| Ryan Rabies | 22 Dec 2023 11:00 a.m. PST |
Here's a platoon of Eureka and Peter Pig Japanese Infantry based for Crossfire. There will be a YouTube tutorial posted around Boxing Day.
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79thPA  | 22 Dec 2023 11:08 a.m. PST |
Great painting and basing. |
 The Virtual Armchair General  | 22 Dec 2023 11:17 a.m. PST |
Definitely looking forward to the "Crossfire" game after Christmas! TVAG |
| Frothers Did It And Ran Away | 22 Dec 2023 12:52 p.m. PST |
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| King Monkey | 22 Dec 2023 3:15 p.m. PST |
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| 35thOVI | 22 Dec 2023 3:39 p.m. PST |
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 Mserafin | 22 Dec 2023 5:33 p.m. PST |
Impressive. I really like the bases. |
| FusilierDan | 22 Dec 2023 5:49 p.m. PST |
Wow! Looking forward to the tutorial. |
| Legionarius | 22 Dec 2023 5:53 p.m. PST |
These are great. There will be vicious fighting in the Jungle. |
| BigfootLover | 22 Dec 2023 6:13 p.m. PST |
Great! I also really like those labels. |
| Marc33594 | 23 Dec 2023 9:11 a.m. PST |
Always jealous of your bases/labels. Excellent brush work and basing. Be a real treat to play in one of your games |
| CaptainDarling | 23 Dec 2023 1:45 p.m. PST |
Hi echoing others thoughts, great looking figures and basing.
Your unit labels have me confused (easily done 😊), from the Japanese shotai and Buntai I get the bases are sections in a platoon but the NATO style symbol indicates a company, what does each base represent?
Also what is the symbol with a dot and a cross above it I don't recognise that? command?
Cheers |
| Little Red | 23 Dec 2023 7:08 p.m. PST |
Superbly done! Looking forward to the tutorial. |
| Marc33594 | 24 Dec 2023 9:55 a.m. PST |
If the cross ended in an arrowhead would be the symbol for a mortar so maybe a heavy weapons section? |
| mghFond | 24 Dec 2023 12:20 p.m. PST |
Those are superb! Sure beat my WW2 Japanese. |
| CaptainDarling | 24 Dec 2023 1:59 p.m. PST |
Thanks Marc33594, second pic in the OP the label clearly has a dot with a cross above it and connected, looks like an officer figure on the base so assuming some sort of command symbol? |
| Ryan Rabies | 24 Dec 2023 8:07 p.m. PST |
Thanks, everyone. Captaindarling, the tactical symbols are not NATO. they are WW2 Japanese tactical symbols. The cross with the white dot is a platoon commander and the square with the vertical line is a squad. It does look like a NATO infantry company symbol! |
| CaptainDarling | 26 Dec 2023 3:30 p.m. PST |
Thanks Ryan, never knew about a Japanese set of unit symbols, I've tried googling them without success for use in my Malaya 1942 campaign do you have any online links that show them (thanks!)… |
| Ryan Rabies | 04 Jan 2024 12:15 p.m. PST |
Here are some Japanese map symbols. I also got some from a US intelligence briefing on the Japanese army which was declassified and turned into a PDF. I forget where I downloaded it, you could try a web search Japanese Army Handbook +PDF. It looks like the symbol that looks like a Nato company is just a general symbol to indicate an infantry unit. I actually made these a long time ago for some 1/72 scale Japanese.
Actually, try this:
archive.org/details/TME30-480/page/n1/mode/2up |
| CaptainDarling | 07 Jan 2024 1:44 p.m. PST |
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