The War in the Pacific in 20mm........ (1 Viewer)

[Warrior]

Japanese and Australian forces clash along a river bed in the Far East, 1944.............

 

[Warrior]

Japanese infantry along with tank support try to dislodge the Australians from their position............

 

[Warrior]

The Australians hold their ground, supported by machine guns and mortars............

 

[Lewey Gun Vick]

This is great George! Keep up the goodwork.

Best Regards,
Vick

 

[Warrior]

Thanks Vick, the campaigns in the Pacific are of great interest to me; the Australians hold on and defeat the Japanese. Commonwealth forces played a huge part in the ultimate defeat of Japan in the Pacific theatre of war...........

 

[lancer]

This is great stuff, George. I especially like the appearence of the Japanese troops and armor. All of it is really well painted. Your ground work is really fine looking, also. Wouldn't mind someone doing this type of stuff in 54-60mm. At any rate, let's see some more Aussies and Japanese from your massive 1/72 armies. This action have anything to do with your Milne Bay quote? -- Al

 

[Warrior]

This is great stuff, George. I especially like the appearence of the Japanese troops and armor. All of it is really well painted. Your ground work is really fine looking, also. Wouldn't mind someone doing this type of stuff in 54-60mm. At any rate, let's see some more Aussies and Japanese from your massive 1/72 armies. This action have anything to do with your Milne Bay quote? -- Al

Thanks Al, I alway appreciate your comments; I like the way the Japanese came out, tried a new technique on them that worked really well IMO. Thanks for the comments on the groundwork, it is Verlinden static grass mostly; not cheap, but I like how it comes out so you get what you pay for.

I would LOVE for someone to do Commonwealth troops for the Far East in 54mm; British in shorts and jungle kit, Australians, Indians, Gurkhas, Chindits, Japanese, etc, etc, so you could recreate battles such as Singapore, Imphal, Arakan, Kohima, Meiktila/Mandalay and so on.

This particular display has no real historical basis, was just messing around with some new additions yesterday and today. I like the way the riverbed came out too on this one, look for more soon..........

 

[aujj65]

Thanks Al, I alway appreciate your comments; I like the way the Japanese came out, tried a new technique on them that worked really well IMO. Thanks for the comments on the groundwork, it is Verlinden static grass mostly; not cheap, but I like how it comes out so you get what you pay for.

I would LOVE for someone to do Commonwealth troops for the Far East in 54mm; British in shorts and jungle kit, Australians, Indians, Gurkhas, Chindits, Japanese, etc, etc, so you could recreate battles such as Singapore, Imphal, Arakan, Kohima, Meiktila/Mandalay and so on.

This particular display has no real historical basis, was just messing around with some new additions yesterday and today. I like the way the riverbed came out too on this one, look for more soon..........

George,

Very effective indeed! Btw, makes you wonder why the Japs bothered to make Tanks that size, but very striking colour scheme all the same.

What make of figures are these? - not Hinton Hunt thats for sure.



Jeff

 

[Phantom Warrior]

George,

Very effective indeed! Btw, makes you wonder why the Japs bothered to make Tanks that size, but very striking colour scheme all the same.

What make of figures are these? - not Hinton Hunt thats for sure.



Jeff

The Jap tanks were adequate for the original opposition (non-mechanized Manchuria, China, Philippines) and terrain (jungle, islands) they were originally intended for. They were more like tracked armoured cars that never evolved into better tanks like in Europe.

Terry

 

[Warrior]

George,

Very effective indeed! Btw, makes you wonder why the Japs bothered to make Tanks that size, but very striking colour scheme all the same.

What make of figures are these? - not Hinton Hunt thats for sure.



Jeff

Thanks Jeff................most of these figures are from a company called Eureka Miniatures based out of Australia. Some of the Australians are from Wargames Foundry as are some of the Japanese, while some of the other Japanese are from Britannia Miniatures..........

 

[Louis Badolato]

Freakin' sweet!!!! Major, major scale envy!!!!

 

[lancer]

The Jap tanks were adequate for the original opposition (non-mechanized Manchuria, China, Philippines) and terrain (jungle, islands) they were originally intended for. They were more like tracked armoured cars that never evolved into better tanks like in Europe.

Terry

The WW2 era Japanese Army was a peculiar war machine. Weapons developement (in particular, small arms) never went to far. They fought through China (from the mid 30's) to the end of WW2 with essentially the same rifles, MG's, pistols, etc. They had a sub-machine gun but it was produced in very small numbers. Their armor was, as you said, basic and was never developed either. The whole Japanese war industry was little more that a cottage-industry base. They were preparing for the defense of the home islands in 1945 by producing thousands of spears! -- Al

 

[Warrior]

Freakin' sweet!!!! Major, major scale envy!!!!

Thanks Louis, I knew you especially would like this one.........

 

[The Lt.]

It's always a pleasure seeing your 20mm in action no matter what theater of operation the being featured in George and nice seeing you at play.

 

[Warrior]

It's always a pleasure seeing your 20mm in action no matter what theater of operation the being featured in George and nice seeing you at play.

Thanks Lt, I appreciate your feedback and I am glad my displays are enjoyable for you...................

 

[Simpson & his donkey.]

you have done the boys proud.simmo.

 

[danscott]

excellent detail and top notch painting,great to look at
simo

 

[Warrior]

you have done the boys proud.simmo.

Thanks very much; I'm not from Australia, but I'm **** proud of the contribution Australia made to the war effort, all of those men and women have my respect and admiration.............

 

[Warrior]

excellent detail and top notch painting,great to look at
simo

Thanks for the feedback and I am glad you like my diorama........