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Title: Song of...Samurai (new update)
Post by: Frank on March 30, 2010, 11:32:34 AM
At the last weekend we have had a Samurai game played with the rules Song of Blades and Heroes. We used the basic rules but without the whole magic staff and it worked very good. We also build some rice fields. Here are some pictures of the fields and my Samurai “clan”.

(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5507/samuraiiiclan01.jpg)

(http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7601/samuraiiiclan02.jpg)

(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1723/samuraiiiclan03.jpg)
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: rob_alderman on March 30, 2010, 11:39:01 AM
Well those are a bit good aren't they!  :o

Love the colours, brilliant and vibrant. I hate painting samurai!

Love the scenery too. Very well made.  :)
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: marko.oja on March 30, 2010, 11:39:15 AM
Beautiful work, both the samurai and the terrain. Nice and clean, good bases too.
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: General Roos on March 30, 2010, 11:50:42 AM
Awesome samurais!  :)
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: Captaingeneral on March 30, 2010, 11:53:59 AM
OH MAN :o

These are gobsmackingly good!! love everything about those pics! :-*

Anymore pics available?...pretty please ???

CG
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: cheetor on March 30, 2010, 12:04:57 PM


Fantastic.  Really impressive, in every way  :-*
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: Tsune on March 30, 2010, 01:35:12 PM
Fantastic.

Great scenery and painting on the samurais.
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Post by: Plynkes on March 30, 2010, 01:47:21 PM
Tidy. They look bloomin' smashing. All that red really brings them together as a group.
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: Lupus on March 30, 2010, 01:55:44 PM
Well those are a bit good aren't they!  :o

Love the colours, brilliant and vibrant. I hate painting samurai!

Love the scenery too. Very well made.  :)

Slight understatement and a half that..

Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: commissarmoody on March 30, 2010, 02:49:39 PM
Like to see what your opponet was useing also.
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: ushistoryprof on March 30, 2010, 03:03:38 PM
Beautiful figures and scenery!
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on March 30, 2010, 03:21:46 PM
I just wish I had good enough eyesight to paint Samurai.

Yours are superb and the scenery isn't shabby either  :-*
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: Operator5 on March 30, 2010, 03:39:00 PM
Excellent painting and they really stand out against such beautiful terrain.
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: OSHIROmodels on March 30, 2010, 05:17:17 PM
 :-*  :-*  :-*

Wonderful stuff, the paddy fields especially. What did you use for the rice stalks?

cheers

James
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: Svennn on March 30, 2010, 05:23:02 PM
I ignored this thread earlier thinking  it was a question about using Songs with Samurai and as I have no experience of the rules thought I could not comment.

Thank god I got a bit of time to kill and read it anyway.

Bloody marvellous  :-* :-* :-*

Now where are the rest of the photos? We need to see more!
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: Rich J on March 30, 2010, 06:00:31 PM
If you didn't already know I did a samurai add on for Songs - its in the files in the yahoo groups - Songs of ninja and katana.

Or PM me and I can send it and the campaign system I started :)
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: bc99 on March 31, 2010, 04:17:45 AM
Hello, those are just awesome! Wow, I especially like the terrain and the vibrant red colors.

Great stuff, thanks!
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: Furt on March 31, 2010, 05:58:26 AM
Love the water effect too - great stuff.

I'd love to get into samurai, but so little time, and this thread does not help that!
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: Modhail on March 31, 2010, 09:43:12 AM
Wow, just wow....  :o :-* Both for the miniatures and terrain.
(I really should dig out my Gempei samurai someday. Before another one commits seppuku for the shame of being unpainted... Lost 5 already.  ;))
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: blackstone on March 31, 2010, 10:40:16 AM
... more pictures please.. the terrain is stunning!!   :o
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Post by: RJ on March 31, 2010, 10:47:10 AM
very very nice work  :-*

these minis are notoriously hard to paint well.
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: Frank on March 31, 2010, 01:14:15 PM
@all: Thank you! ...with the next game I will post some new pictures.

@Rich J: No, I didn’t know anything about your Songs of ninja and katana! But I thing, that is just need for me next game…I sent you a PM.
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: Dan on April 02, 2010, 02:24:18 AM
Looking at your paddies made me go back and redo the banks on the rivers I just about had finished ::). I'd love some reeds like yours as well.
I'm looking forward to seeing more photos. :-*
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: abhorsen950 on April 02, 2010, 11:55:42 AM
Wonderful stuff really nice. I love those Samurai what company are they from?


Steve
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai
Post by: Modhail on April 03, 2010, 09:21:53 AM
They look like Perry miniatures to me.
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new pictures)
Post by: Frank on April 12, 2010, 08:45:11 AM
My Samurai Clan have got some reinforcements! I painted some new Samurai and a couple of civilians (all Perry Miniatures). At the next weekend they have to prove their ability (in a Songs of Ninja and Katana game). :D

(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4783/samuraiiiclan04.jpg)

(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7778/samuraiiiclan05.jpg)

(http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/8960/samuraiiiclan06.jpg)

(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9116/samuraiiiclan08.jpg)

(http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4366/samuraiiiclan09.jpg)

(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/452/samuraiiiclan10.jpg)
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new pictures)
Post by: Furt on April 12, 2010, 08:50:35 AM
These are just bloody stunning - very impressive.  :-*

A truly beautiful looking set.
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new pictures)
Post by: commissarmoody on April 12, 2010, 08:51:45 AM
Damn it! Keep this up and I will have to start up a new range lol  :-* :-*
vary nice, cant wait to see pics of the game
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new pictures)
Post by: Ray Rivers on April 12, 2010, 10:45:57 AM
 :-*

Lovely!

The Samurai are just beautiful!

Also like the old man...
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new pictures)
Post by: Svennn on April 12, 2010, 10:48:11 AM
Some really nice cohesive freehand going on there. Very, very nice work. :-*
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new pictures)
Post by: cianty on April 12, 2010, 11:05:47 AM
Those are incredibly beautiful pictures!  :-*
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new pictures)
Post by: abhorsen950 on April 12, 2010, 03:54:12 PM
Wowwwwwwwwwwwww reallyy niceeee  :-* :-* Thinking of a bit of sumarai gaming myself, keep it up!

Steve
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new pictures)
Post by: Luikki on April 17, 2010, 07:02:17 AM

Superb work, congratulations. The civilians are a great touch.

The terrain, though, is what got me. Great water effect in particular, clean and expressive. Would you share your technic?

Luikki.

ps. First post! There has to be an introduction thread somewhere... Need to find it...
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new update)
Post by: Frank on May 26, 2010, 08:35:02 AM
OK, it’s been a while but here is a small update of my samurai project. We played a couple of games with a mix of different Ganesha rules and we build our own army lists. For one of the games, we used the Forlorn Hope scenario from the Song of Drums and Shakos rulebook. You need a big wall for this scenario, so I build one…

(http://www.pictureupload.de/originals/pictures/260510091754_Samurai_Ii_Clan_11.jpg)

(http://www.pictureupload.de/originals/pictures/260510091833_Samurai_Ii_Clan_12.jpg)

A large gate and a smaller guardhouse will follow…stay tuned.
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new update)
Post by: joroas on May 26, 2010, 08:47:19 AM
Wow!  :-*
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new update)
Post by: Svennn on May 26, 2010, 09:04:50 AM
Thats a great wall :-* :-*

How did you do the tiling on the top?
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new update)
Post by: Frank on May 26, 2010, 10:36:20 AM
The tiling is really simple. I took a plastic rode (2 mm diameter) and cut this in small pieces. Than I glued them an a strip of plastic card…that’s it.
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new update)
Post by: Hammers on May 26, 2010, 10:40:45 AM
The tiling is really simple. I took a plastic rode (2 mm diameter) and cut this in small pieces. Than I glued them an a strip of plastic card…that’s it.

You call that simple? There must be meters of the stuff! :)
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new update)
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on May 26, 2010, 07:45:31 PM
You call that simple? There must be meters of the stuff! :)

 lol

It is lovely! I like the groundwork too. Some nice realistic natural colours and the bare earth blends in well with the grass, which can often be difficult to do properly.

I wonder if that tile method would be feasible for the sort of pantile roofing found on posh Mexican villas?
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new update)
Post by: abhorsen950 on May 27, 2010, 06:27:35 PM
The terrain is amazing
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new update)
Post by: Usagi on May 29, 2010, 09:02:54 PM
Stunning work! :'( Tears of joy.
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Post by: Sangennaru on May 30, 2010, 09:53:12 AM
really lovely, i think you did a great job on those nihon-jin!! bravo!
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new update)
Post by: DowVooVoo on May 30, 2010, 12:57:07 PM
WOW! Love them great job! :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new update)
Post by: Terrible Tim on May 30, 2010, 01:07:21 PM
I agree with all the previous comments. You inspire us all with your skill.
Title: Re: Song of...Samurai (new update)
Post by: Ray Rivers on May 30, 2010, 04:49:59 PM
You inspire us all with your skill.

'Tis why I am here... folks like Frank.    :-*