An interesting army
I had been thinking this on and off since the release of Bolt Action supplement Empires in Flames, but what really got me inspired was this video:
And here's the painting tutorial from Pete The Wargamer:
So I started to kitbash first models from my plastic sets, which I conveniently already owned. Here are my first results:
Mix of Jap and German parts (head is a plastic samurai head)
Mix of Russian, Jap and German parts
Suicide anti-tank attack!
Then of course I went on to search webstores for more troops, these I found to be quite suitable:
- Northstar China station miniatures
- Copplestone Casting's Chines Warlords miniatures
- Brigade Games (USA) China at War range - only place, where I've found decal sheets
Stuart 3A from Warlord Games
First delivery from Brigade Games arrived:
Terrain
After watching couple of movies related to fighting on streets and ruins of Nanking:
I wanted to fight the Japs in a city fight. Well, luckily I had a pile of mdf from Warbases, having participated in their Beijing 55th day kickstarter. First buildings are now constructed:
Painting
There's a lot variety in how Chinese forces were dressed as you can see from this video:
I started by undercoating my "German equipped" troops with black and sprayed a base colour of green (Army painter)
Completed miniatures
Big Sword Squad
Chinese in action
In the fall of 2020 I organized a "Fire in the East" early war -tournament at our club. My Chinese joined forces with Soviets to fight Japanese aggression!
Sake was toasted
Team Soviet-China-Soviet
You might look at Reiver Castings, they mix well with Copplestone. The Pulp China station also fit in size wise and would run as guerillas. I tried the plastic route, they are rather small, it looks as though those Brigade games are smaller still. https://blackshawgaming.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/bolt-action-chinese-armies/
VastaaPoistaThanks mate! I’ve been reading your blogpost with interest. My plan is not to mix models, so the size difference shouldn’t matter.
Poista