![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The first two are both excellent, and the 8 full-color plates are all about various uniforms, grouped by campaign. Again, a great book, but the focus is on the SNLF, and they were different than your regular, everyday Japanese soldier. But the focus is on the paratroopers (as you might guess from the title).įorget the Neb-at-Arms SNLF book (#432). It's an excellent book, with a good number of full-color uniform plates. They are great reference works for organization and equipment, with plenty of b&w photos, but nothing of real interest to a painter.įorget the elite book (#127 on Paratroop Forces). If you are looking for the best Osprey to help identify the colors of various uniforms and kit, thenįorget the two Battle Orders (#9 and #14). I have (hopefully) all of the Osprey titles that deal with Japanese troops in WWII. And I'll be EXTRA helpful seeing as how you are in Seattle. I don't know of anyone who makes Winter Japanese, though. The Vallejo Japanese uniform color looks good for the winter uniform in Manchuria/Northern China. Unfortunately I'm still waiting for my middlestone paint to arrive, I had a heck of a time finding some. And I thought I was going to have it easy after painting German camo patterns I guess I'll have to experiment some more. I have some infantry with long sleeves, which I think I will paint as a tunic. What's getting me confused is the Osprey books, the outer tunics, kepis and trousers are much more green than khaki/yellow. I ended up mixing tanned skin with bronzed skin at about 3-1, I didn't even know Vallejo made a tan yellow. The Nordalia color scheme came out very yellow, and the bronzed skin made them look like oompa-loopmas. I still need volume 2 for the Japanese infantry. Well, I'm just starting on Japanese and I'm using the Resistant Roosters method and the method, as well as looking over the Osprey books. ![]()
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