New Project 2020: WW2 China - updated April 2023

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!

Besides using Warlord Games' plastics, I've ordered WW1 Germans from Atlantic Wargames (they make great plastics!) to kitbash more troops.

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

Besides these I will source tanks, armoured cars & other resources from other miniature producers or to be honest, from my own existing storage.

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