WWII Japanese 81mm Mortars

I have finally finished up a group of 28mm WWII Japanese 81mm mortars made by The Assault Group. I first received these models 25 July 05. I had given Chuckaroo a shopping list for Historicon. I had copied down the package numbers from the TAG website and noted the number of packages I would need. I had figured the numbers I would need to field a Infantry platoon with support but made a big mistake. The packs sold in the US were twice the size of the packs on the TAG website. Where I wanted two 81mm mortars I ended up with four, where I wanted three Type 92 machine guns I ended up with six and so on. The good thing is it gave me a solid base to build up my collection.
I had originally based the mortars and crew on fender washers but after mounting the Chinese field guns and crew on a base I decided to break the mortars and crew off their washers and mount them on a 60mm resin base I had cast up. I fielded the mortars glued to a base in a Disposable Heroes game without the crew and decided that I wouldn't do that again.

Here are the mortars in all their painted glory. It only took me five years and eleven months to get them finished. I have four more washer mounted riflemen to use for the fourth crewman but they are still a work in progress.

Here is a little closer shot. I used the Resistant Rooster Japanese painting guide for the troops in China. They will most likely be fighting or supporting my Warlord Chinese so I thought this the most suited color for them. Now I only need to finish the rest of the army.

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