Bolt Action, Challenges and a Banzai Christmas

Banzai Christmas

1st minor conversion is using a bit of plastic rod to make a lying mortar man

Deadlines a great for focusing the mind on what needs to be done hobby wise. So far I have missed out on joining two painting challenges. W-Ireds 100 models in a 100 days challenge and Krut’s 4^th Angolue hobbies challenge, partly due to motivation, partly due to the event filling up before I could sign-up. Anyway I have come up with my own painting challenge. I want to play a Bolt Action game over the Christmas. The challenge is I only have one Bolt Action army battle ready at the moment. The second needs to be done from scratch the models required still on sprues in their boxes. They need to be assembled, primed and painted in time for me to ship back home on the 19^th. That gives me not a lot of time to get ready.

To help the primiing the models were sticky taped to a short length of wood.this made it easier to get awkward parts of the model

The rough concept a clash of a Japanese patrol with a chindit column. To make it interesting both sides are trying to recover a down RAF pilot. We will call the mission saving flight lieutenant Ryan

Playing green stuff. In this case prascting making leaves for possible jungle fighters

Below is the current force list. The Chindits free artillery observer is replaced with a free Air observer since they are operating a couple of hundred miles away from the nearest artillery support. The Japanese get a tank for fun.

Imperial army of Japan Burma theatre

Britsh Army Chindit column Burma theatre

Rikugun Chūi Kurosawa  (85) Regular 1st lt with one aide 1st squad led by Gunsō Kikuchiyo (155) Regular infantry squad, NCO, LMG, knee mortar,10 riflemen 2nd squad led by Gochō  Okamoto Katsushiro (155) Regular infantry squad, NCO, LMG, knee mortar,10 riflemen 3rd squad led by Gochō Katayama Gorobei (155) Regular infantry squad, NCO, LMG, knee mortar,10 riflemen MMG team  lead led by Gochō Hayashida Heihachi (50) Regular MMG team Sniper team led by Gunsō Shichiroji (50) Regular sniper team Mortar team led by Heichō Kyuzo (60) Regular Mortar team with a spotter tank team led by Sōchō Shimada Kambei (135) regular medium tank

Chindits: 1st Lt W.H. Muir (103) Veteran 1st Lt with aide with SMG Forward Air observer Warrant officerFraser (Air force) (10) FOO with aide 1st squad led by sergeant Mason (168) Veterans NCO (SMG), LMG, 8 rifles 2nd squad led by corporal Brady (168) Veterans NCO (SMG), LMG, 8 rifles, 3rd squad led by corporal Wallace (168) Veterans NCO (SMG), LMG, 8 rifles PIAT team led by corporal Cochrane (52) Veteran MMG team led by corporal Smith(65) veterans sniper team led by lance corporal Cambell(65) Veterans Light mortar led by corporal Logan(46) Veterans

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