Apologies and updates

We would most sincerely like to apologize for our lack of updates. We ran an unsuccessful and a partial successful game at Cold Wars and Har:Con. Rules and numbers are being adjusted in preparation for our next appearance at Historicon in Fredericksburg, VA on July 12-16. My game will be on Friday and Saturday at 9AM.

IJA Test Troops Done. Onto Armor.

And we are back to our regular programming. We resume painting our IJA troops in the style of the JGSDF by continuing with their boots that I painted satin black using Delta Ceramcoat.

We then finish up our troops by painting their weapons. Rifles and binoculars were painted a Model Master Enamel Gunmetal.

After that, any tubed weapons went OD(JGSDF) and shells painted Olive Drab.

With all of the test troops painted, it was time to lay them out. There is an out-of-date stat card for the IJA Platoon. Sure can't wait to field them.

With things winding down; just to ratchet back up, it became high time to work on the vehicles. Here, we have 10x Type-90 MBTs, 2x Type-60 SPRGs, 2x Type-87 SPAAG, 4x Type-74 MBTs and 4x Type-61 MBTs.

 With vehicles painted, a surprise package came in. From Iron Wind Metals, part of their Battletech range, BT-199 Asura Battlesuits. http://ironwindmetals.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=16_44_125&products_id=6261
Now, I bought these from BV Traders and half of them (11 out of 24) arrived on what is perhaps my BIGGEST PET PEEVE for wargaming; using coins as bases. GRRRRRR!
On the other hand, a bit of de-bonder, a minute later and I became 11 cents richer.

The rest of the vehicles for the IJA have been assembled and awaiting at the time drier weather to finish primering them.

Onto the modifications. The Asura Battlesuit is suppose to be the Type 89 Feedback Protector.
Modifications began by carefully snipping off those ... whatever those are on the top.

I then cut out some 1/8" x 1/8" pieces of balsa wood to represent the rocket pods.

I then found some scrap plastic tubing that is suppose to be the .50cal rotary that these things have.

And with the heavies comes the US Army. Again, I never painted US Army camouflage circa 1998 before so here goes nothing.
Helmets and uniforms were painted Tamiya NATO Green (XF-67) and Field Grey (XF-67).

The next step is to paint on large splotches of Model Master Armor Sand and that is where we end for the night.

As of now, I am working on the first of the BETA bases to be used in a test battle this Friday. I hopefully will bring you video of the game so with that, soldier on troops.

Continued Work.

Last week, the final three AH-64C Apaches have arrived. Generalmajor Von Fluff (our cat Gibbs) is inspecting the newly arrived helicopters.

With commissions winding down as they get completed, it is time to get started on the IJA. These are my test ones that I will be using to paint up. First up was a bright green called Hauser Light Green from Folkart.

I use craft paints slightly thinned down with water and some soap for most of my painting cause they are cheap.

I painted the uniform and pants but for the helmets and the radio pack, I rolled a D10 (10 sided die). Evens and 1s went camo and with that they went Hauser Light green and the remaining odds are going Tamiya Dark Green (JGSDF) (XF-73)

With that applied and dried, I then applied in large splotches Model Master Armor Sand.

Next up went on smaller splotches of Tamiya NATO Brown (XF-68)

After that went on tiny dots of Tamiya NATO Black (XF-69)

In between painting steps, I was doing up these Apaches. Not done yet but close.

Next are my various flesh tones and a touch up of Armor Sand.

The next step are the webbing. I am a detail oriented guy and thus I had to paint them.

The colors used are Tamiya Olive Green (XF-58), Tamiya Olive Drab (XF-62), Hauser Light Green (Will eliminate in the future cause it blends in too much to the original base color) and Vallejo Model Colors 70.988 Khaki.

Next were the pouches and canteens. I usually do these individually but at this scale, that be a bit mad; even for me so they were all painted the same color. These colors are Tamiya Khaki Drab (XF-61), Tamiya Olive Drab, Tamiya Dark Green (JGSDF), and Tamiya Olive Drab (JGSDF) (XF-74). 

The next step I have done were the gloves which went burnt umber.

There is plenty to do still. There are the boots, weapons, tubed weapons and other steps. So we will continue with this in a few days. Until then, peace out.