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Miniatures Adventure => Adventures in the Far East => Topic started by: Smoke Frog on September 09, 2018, 09:45:36 PM
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Greetings!
Big fan of medieval Japanese history here, and I am hoping to continue working on this project for some time. Lots of great inspiration on this site!
I purchased Warlord Games' Test of Honour main box about a year ago. It looked like a neat idea for a game plus I always wanted to collect some samurai miniatures and add them to my wargaming collection. My experience is Warhammer fantasy/Mordheim, and in tackling this new game I wanted to figure out a way to make the figures compatible with regular Warhammer, and potentially other game systems I would like to try in the future such as KOW. I will be using magnets to switch some bases from round to square bases.
For color schemes, I decided to go with a historically inspired set of heraldry for the samurai/ashigaru banners, inspired by the Battle of Sekigahara. I have been doing a lot of research on the different leaders, daimyo, and clans who were involved in this battle, and will be picking and choosing between what I have found to be “accurate” and what looks good to me.
List of references:
- Battle of Sekigahara screen (Sekigahara Kassen Byobu (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sekigaharascreen.jpg))
- Samurai: Military History by Steve Turnbull
- War in Japan 1467-1615 by Steve Turnbull, Osprey Publishing
- Sekigahara 1600: Final Struggle for Power by Anthony J Bryant, Osprey Publishing
- Samurai Heraldry by Steve Turnbull, Osprey Publishing
- Many pages on the Samurai Archives (link (http://forumarchive.samurai-archives.com/viewtopic.php?t=1638))
- Old Japanese sashimono source (hataumajirushi)
Other references, but not necessarily specific to this project:
- History of Japan (vol. 2 1334-1615) by George Sansom
- The Savage Samurai: Warrior prints 1800-1899 by Kuniyoshi, Yoshitoshi, and Others... Ukiyo-e Master series (vol 9) and others
- Japanese Prints by Gabriele Fahr-Becker
- Shogun Total War 2 ;)
- Really bad anime like Sengoku Basara ;D, and first episode of Drifters
Some pictures of my fledgling Samurai forces as of September 2018:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-090918214233.jpeg)
Samurai Cavalry:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-090918214332.jpeg)
Two warbands ready for Test of Honour: Ukita Clan and the Ii Clan
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-090918214407.jpeg)
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Great start, looking forward to seeing your progress. :)
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Looks promising :)
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My friend has the Sekigaha board game from GMT , which we,ve played several times . It gives a good account of the campaign and might be used as a background for tabletop battles . It comes up secondhand on EBay from time to time .
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Sir Belisarius I looked at the Sekigahara board game (which I am pretty sure was 15mm?) and considered getting it, but that was after I had already bought the Test of Honour set (28mm) :(
Research
I have been enjoying working on the "fluff" for this project by researching the different clans that were present during the battle. I already posted a link to the screen that I have been taking inspiration from, here it is again with labels for all the clans I have been able to identify:
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/db/b8/81/dbb881a9ac8be8ae8700336d61cb8d38.jpg)
I was able to ID most of the major clans. The trickiest one was the Fukushima clan, which I originally thought were the Toyotomi clan based on the symbol. Turns out Fukushima Masanori was Toyotomi Hideyoshis cousin (https://samurai-world.com/fukushima-masanori/)... makes sense they shared some heraldry. I hope you can actually make out the labels, if not you can also find the image here (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/89860955050091175/).
Using the screen and a map (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/89860955050091310/)...
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9b/2d/5f/9b2d5f2ec405d66b527af0064b148127.png)
...I was able to make my own decisions for what clan heraldry I was going to use. Here are my rough sketches of the battlefield, the clans, and their heraldry.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918225743-35500316.jpeg)
Zoomed in map for the battle:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918225744-355021736.jpeg)
Here is the clan information:
Western Army: Ishida Mitsunari and his allies, the Shimazu, Ukita, Konishi, Toyotomi, and others
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918225744-355031381.jpeg)
Eastern Army: Tokugawa Ieyasu and his vassals/allies
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918225745-355041287.jpeg)
Here the clans are all cleaned up for easy reference:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918231347-355351678.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918231347-355341476.jpeg)
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Army Size Planning
When I finally decided on the battle and using square bases, I was very curious to see just how big of an army I could eventually create (given enough time, money, time, painting skill, and time). I decided to do a little powerpoint-wizardry to make paper tiles to mark each unit that I could possibly make to create this army in 28mm.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918225745-355051228.jpeg)
Here are the block sizes I was working with:
Infantry (missile ashigaru, spear ashigaru, foot samurai): 40 x 40 mm; 4x infantry per base
Cavalry (samurai): 50 x 50 mm; 2 mounted samurai per base
Each tile has a picture of the clans I have been researching.
The Clans, starting with the Western Army:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918225911-355061970.jpeg)
Western Army Traitors (Kobayakawa and his allies who went over to Tokugawa and swung the battle in his favor):
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918225912-355071383.jpeg)
Eastern Army:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918225912-355081864.jpeg)
Western Army to the rear of the Eastern Army (who never showed up in the actual battle but I may model them anyway):
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918225912-355092008.jpeg)
...After everything was cut out, here is what it looked like on the game table!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918230039-355111101.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918230041-35514200.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918230041-355151967.jpeg)
And here are the generals I am thinking to lead the forces. Not sure if one or two of these were actually present, more research is required!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918230145-35517876.jpeg)
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Magnetic Basing
In order to make these samurai miniatures functional on both square and round basing wargames, I will be using magnets. I bought a metal sheet and some tin snips to cut out dime-size circles.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918230510-355182074.jpeg)
The metal is magnetic, so by the addition of a small hobby magnet in each base I will be able to move the miniature on the metal circle onto whatever base I want!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918230510-355192202.jpeg)
Not all the samurai minis will be done this way of course, that would be too much work. Most will probably be going onto straight up square multi bases.
The first set of ashigaru that I based were for the Ukita Clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918230511-355221384.jpeg)
They look pretty good on the movement tray!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918230511-355212354.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918230758-355231642.jpeg)
Also here are the square basing options:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918230758-355241484.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918234805.jpeg)
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Looks like a fun project, I like your approach. I have started samurai in 15mm twice, and 28mm twice. I never seem to get very far before moving onto something else.
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10mm. That way it looks like a battle, not a skirmish. Sekigahara had nearly 200, 000 participants!
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Ambitious project! What will it be ultimately, 700+ figures all told?
All your generals were present at the battle, except Kato Kiyomasa. He was fighting on Kyushu.
The mon for Otani Yoshitsugu (in case you wanted it for your general's card) was:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XL7DNILu0Po/StnGS0kWRFI/AAAAAAAAAkw/Qm7-tavpyXA/s200/Yoshitsugu+Crest.jpg)
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Looking very promising :)
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Well this is a bloody good project, well done mate!!
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Thank you for your compliments!
Ambitious project! What will it be ultimately, 700+ figures all told?
All your generals were present at the battle, except Kato Kiyomasa. He was fighting on Kyushu.
The mon for Otani Yoshitsugu (in case you wanted it for your general's card) was:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XL7DNILu0Po/StnGS0kWRFI/AAAAAAAAAkw/Qm7-tavpyXA/s200/Yoshitsugu+Crest.jpg)
Good catch with Kato Kiyomasa; I have yet to see the actual Kato commander at Sekigahara featured as an actual model, so I may just cheat and have the legendary Kiyomasa stand in for him :).
And good guess with the total number! Based on the test-tile build I did up it came out to a grand total of 776 total figures needed to cover all those bases (four per infantry square, two per cav square). This is the upper limit of figures I would ever reach in this project though... I don't think I will even get close to that far! Casting extra bodies and legs does help keep the costs down and use all those extra arms/legs/heads that come in the kits.
That being said... I only currently have 64 ashigaru/samurai fully painted up, with another 64 ashigaru on my worktable slowly painting through as I test new paint schemes. Long way to go!
10mm. That way it looks like a battle, not a skirmish. Sekigahara had nearly 200, 000 participants!
I have considered it! If I enjoy this project I may go back and do another historic samurai battle in another scale... maybe the Siege of Osaka!
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There's some photos of a statue of Kato Yoshiaki here if you want to convert a figure for him:
http://equestrianstatue.org/kato-yoshiaki/ (http://equestrianstatue.org/kato-yoshiaki/)
Also a photo of one of his armours:
(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/a9/f9/ce/a9f9ce9cd617fad1f4fbb8d126304ca4--samurai-helmet-samurai-armor.jpg)
And this particularly strange helmet:
(https://pic1.zhimg.com/80/9766a654c1ccebd4faa844a85e9ff2a4_hd.jpg)
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For those who have not seen this.....
http://www.theartofbattle.com/battle-of-sekigahara-1600/
Hunlion
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Thanks for the resources!
I was also inspired by this one over at Burton and District Wargamers (http://badwargamers.com/bad/?p=1534), they did the entire battle of Sekigahara at a much smaller scale (6mm I think?). Really great stuff, and a good list of the contenders in the conflict.
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The latter game was 15mm. You get a better appreciation of scale in the photos featuring stands being lifted up. Plus I recognise the wooden palisades models. An impressive looking game. Thank you for posting the link.
Robert
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Earlier this month I was able to finish up a few blocks of infantry from the Ishida Clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918231038-35525719.jpeg)
I am hoping to build this project with enough flexibility to do multiple unit configurations (24 man units, 20 man units, or even horde sizes):
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918231039-355261344.jpeg)
Tiny unit of Ukita Clan ashigaru, one of the blocks is magnetized:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918231039-355272403.jpeg)
I also had fun putting the musicians together with extra cast bodies:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918231040-3552824.jpeg)
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My first five Samurai cavalry were also fun to paint up; it gave me a chance to experiment with a few different armor colors.
From left to right: Ishida, Konishi, Ishida, Ukita, and Shimazu; all Western Army.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918231256-355291144.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918231256-35530850.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918231256-35531941.jpeg)
With their grunt counterparts:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918231257-355321661.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-230918231257-35533743.jpeg)
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A few more pics of my fledgling Test of Honour warbands, all magnetized to their bases of course. :)
Ukita Clan
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-061018161947-35757197.jpeg)
Ii Clan
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-061018161947-357711564.jpeg)
Samurai
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-061018161948-357721541.jpeg)
Ashigaru sergeants facing off against each other
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-061018161948-35773532.jpeg)
My wife and I played two quick games the other day! It was good, but we need to re-read the rules.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-061018162054-3577484.jpeg)
She was the red samurai...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-061018162054-357751033.jpeg)
...and she beat me at both games! :o
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/14570-061018162055-357761870.jpeg)
While the flat terrain in the boxed set works just fine, I am thinking of making some of my own. Anyone know of some cherry-blossom colored materials that I could use to make cherry trees? Ordering from the states?
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Hi ,
Can I ask where did you get the details for the Asano Clan sashimono ?
Hunlion
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Cool project,
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Here are a couple of articles I did some years ago about cheap cherry-blossom trees, if they're helpful to you:
https://arteis.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/cherry-blossoms-for-my-samurai/
https://arteis.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/my-stereotypical-japanese-terrain-for-ronin/
(https://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/fukei_topdown.jpg)
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Inspiring project! I started ToH this summer.
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Hi ,
Can I ask where did you get the details for the Asano Clan sashimono ?
Hunlion
Got this off Wikipeda:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Japanese_crest_Maru_ni_chigai_Takanoha%28White_background%29.svg)
Looks like two crossed long-leafs. I have seen this clan before in color, couldn't find a picture. The mon itself was yellow and the background was red. Hope this helps!
Here are a couple of articles I did some years ago about cheap cherry-blossom trees, if they're helpful to you:
https://arteis.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/cherry-blossoms-for-my-samurai/
https://arteis.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/my-stereotypical-japanese-terrain-for-ronin/
(https://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/fukei_topdown.jpg)
Thanks for the links! I have actually found both of these before thanks to the power of google. I am hoping to use a similar method.
Inspiring project! I started ToH this summer.
It is a fun game! Haven't played much recently... need to get on that and play a few more games soon.
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Thanks for the information.
Hunlion :)
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Ishida Clan Ashigaru, wielding Arquebusiers:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/36/14570-111118044220-36231786.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/36/14570-111118044220-362351761.jpeg)
Here was the state of my samurai army as of early October.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/36/14570-111118044222-362381016.jpeg)
I have completed a few more Ukita Clan ashigaru since then, and I have a few more Ii Clan in the works!
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Excellent work! ;)
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Really nifty project!
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Looks like two crossed long-leafs. I have seen this clan before in color, couldn't find a picture. The mon itself was yellow and the background was red. Hope this helps!
Looking in my reference book “Japanese Heraldry and Heraldic Flags” these would be feathers.
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:-*Ambitious Project, tremendous effort and time invested to paint and base and huge army like these!! I love it :-* thanks for sharing!!! ;)
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Thank you all for your generous compliments!
I started painting these Bandits from the Test of Honour expansion back in November of last year, but just now completely finished painting and basing them. Their code name is Socks with Sandals lol
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025933-372191402.jpeg)
First and Second bandits, one with a sword, staff and pot, the other an arquebus:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025617-372072445.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025617-372081654.jpeg)
Third and Fourth bandits:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025617-37209879.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025617-372102347.jpeg)
Hard to photograph dat mustache!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025933-37218887.jpeg)
Fifth and Sixth bandits:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025617-37211715.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025759-37212220.jpeg)
And number seven, the big bad himself, Oni No Kojiro:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025800-372131400.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025800-372142014.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025800-37215784.jpeg)
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A few more pics just for fun.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025800-372161540.jpeg)
Big hats! (how do they see under those things??!? o_o)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025933-37217655.jpeg)
The Bandits facing off against the arquebusiers of the Ishida clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025933-372202333.jpeg)
Last pic of the bandits with their round multi-bases.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-190119025933-372212061.jpeg)
These minis were a lot of fun to paint, a big departure from the massed Ashigaru I am used to painting.
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Their code name is Socks with Sandals lol
Ah... Japanese for "English Tourist". lol
Great looking models.
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Next crop of Samurai are complete, this time I have completed my first to Daimyo for each of my Test of Honour warbands.
Ii Naomasa and his two ashigaru standard bearers, from Perry:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-020219141256-374452256.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-020219141256-37448670.jpeg)
Ukita Hideie, model from the Warlord Games samurai army starter box:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-020219141256-37449448.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-020219141256-37450581.jpeg)
Ukita Hideie at the head of a few mounted samurai:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-020219141418-374521283.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-020219141418-374531638.jpeg)
Both Daimyo face off:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-020219141256-374512396.jpeg)
Two more blocks of magnetized Ii and Ukita clan ashigaru are also complete:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-020219141418-37454215.jpeg)
Ii Clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-020219141418-374551524.jpeg)
Ukita Clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-020219141418-374562245.jpeg)
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As of the end of January 2019, here is the full Samurai force with all its sashimono glory:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-020219141522-374581496.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-020219141522-37461473.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-020219141552-37463877.jpeg)
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Those really do look magnificent. Along with Aztecs, I think samurai are the most visually striking armies out there. Stunning work!
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Those really do look magnificent. Along with Aztecs, I think samurai are the most visually striking armies out there. Stunning work!
Agreed, those two army types look great.
Cool additions, I like the daimyo.
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Working on another side project: a small samurai-themed terrain board!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-110219013803-375881752.jpeg)
Totally was inspired by the designs from the internet that I have now can't find the link too :(
Also made up my own cherry tree test:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-110219013804-375941751.jpeg)
Cherry blossom foilage is from Huge Miniatures based out of Ohio.
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Testing out a new color scheme with a new block of Otani ashigaru:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-110219044240-375961136.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-110219044240-37595257.jpeg)
Comparison with some of the other clan ashigaru of the western army:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-110219044241-37597811.jpeg)
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Next batch of four ashigaru, from the Konishi Clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-110219185713-375981112.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-110219185713-376031378.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-110219185713-376041809.jpeg)
Some of the clans of the Western Army at Sekigahara: Ukita, Ishida, Otani, and Konishi:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/37/14570-110219185713-376051561.jpeg)
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Been away for a minute, and while I was gone I got a package of Daimyo from Steel Fist Miniatures (https://www.steelfistminiatures.com/product-category/samurai-wars-c1550-1615-product_cat-19/daimyo-product_cat-19/)!
Ishida Mitsunari:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/14570-280319154638-382861182.jpeg)
Shimazu Yoshihiro:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/14570-280319154638-38289247.jpeg)
and Honda Tadakatsu:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/14570-280319154541-382771353.jpeg)
They are all 28mm and have two bannerman each tagging along. I have never used these brass banners before so that will be an experiment.
Size wise, they are roughly the same size as Perry in scale without the base, maybe a tad bigger:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/14570-280319154541-382811795.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/14570-280319154638-38288118.jpeg)
The size difference is more obvious against the horse from Warlord Games, the warlord plastics are more obviously smaller.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/14570-280319154542-382841529.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/14570-280319154542-382831030.jpeg)
Honda himself is huge!
No issues though, as these models are all daimyo and will rightfully so stand out from the masses and the rank-and-file. The quality seems great and I am very excited to start painting these guys. Thanks Steel Fist!
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Update for my samurai, I have been gone for over a year and just this past month I made it back to working on them.
I got three of my samurai heroes painted up.
Honda Tadakatsu (Steel Fist Miniatures):
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-120720113506-47173306.jpeg)
Honda's Bannermen:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-120720113507-47174292.jpeg)
Ishida Mitsunari (Steel Fist Miniatures):
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-120720113507-47175373.jpeg)
Ishida's Bannermen:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-120720113507-471761729.jpeg)
and Tokugawa Ieyasu himself and his retinue, to include Honda on foot (Perry).
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-120720113507-47177847.jpeg)
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Great to see you are still picking away at this project. Your research is impressive.
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Thanks!
Most of the credit for this research is definitely from the old samurai archives (http://www.samurai-archives.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1638&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=e29981be50aa77181c14c63f17f2895b), as well as a few other sources.
Some work on Tokugawa Ashigaru:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-160720111052-47243171.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-160720111052-47248747.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-160720111052-472491028.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-160720111053-4725092.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-160720111053-472511742.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-160720111253-472541413.jpeg)
Alas I am too stubborn to go buy and learn how to use transfers for the banners.
Along with the ashigaru came a few samurai on foot:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-160720111253-472521726.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-160720111253-472531879.jpeg)
And progress continues on the samurai board.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-160720111254-47255158.jpeg)
Cherry trees are all completed!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-160720111254-472562445.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-160720111426-4725783.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-160720111428-472591192.jpeg)
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Large crop of ashigaru and the heroes are fully based up.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025108-474001499.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025109-47401443.jpeg)
Samurai Jack posing next to Tokugawa Ieyasu:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025109-47402214.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025110-47403657.jpeg)
Samurai on foot:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025259-474062446.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025259-474072134.jpeg)
Samurai Board is also complete:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025258-4740453.jpeg)
Here are the buildings I constructed, all using leftover foam board. The roofs are cardboard.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025258-474051021.jpeg)
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Since the board is complete, here is a host of photos to show it off!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025712-474081682.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025712-47409567.jpeg)
Ii Clan forces encounter the Otani Clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025712-474102108.jpeg)
Test of Honour Bandits:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025712-47411893.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720030001-47421494.jpeg)
Samurai skirmish!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025840-4741425.jpeg)
Ishida Clan forces:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025713-474121739.jpeg)
Ishida Mitsunari and his bannermen:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025840-474131815.jpeg)
Ii Clan forces:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025840-47415403.jpeg)
Ii Naomasa and his bannermen:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720030000-474181983.jpeg)
Kobayakawa forces, the traitors at Sekigahara:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720030001-4742047.jpeg)
Tokugawa Forces:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025840-47416790.jpeg)
Honda Tadakatsu, the loyal Tokugawa general, and his bannermen:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720025841-47417447.jpeg)
Tokugawa Ieyasu and his retainers:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14570-210720030000-474191757.jpeg)
So much fun working on this project. I especially enjoyed making the scenery, and loved the Steel Fist miniatures! Hope to do a lot more sometime soon!
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Samurai look great massed up, and individually. Very cool project!
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Completed a mini-project of multibases for my cherry trees I made earlier in the summer:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-290920025143-48425856.jpeg)
This will make it easier to use these trees on a standard skirmish matt if I want too for Test of Honour.
Some dramatic photos of Ronin defending a temple:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-290920025143-484281260.jpeg)
Ambush!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-290920025143-4842980.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-290920025144-484301312.jpeg)
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That is a tremendous amount of lovely looking stuff, I hope to be in a similar position one day, well done.
If I might give you some feed back and that is a coat of matt varnish (testors dullcote or Mr Hobby Flat are my preferred choices) would just take that sheen off your models and lift the paint jobs further. (of course you may prefer that)
Really appreciate you sharing the effort of all that is immense!
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great looking board and collection of figures.
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Many thanks!
If I might give you some feed back and that is a coat of matt varnish (testors dullcote or Mr Hobby Flat are my preferred choices) would just take that sheen off your models and lift the paint jobs further. (of course you may prefer that)
Funny you mention this, I meant to pick up some matt varnish yesterday when I went to the paint store, but forgot about it until I made it back home :?
I do like the paint jobs as they are now (in my own barely tabletop worthy level of painting :D ) but want to experiment with it some more, specifically for applying water transfers in the future.
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Took a break from my burgeoning Cryx warband to get back to some samurai cavalry this weekend.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013211-48896680.jpeg)
Got a few more additions to the clans, starting with the Shimazu Clan along with previously painted cavalry models:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013212-488992440.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013212-48900458.jpeg)
Ukita Clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013212-48901315.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013213-489021010.jpeg)
Konishi Clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013325-48904456.jpeg)
And two archers who could fit in with any clan right now:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013325-489032300.jpeg)
Also completed my Red Devils of the Ii Clan finally:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013325-489052266.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013325-48906479.jpeg)
Red Devils with Ii Naomasa leading them:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013325-489071381.jpeg)
A couple more pictures of the cavalry as a group for the road!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013410-489081513.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013457-48913204.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013457-48914886.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013457-48911238.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/14570-251020013554.jpeg)
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Very colourful!
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Got some more Perry and Kensei miniatures over the weekend and have started working on them, they will be enough to finish off three more daimyo: Ukita, Fukushima, and Shimazu.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-161120150413-492932008.jpeg)
The Kensei model will fill in for Fukushima Masanori of the Eastern Army
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-161120150413-492941606.jpeg)
Planning to base his armor off this historical example:
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f2/5d/d0/f25dd027faceff6a719ccbb0823fcff8.jpg)
The Kensei model is 32mm, so quite a bit bigger than the 28mm warlord games Ukita on the left. He is nearly the same size as the Steel Fist Honda model I already painted, mostly because of how big the horse is.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-161120150413-49295644.jpeg)
Also got some progress on the banners and on Shimazu Yoshihiro himself:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-161120150413-49296402.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-161120150413-492971461.jpeg)
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really nice project, where did you find the color schemes for the uniforms, please ?
thanks
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really nice project, where did you find the color schemes for the uniforms, please ?
thanks
To be honest the color schemes are from all over the place. I find examples on the internet and try and duplicate them with the paint on hand. Since my goal is creating two roughly-equivalent forces of equal size depicting the two sides in the Battle of Sekigahara, I decided to make the Eastern Army have a "red" theme, and the Western Army a "blue" theme. Granted this doesn't always match up, but its the goal.
Some examples:
- Shimazu Clan- inspired by the green warriors painted by Alfons the Traitor over on Beasts of War (https://www.beastsofwar.com/forums/topic/showing-off-my-shimazu-clan-for-test-of-honour/). I am keeping the green and swapped blue for red.
- Ishida Clan- inspired by the Warlord Games (https://store.warlordgames.com/products/ashigaru-spearmen) ashigaru scheme
- Ii Clan- these guys are easy, they are just red. Many examples all over the internet on these guys
- Tokugawa Clan- inspired by Kriget Kommer's (https://krigetkommer.weebly.com/renaissance/archives/06-2017) amazing samurai army
The banners (sashimono, nobori, etc) are mostly modelled off of the sekigahara screen (first page of this thread) and banners found on either google search or in the samurai archives thread (http://www.samurai-archives.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1638&sid=b9bc94c080aa81cc83855ef65db1a2dc).
Also good reference on armor is this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BnBtJIR9HU); turns out most armor of the time period didn't actually match as it was mostly colored based on what was on hand, except for specific circumstances like Ii Naomasa's Red Devils.
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I love that you have Samurai Jack in there.
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I love that you have Samurai Jack in there.
Thanks! One of my favorite models to paint, and definitely my favorite samurai :D
Progress continues on the daimyo, they are nearly finished.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-181120151026-493501418.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-181120151026-49351903.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-181120151027-493521264.jpeg)
Also finished up six more samurai on foot.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-181120151027-49353791.jpeg)
Bases are magnetized, now I have enough for six blocks of samurai infantry.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-181120151027-493542114.jpeg)
Really like how the differing armor works with the banners.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-181120151108.jpeg)
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Love this project!
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More work has been done so far this month starting with some more ashigaru, this time for the Fukushima clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-141220202508-496771975.jpeg)
Twelve more samurai cavalry are also complete:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-141220202508-49678224.jpeg)
Most excitingly I have completed four cannons to add to the army.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-141220202508-49679401.jpeg)
**Disclaimer: these guys aren't really period accurate lol
That is because I found these super-cheap cannons from Wizkids for about $4 for two cannons, and I couldn't find any feudal-Japanese era cannons that spoke to me for the same price. Plus I have enough spare bits lying around I could easily convert up some close enough artillery crews!
Ukita Clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-141220202508-4968095.jpeg)
Shimazu clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-141220202509-496811825.jpeg)
Tokugawa clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-141220202542-49682487.jpeg)
And the Ii clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-141220202542-496832196.jpeg)
Eventually will make four more of these.
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Proud of this one :)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-171220004706.jpeg)
He will be part of a command/banner group for my growing samurai units.
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Quite a bit of work done this month:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/49/14570-181220131029.jpeg)
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Two daimyo I finished at the end of last year: Kuroda Nagamasa and Shimazu Toyohisa:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/50/14570-170221161304-50379831.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/50/14570-170221161304-503801693.jpeg)
And a foot samurai, Shimazu clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/50/14570-170221161304-503811361.jpeg)
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Its been some time, but I wandered back to the forum today and realized I never posted my army progress status from earlier this year!
Here is the full Sekigahara force (so far!)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/52/14570-050921194953-526431278.jpeg)
The Western Army:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/52/14570-050921194953-526442273.jpeg)
The Eastern Army:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/52/14570-050921194953-526451116.jpeg)
Kobayakawa clan, the Traitors:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/52/14570-050921194953-526461241.jpeg)
Ukita Clan, along with retainers from the Otani and Konishi clans:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/52/14570-050921194953-52647980.jpeg)
Ishida Clan forces:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/52/14570-050921195043-526481460.jpeg)
Some cavalry along with Shimazu clan archers in the back:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/52/14570-050921195043-526491827.jpeg)
Daimyo Ukita Hideie leading a large portion of the Western Army:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/52/14570-050921195044-526501547.jpeg)
Moving over to the Eastern army, we have Fukushima Masanori leading retainers of his clan:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/52/14570-050921195044-526511308.jpeg)
Ii Naomasa and the Red Devils leading the forces of the Eastern Army:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/52/14570-050921195044-5265211.jpeg)
Western army samurai and ashigaru:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/52/14570-050921195111-526531180.jpeg)
Tokugawa ashigaru and cannon crews:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/52/14570-050921195111-526542204.jpeg)
Honda Tadakatsu leading a charge of Eastern Army cavalry:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/52/14570-050921195111-52655401.jpeg)
That's all for now. Hope to do more samurai in the future, maybe christmas time.
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They look great.