Accurate Miniature Equivalents for Custom Painting your 1940 E&P

Update:

Imperial Japanese Navy

Japanese Subs

Japanese Transports

Japanese Destroyers

Japanese Cruisers

Japanese Carriers

Japanese Battleships

IJN Flat Paint Scheme

IJN Experimental Paint Scheme (was really only used on carriers, but I extended it to the full Navy)

Complete IJN

Complete Imperial Japanese Forces

Also some shots from the current board setup (no USA or UK):

Up next: USA!

@bennyboyg:

Yeah, so. Is my firstborn child sufficient payment for a full set?

Depends… Is he/she Organic USDA approved?

I’ve been working on pricing… I’ve come up with several paint sets I will have available. The current set I’m displaying here is of course the insane deluxe set that will cost a lot. The only reason I’m charging a lot is because it takes a really long time to do and tests my sanity in the process.

Here are my current ideas for what is available for each set… The extra/better options obviously will cost more. Also the buyer would have to provide the pieces (unless they want to pay for me to purchase them).

Cleanup

• Basic: Quick wash and brush (to remove factory mold release agent), grinding major mold imperfections.
• Medium: Wash and brush, grind all mold marks.
• Full: Wash and brush, grind all mold marks, epoxy fill any mold indentations.

Primer

• All sets would include this.

Paint

Infantry

• Basic Flat Coat: One flat color over entire surface.
• Uniform/Gun/Skin: Exactly what it says.
• Deluxe: All details of figure and uniform painted.
• Plus Roundel: Any above option plus a painted national roundel base.

Ground Units

• Basic Flat Coat: One flat color over entire surface.
• Basic Camo: Two or three color camo scheme.
• Additional Camo Schemes: Several different camo schemes.
• Deluxe: Full camo scheme plus detailing.

Air Force

• Basic Flat Coat: One flat color over entire surface.
• Basic Camo: Two or three color camo scheme.
• Additional Camo Schemes: Several different camo schemes.
• Deluxe: Full camo scheme plus detailing.

Navy

• Basic Flat Coat: One flat color over entire surface.
• Basic Camo: Two or three color camo scheme.
• Additional Camo Schemes: Several different camo schemes.
• Deluxe: Full camo scheme plus detailing.

Ink Shading

• All sets will include this.

Two Coat Sealer

• All sets will include this.

What do you guys think?

@Variable:

Seems this should provide enough budgetary options for most people. I know I can’t afford your work no matter how reasonable, but I know a lot of people here have the budget and desire for this. Are you thinking between $200 - $1000 depending on options chosen?

Exactly. Of course it’ll depend on the number of pieces people want to order (I did extra pieces for my set). I was thinking of making a “commander in chief” set which would just be one deluxe infantry for each capital region. I dunno… Anyone have any ideas for other sets?

@Imperious:

How much for a complete AAP40 set with 12 extra japanese tactical bombers?

Also need my AA guns and Factories painted ( set from AA42)

Again it depends on the options you wanted…

I’m going to give a full pricing guide after I finish the US set. I want to clock myself accurately so I can make sure that I’m both still making money and not overcharging.  Then also note that I probably won’t start taking (large) orders until I finish my own set (I’m trying to make sure there aren’t any surprises and also want to get a good image stock going before I get too hasty about anything else).

It’ll probably be a little while, but don’t worry, I’m pretty set on making this happen.

@Brain:

I want to see some P-40 Warhawks with the Flying Tigers paint.

*See first page - the single Chinese Fighter (has the shark face accurately there, but not a good pic of it). The Flying Tigers fought with the Chinese, and one unit accurately represents that… All A&A variants have only one fighter starting in China. Maybe I’ll do one with US markings for my 1942 and original board for the sake of completion, but no more than a single unit.

I’ve toyed with the idea of doing 1/2 P-38s and 1/2 Hellcats… Not sure yet. Don’t want them to look too similar to UK and ANZAC units. We’ll see - that hurdle is a few weeks off.

Good idea for the Hellcats… Now I just need to buy an original copy of the game (I only have the board  :|).

On another note:

Three uniforms for the US infantry - Western European (olive drab), Mediterranean Desert, and Pacific Marine.

What specific Marine uniform do you guys think? Khaki? ‘Tattered’ green?