From IanS: 15mm Japanese Infantry 1943 (38 points)

Dear All,

This is my first post for this years Challenge, and it has been delayed as the orginal set of figures is still being based. So the Japanese have got in first. These figures are from Eureka and they are lovely sculpts that take paint well. The figures are to be used for the new Far East version of the Chain of Command rules from Two Fat Lardies.  First up is a section of infantry for the 1943 Platoon orbat. This section has a squad leader and to identify him for the games all my squad leaders will have rifle flags. In addition this squad has two teams. The first team is all rifles with nine figures and the second team is the LMG team with a Type 96 lmg and three riflemen.

Next up are two snipers, not sure I am happy with these but I have based them, so no going back.

Then we have a flame thrower team of three figures.

The basing style is a new one for me and consists of army painter swamp tufts and dried thyme. The thyme idea for jungle litter came from a recommendation from the Storm of Steel blog. Although the wife has insisted I have my own jar when she saw me putting in spare thyme from the bases back in the jar she uses for cooking (Bad me). 

 So pointswise: 19 x 15mm foot figures at 2 pts each - 38pts.

Welcome aboard, Ian! Glad you have managed to avoid the cut. Some nice Japanese you are showing us, I think the basing looks good and I really like the little rifle flag. Perhaps you would be well advised, however, to get your own thyme jar, depending on the planned sizes of your new jungle armies. Anyway, it is good to see you kick off with 38 points!

As a side note, please remember to resize your photos and add your labels...

Martijn