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Miniatures Adventure => Adventures in the Far East => Topic started by: The Voivod on July 25, 2020, 07:59:55 PM
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Bushido risen sun is, in my mind, the best miniature game out there. It's not my favourite setting, though I do love it, but the rules are such a wonderful mix of deep, elegant, easy and fast, it's just a joy to play. Combine this with being able to play with a handful of mini's a side on a 2x2 surface and you have amazing modeling opportunities. Ninja's, Oni, samurai figting in ricefields, caves and shrines. The small scale really opens up what you can build.
So, when I started playing, in the previous edition I made a shrine, planning on building a traditional Japanese garden to place it in for the Noble Takeshi family to protect.
Other stuff drew my attention away, but I'm finally making progress.
At this point the main board is drying with a black wash. After this it will receive a dry brush. I will be pouring water effect in the pond, but am waiting for my koi to arrive, courtesy of the missus. First I'll integrate the little zen garden into the whole, prying it hasn't cracked tomorrow. I made this using cheap air drying clay over some solid cardboard, creating the pattern with a small piece of a plastic comb.
The bamboo is from e-bay, cut to size and inserted in some high density foam. These are magnetized, as is the side of the pond. This is to make it easier to store.
Final picture is some of the stuff I collected over the years, painted up, to be placed on the board when ready.
I made as much modular as possible, for ease of storing, but also because I want to re-use elements on other boards. I 've really found my time is limited and I have so many projects I want to work on, it's better for me to invest a little more time in some small pieces, as this will save me time, and space, later on.
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Bushido... it's been around for quite awhile, no? Or am I thinking of a different game...
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Long enough for a few sculpts to show their age. I picked up a pledge of their "rise of the kage" board game from BGG some years ago. It uses the same models and introduced the ninja faction to the main game. That pledge contained enough models to play 3 factions in bushido and the stat cards to play them.
So I decided to get the rulebook, which wasn't that expensive. Me and my gaming buddy where blown away by the game.
I'm really surprised it isn't more popular. Most sculpts are truly excellent. It's not that expensive to pick up and the gameplay is stellar.
It manages to make sense thematically and still have several very unique mechanics. All while being relatively simple.
The most difficult is remembering traits, as there are quite a few, but seeing as you're playing with only a few models aside and many models in you faction sharing traits because it fits their theme, you don't have to remember them all.
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Good start on the terrain
I’m just starting out on a Feudal Japanese project in 10mm, so it’s great to see what other people are doing.
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Love the zen garden!
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Hi,
Busy week, but I managed to get some more work done.
After a thin wash and dry brush over the stone work, I decided the actual stones should remain white-ish instead of the grey I was planning. It looked pretty cool and I thought it added on the garden feel. Making it look cleaner and maintained.
I've undercoated my bamboo. Planning on hitting it with the airbrush when the weather isn't so bloody hot.
The zen garden warped a bit, but with some construction kit I got it into place. Then I made a mix of wallfiller and pva and added this along side the edge, sticking in some aquarium gravel to create to border of the garden. Some of this mixture was also used to heighten up the path between the two pieces of the garden, making it look more like a whole.
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Looking good.
Tony
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Great stuff V.
Bushido is an excellent game and very enjoyable to play. I’m not a fan personally of strict measurement and movement games where mm make a difference but Bushido is so well thought out it hardly registers whilst I’m playing. Also it’s cheap, the two player starter is great value and individual starter boxes are only £25 ish and actually have a usable force that will give you numerous fun games before you feel the need to add in more miniatures.
If you are ummming and ahhhhing about whether to join in: take the leap, you won’t regret it.
BALM
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looking good and interesting to hear how good the game is ...
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Like Codsticker...I’m also puzzled. I played Bushido RPG some 35 years ago. We used mainly Dixon minis for the humans....with I think Ral Partha bakimono, naga, dragons and various other creatures. It was a very good system.
Is this current version a reincarnation of that RPG, (certainly never used cards etc) or something completely new?
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@Digits: No the bushido RPG is a different thing they’re both just about Bushido (The way of the warrior). The miniature game has been around for a while though (2011 ish maybe older) as I remember talking to the chaps who make it at Salute and I haven’t been for years. They have just released the 3rd edition: Rising Sun and this is an excellent time to get into the game as everything has been updated and bought into line. The publisher is GCT studios and they have an active and helpful forum on their site if anyone is interested.
I rarely recommend games as most people have different tastes when it comes to gaming but if you’re looking for a fun, tactical game that needs a small space to play and is affordable then Bushido is probably it.
Good luck and good gaming
BALM
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Thanks for the clarification
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There's some progress on the board, but I will post pictures at a later point.
I've hit the bamboo with the airbrush and am putting some undergrowth on it and painting on the board is almost done>
I also received my fish and other goodies from mastercrafted miniatures, so I might put the finishing touches on it this week.
For those interested in the game, this is the site:
https://gctstudios.com/
I cannot stress enough how good this game is. It really blew me and my regular gaming buddy away. It's relative obscurity is one the great sins of the hobby.
Fantastic rules, awesome models and as BeneathALeadMountain said it's really not that expansive to get into.
At the moment the only negative I can say about it is that I would like some more scenario's and background, so basicly: I want more of it.
But there's just such a book in production and the current edition is only a couple of months old.
Rules are free on the site too,
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Can’t wait to see the progress on the board V (I’m still having to shield and already being ill am not making as much hobby progress as I’d like) it’s helping keep me motivated and interested.
You are right though, I bought Minamoto as I like Samurai (30 years of being hit with sticks and shouted at in Japanese hasn’t yet put me off) and Bears and Tetsubo :) (Also being a new faction there were less models to buy so I could focus on the rules and interactions). The one thing I wish there was more of is background fluff though so I can better understand the roles and motives of our groups (I believe there was more in the earlier rulebook but have only been playing since Risen Sun) and why we are hitting each other.
Keep up the good work V and to everyone else consider Bushido, if nothing else the starter set has enough for two people and all the rules and bits you need.
BALM
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Lazy days and little progress.
I did finally get some pictures at least. I used and airbrush on my bamboo. after painting the underside black I hit the complete top with a bright olive green. After this I hit it again from below, but this time aiming at the foliage and stalks. This created a shadow effect and made the whole look less uniform. Quite an effective way of highlighting something as this. I'm really not familiar with an airbrush and it really looks good.
Using some darkbrown I painted the lower ends of the stalks and the ground that I hadn't covered in leaves yet. This makes the stalks more natural and looks like there's some earth on them.
When I finished varnishing it I stuck on a few different groundcovers I had lying around. Not sure if this resembles any actual Japanese flora, but it looks pretty decent.
On the board itself I created a small path through the garden. This is playground sand mixed with some pigment powder. I got a handful of the mixture from my regular gaming buddy, who used it on his own gameboard.
This leave just the grass on the board and then put in some fish and resin water effect.
A prospect I admit is quite daunting, never having worked with the material before.
I made small test piece to try it first. Just need to drybrush that and see how ith works.
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Love the rock/sand garden, great idea!
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Looking great V. I think you’ve done an excellent job on the bamboo (I always find it jarring to see very plastic looking plants amongst carefully painted miniatures and scenery) especially as a self proclaimed airbrush novice.
BALM
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Thanks.
It’s been hard to motivate myself the last days, due to extreme weather.
But I do want to finish this.
I’ve managed to figure out the water effect on my side project. So that’s not really an excuse to finish this anymore…
I still have to figure out how to enclose the sides of the board, so the resin doesn’t pour out. I’ll hit youtube for that. Lukesapps will surely yield results.
And I need to clean and paint my fish
I did manage to do the lawn.I did make a bit of a booboo.
One colour will probably be more realistic on a well kepped lawn, but it looks boring. I watered down PVA and, in patches, covered the brown parts.
Now I did one colour of grass and than the next. If I had 2 of applicator bottles it would have allowed me to blend and make it more natural.
I might still do this, I made a mix of the two colours and maybe adding some more pva between the colours will allow me to make the difference slightly less striking.
Still, not horrid.
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I think that’s looking pretty good. Variety is the key when it comes to scenery you just need to think of each colour/tuft as a different species and think about how they’d spread out or mix naturally (I know easier said than done). Your best bet for blocking the edges is good quality masking tape but I’m saying that from the point of view of having seen it done, not done it myself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEG3d0cMuv4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEG3d0cMuv4) This chap (Luke Towan ) is worth watching (don’t know if this is who you meant but just in case).
Keep up the good work your helping inspire me whilst I sit here feeling awful and being unproductive :)
BALM
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I'm far from as productive as I wish to be, but I blame the heat.
I'm aware of several ways to enclose the water effect, but, dumbass that I am, I opted to have the have the pond on a corner.
So I have to figure that out. I'm considering making something out of foamcore or something.
Haven't looked yet. I'm to lazy at the moment to do even that.
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I’ve been doing some cleaning of scenery and fish and some light painting on them, but due to some stress, I’ve been putting of the step I was not looking forward to anyway.
First here’s some of the scenery I ordered from mastercrafted miniatures.
Really nice stiff and perfect for Bushido.
I have made a bit of a mix of the types of grass I used and used this to make a bit of a blend. It looks better this way. Not perfect, but better. I also mad a few patches of this mix for even more variety
Than the scary part. I though about making the “dam”to keep the resin pour out of foamboard, but decided on testing a few drops first. I put some duct-tape on a piece of foamcore and dropped a few splatters of the mixed resin on both. This taught me: The resin will adhere to the paper and look bad and it will take the structure of anything it’s poured on. Bit obvious, the latter, but not something I had considered.
I ended up using some industrial double sided tape to keep a piece of pvc coated cloth in place. This stuff is used to make trailer coverings and stuff. I got it from work, but I think any piece of plastic will do. The important thing was that I could be wrapped around the corner, but still remain upright.
Unfortunately, when I made the mix and added as tiny bit of camo green to it, my construction wasn’t waterproof as I had assumed. I first messed around with a glue gun, but ended up using more duct-tape. I figured I had some cleaning up to do in the end anyway. I hope I’ll manage to do this in 4 pours. I’ll start adding fish to the next one, after finishing their paintjob this evening
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Having seen the board in the flesh, I can only say that the pictures do not do it justice. I love all the tiny details you put in, like the carps in the pond and the undergrowth on the bamboo bases.
It plays really well too, with nice angles and choke points here and there. The only thing I could think of that could be used as lessons learned for a next board (I know you're planning at least one ;P) is that the rocks in front of the temple are very difficult to place miniatures on, and the railings on the temple and bridge are just too narrow to fit a lipped base in/under/besides.
But those are nictpicks really; I love the board, and there are quite a few brave new things on it I haven't tried myself yet ;) Come to think of it, we have never played it sideways yet (actually; we have always been playing it sideways; we never played it front to back!), so we should do that next game.
And now to join the pro-Bushido chorus; I think it is awesome!
Every time we play the game, we end of waxing lyrically about it after the minis have gone back into the foam. The system is well thought out, lends individuality to each miniature; they do each play differently. But where the most differentiation is, is between factions.
I played Temple of Ro-Kan yesterday, and it has such a different feel and style from the Samurai list I played previously, which plays significantly different from the Ninja list before that. And I haven't even played the necromancers and Oni lists that The Voivod has fielded yet!
The new 3rd ed cards are an improvement over the previous version, even though I had my doubts at first. Especially the fact that loads of abilities and feats are now explained in detail on the back really helps.
And seeing that there is such an astounding variety of feats and abilities in the game, it's great to see that the book is not a back-breaking tome. But that may be due to the fact that there is very little fluff in the book.
So I agree that a book filled with fleshed out fluff would be awesome, especially since one can read between the lines of the existing texts that the creators probably have a very deep background laid out already.
In conclusion guys; get into this game, it's just that good... 8)
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I love those little koi. The orange is spot on.
Bushido is great. I can’t say that enough. I don’t generally like super tight competitive style rule sets but Bushido is the exception. If you haven’t tried it please do you may fall in love.
So this next board, any particular theme in mind?
BALM
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Finally finished!!!
Some things I'd've done different. Not put the pond on the corner: This made it harder to tape of and caused leakage. I managed eventually, but it cost me frustration and Resin. I have the last koi cresting a bit to high for my taste, but I'm all out of resin. Maybe cheaper stuff next time? I now know how pouring works.
This stuff is very easy to use, but not cheap. Also I may have been a bit to impatient with the last pour as when the light falls on it from certain angles the water isn't as clear as I'd wish. Maybe due to not stirring the components enough.
I masked the entire sides with black tape, instead of painting silver tape, which is better.
Gaming wise I wouldn't put such a large structure in the middle again. It looks great, but most models end up running aroud it, even though we play the papaer as easy access.
I might have been better off making this my second table, but I couldn't wait.
@BeneathALeadMountain: The next board will be a path through a paddy field leading to the entrance of a simple village. It will include at least a tori gate.
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lovely.
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I'm really surprised it isn't more popular. Most sculpts are truly excellent. It's not that expensive to pick up and the gameplay is stellar.
It manages to make sense thematically and still have several very unique mechanics. All while being relatively simple.
I only recently got interested in Bushido, and these are my thoughts exactly! I don't know how I skipped it before, despite a friend suggesting it to me. The model range is absolutely fantastic, and the rules seem interesting.
Nice work with the board! I hope to do a similar thread in the future.
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What an incredible terrain tile. I hope you consider making more as this was a pleasure to read about. Excellent execution, sterling work sir.
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@Bloggard Thank you
@November and @JBaumal. Thank you. It seems opponions on the game are either "I havent played it' or "this games is bloody awesome'.
I'm absolutely planning another one:the fore mentioned rice paddy field. That will probably have to wait till summer, though. At this moment I have a lot on my plate and attempting to get my forces painted
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@The Voivod, I’ve never tried the rules but seriously want to after reading this blog post.
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That board is something to carp about!
Oi! I do love all the little details on this board. Great work!