Bolt Action Imperial Japanese Paratroopers大日本帝国陸軍航空部隊挺進集団

In this video, I show the newest addition to my Bolt Action collection, Imperial Japanese Paratroopers. I also show some of the reference I used and give a few shout outs as well. The link to the miniatures and the channels I shout out are all below. Until the next time, keep those brushes moving.
Great Escape Games IJA Paratroopers
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[@philRminiatures]

Superb looking army, bases add a lot...

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks very much, Phil. The basing did turn out pretty well. It hides a lot of mistakes on the boots. lol

[@BootsontheTable]

Great job. 31 armies!? I admire your drive

[@jvcpaints]

Cheers, Dom. I fell in love with Bolt Action the second I saw the Beast of War/Alessio Cavatore demo game in 2013...2014...I paint other stuff, but 1939-1945 is my thing.

[@PanzermansBunker]

Nicely painted paratrooper figures. Very unusual subjects. I like the "model" plane too. Bill

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks very much Panzerman Bill! I admire your patience in doing your 1/72 aircraft. It was a flashback to being 9 years old and testors glue everywhere for me. I'm glad I didn't get too much glue on the canopy. lol. I hope your dogs are doing well too!

[@pbeccas]

Nice army Justin. I’ve got my Japanese SNLF Parartroopers from the same company to paint in my giant painting pile.

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks. I just found out that the manufacturer is Company B. Watch out for those bayonets!

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

Great looking army, good that you reach the 500. looking forward to army 32, ;-). The book is cool.

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks, Jens. I'm hoping I can get to 500 by the next video. Army 32 is British paras. It's about 45 figures, so I hope I can get through it in one month and have the video up soon.

[@leont66wargaming31]

Very nice mate, I'll check them channels out

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks, Leon. I'm enjoying your conquering of the 18mm world recently. I've got your latest cued for this morning.

[@granapriego]

They are very cool buddy. Great looking figures and painting. Great book too.

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks for the praise. The book is a fantastic piece of reference.

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Very very impressive 👏👏👏 I must admit I didn't know about the Japanese paratroopers

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks very much. I knew about them for awhile, but I only found the figures this summer.

[@panzer-meister]

It's very nice and fine work as usual. Anyway, where did you bring these BGMs ? : )

[@jvcpaints]

Thank you very much. I'm not sure I understand the acronym BGM.

[@smoothbrush4722]

Great different types of plants basing for this army and good painted, i like the diffrent poses and ofc the samurai sword guy. I am thinking of an romanian army also. Thanks for description page linking to my channel i will do the same. Cheers mate.

[@jvcpaints]

I'm glad you liked the army. I've been thinking of doing the Romanian Army that they sell from Great Escape Games, but I might leave it until 2021. I hope your channel grows. you've got some great painting skills.

[@smoothbrush4722]

@@jvcpaints thank you. I am just a beginner at painting. They are such great painters out there, when you see their miniatures you think they are art.

[@giulioallari3269]

I see 501 subscribers. Great looking army

[@unclesheckiepainting6572]

After the battle they are ready to play some American football! Already wearing the helmets. Haha. Another great army buddy.

[@jvcpaints]

Cheers, Kev. I thought I had responded to this, but I guess I didn't. I hope your game room/bike graveyard is coming along well.

[@danbuman8422]

Very informative. Never heard of Japanese paras. Great looking force and I like the use of aquarium plants on the bases. Very jungle esk!! Thanks for sharing James :)

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks, Dan. The aquarium plant stuff worked out well, but it is a pain to glue down sometimes to be honest. Thanks for checking out the video.

[@gavinbooth]

Nice to see Japanese Para troops James i know they dropped in the Dutch East Indies and i think China but you don't see a lot of them and well painted too also thanks for the shout marra ! Regards Gav.

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks, Gav. These paras are built around a list that dropped in Sumatra in 42. The Japanese didn't really use them too often. The figures were fun to paint, but the heat over the summer made it into a chore and the last half dozen or so were hard. Thanks for watching!

[@MedievalWargamer]

What a beautiful army!Love the bases. Great reference book too!

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks very much, Nik. That book is really great for Japanese military uniforms from the 1880s and onward. The Russo-Japanese stuff is really cool.

[@BrushQuill]

Awesome work James, the figures look really nice. I swear you produce a whole BA army ever week lol

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks, dude. They took a long time to get through this year because of the oppressive heat. I think these guys were the 7th BA Army I did this year. There were a lot of Ottoman Turks there for a while. I'm hoping to finish off the 1940 Western Allies in 2021 and then get into really weird stuff like Filipino partisans. lol

[@paulspaintshed3511]

Great project James and really well done. Like the fact you do some of the more quirky armies for bolt action. Look forward to your Danes.

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks, Paul. I'm hoping to finish off the 1940 Western Allies in 2021 and then do some of the Eastern Fascist armies of 42.

[@62seano]

Cracking update, never heard of Japanese paratroopers, they look great

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks, Sean. I was lucky enough to stumble across the figures and knew I had to build what could possibly be one of the cheesiest armies for Bolt Action. Great for demo games in Japan; a super over powered Japanese force to stomp inexperienced US troops.

[@SteveJonesScaleModellingSite]

Great set of figures. Not often seen. Nice work on the bases and good reference material as well

[@jvcpaints]

Thank you very much. The basing turned out well. You can never have enough reference.

[@McBurnside6380]

Army looks great. Do you have a facebook page so we can view more of your work?

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks, bud. I don't have a FB page for models, but I'm hoping to get a website going soon. When I do, I will plaster it all over the videos. Stay tuned.

[@kasparolesen1515]

cool army. The figures are from Company B

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks. I knew they weren't Great Escape. I just saw your video on the same Army. I agree with your critique on the figures. I have no idea when I'll be able to play them. You should put up more videos of the armies you do.

[@vicsminiatures7949]

Great update! Wonderful work and the figures look awesome!

[@jvcpaints]

Thank you very much, Vic. I hope the fires and smoke are taking a turn for the better out there. Take care of yourself.

[@vicsminiatures7949]

@@jvcpaints We finally had some rain and the smoke is gone and we have sunshine and blue skies.

[@michaelball4940]

Very nice army 👍 when you say that there small compared to warlord figures any chance you could make another video on size comparison ?

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks for the compliment. I'll try and remember to do a size comparison when I do the British Airborne Army showcase in the next few weeks. I noticed that the metal AT gunners for the British Airborne are smaller than their plastic counterparts.

[@chicodanks5241]

Didn't know about this range till now but mate I now hate you as I want them hehe

[@jvcpaints]

Cheers mate. That's some odd praise. lol. Who needs stubborn paras when you can have fanatic ones?

[@liberator2408]

Great figures buddy

[@jvcpaints]

Thank you very much. I'm hoping I can get to your level with Napoleonics.

[@StudioWGS]

They look real good. I’m excited too Hahahah

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks, dude. I know they're not 15mm DBA, but they are some fun figures to paint.

[@StudioWGS]

@@jvcpaints I''ll be featuring some Bolt Action soon.... we did a video on the Chindits but that was a while back

[@maryhinge6334]

Great looking army James. 31 is a lot though. When are you going to use that lot? 😂😂

[@jvcpaints]

Thanks, Jim. When am I going to use them? I wish I knew! lol. I still haven't taken my Greeks out for a spin against the Italians invading from Albania. All this Corona baloney has killed the social aspect of gaming here. But, I can keep painting.

[@holydiver539]

good video blew it up on my tv. Don't get discouraged when you loose a sub. Every time I upload I loose 7-10 subs that can be a nice batrep, clean ramble or, a hit piece, I will lose subs for clicking the publish button. The moment after I click publish that number drops by at least 7