units to initiate a combined assault on the Kamchatka penninsula :)
Your philosophy for all metal infantry and resin vehicles I can appreciate. The metal and resin models are particularly satisfying. My next army will likely be French campaign (June 40') France, which I'll likely apply a similar approach to your fine force here. Eventually I hope to cover an Imperial Japanese force as well. Simply not enough Bolt Action related content on RUclips, I think. Subscribed!
Thank for the kind words! In the years since I made this video I have done a lot more work with plastic infantry kits, mostly because I’m doing a lot more conversion work, but I still feel the same about my metal miniatures!
Wonderful stuff! i have recently bought the Japanese starter set, it hasnt arrived yet but im sure excited for it! i think i might just get a few tanks for mine and instead focus on infantry, anyway, wonderful stuff!
Infantry are definitely a strong part of the Japanese army, much more so than their tanks! Can’t wait to see yours put together, they are great fun to play!
The way I look at it is that the Japanese tanks are good for what they were designed for. You have to consider that for a majority of the war they were going up against the Chinese Pooh to my knowledge didn't really have great tanks or even good ways of dealing with them. And also the Japanese tanks were lighter than the other tanks making them more maneuverable on island and semi amphibious locations
Good job! Welcome to the IJA. Japanese can be really fun. Their strength is numbers and assaulting. I really like the truck mounted AA gun. Can you tell me where you found the STL file for the truck.
here's the stl www.thingiverse.com/thing:2786389?fbclid=IwAR23iMCk4iKKcbLzEJU9semmts39nXWa1z1Am6KgYU0Dm90f4nxAgOcLIuM looking forward to getting them on the table!
Nice minatures. Which paints did you use for the veteran infantry? I am trying to start a Japanese army, and looking for paint guides for the Japanese vetran miniatures, but haven't had any luck.
For the uniforms I used mostly Vallejo Green Brown, and every so often I’d do a miniature with Vallejo khaki to add a little variation. There is a Vallejo Japanese Uniform but I found it to be a little too yellow for my taste
@@scalehistoryslc819 yes, they did. Their AFVs were rather chunky but their infantry sculpts were very nice indeed. They were so nice that I got a Rapid Fire regiment of them, with a few spare bags for (eventual) reinforcements...for someone :-)
Really nice looking army. I am currently finishing painting my 3rd 10man IJA inf. unit. We are running sort of "alternate history campaign" with my friend who plays the Soviets, so Im going to focus on paratroopers and some SNLF units to initiate a combined assault on the Kamchatka penninsula :)
Your philosophy for all metal infantry and resin vehicles I can appreciate. The metal and resin models are particularly satisfying. My next army will likely be French campaign (June 40') France, which I'll likely apply a similar approach to your fine force here. Eventually I hope to cover an Imperial Japanese force as well. Simply not enough Bolt Action related content on RUclips, I think. Subscribed!
Thank for the kind words! In the years since I made this video I have done a lot more work with plastic infantry kits, mostly because I’m doing a lot more conversion work, but I still feel the same about my metal miniatures!
What a great looking Japanese army, very nice job...love the gun on the truck!
Thank you!! The aa gun truck is my favorite unit for sure!
I am starting off building a Japanese army. Thank you for the ideas.
These are amazing. You painted these really well.
lovely painting
Wonderful stuff! i have recently bought the Japanese starter set, it hasnt arrived yet but im sure excited for it! i think i might just get a few tanks for mine and instead focus on infantry, anyway, wonderful stuff!
Infantry are definitely a strong part of the Japanese army, much more so than their tanks! Can’t wait to see yours put together, they are great fun to play!
@@scalehistoryslc819 if you have a discord then i can send you some photos of them currently
AlexRoss87 ok! My username is jordanwiebe #5032
@@scalehistoryslc819 i sent it
The way I look at it is that the Japanese tanks are good for what they were designed for. You have to consider that for a majority of the war they were going up against the Chinese Pooh to my knowledge didn't really have great tanks or even good ways of dealing with them. And also the Japanese tanks were lighter than the other tanks making them more maneuverable on island and semi amphibious locations
Great looking vehicles, tanks, and figures.
Good job! Welcome to the IJA. Japanese can be really fun. Their strength is numbers and assaulting. I really like the truck mounted AA gun. Can you tell me where you found the STL file for the truck.
here's the stl www.thingiverse.com/thing:2786389?fbclid=IwAR23iMCk4iKKcbLzEJU9semmts39nXWa1z1Am6KgYU0Dm90f4nxAgOcLIuM
looking forward to getting them on the table!
Nice minatures. Which paints did you use for the veteran infantry? I am trying to start a Japanese army, and looking for paint guides for the Japanese vetran miniatures, but haven't had any luck.
For the uniforms I used mostly Vallejo Green Brown, and every so often I’d do a miniature with Vallejo khaki to add a little variation. There is a Vallejo Japanese Uniform but I found it to be a little too yellow for my taste
Japanese... Bamboo Spear Fighters, with some Bamboo Spear Fighters and a few Bamboo Spear Fighters
Cool setup !
Cool video mate I like your uniqueness
thank you!!
I want to start doing this
Round glasses check, flag on rifle check, one fig with buck teeth check.
Yeah, the Warlord plastic Japanese kit in a nutshell
these are reall y cool , specially the 3d printed stuff ! are the files free or did you have to buy them ?
I believe they are DeweyCat files, but my buddy printed them up for me so I’m not sure if they were free or not
You think like me. Good stuff
Oh. Japan had the steel but it all went to the aircraft carriers and battleships
Hello Boss, great job on your army, cam i ask what colour you used on the infantry that are wearing shirts rather than tunics?
Thank you! I used Vallejo Green Grey. I didn’t want to do pure white for the shirts.
Japanese tanks weren’t meant to destroy other tanks they were meant to destroy infantry which did well against the Australians and Chinese
Have you considered the Battle Honours Japanese range?
A quick google search is showing them only in 15mm, did they make them in 28mm too?
@@scalehistoryslc819 yes, they did. Their AFVs were rather chunky but their infantry sculpts were very nice indeed. They were so nice that I got a Rapid Fire regiment of them, with a few spare bags for (eventual) reinforcements...for someone :-)
Ever get a chance to have a game with them?
I’ve managed to play one game with them at 800 points against Nationalist Chinese - it was an amazing game!
Do a flip