Author Topic: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project (Read 25910 times)

orc · « **Reply #30 on:** 03 December 2018, 05:42:26 AM »

:-*Ambitious Project, tremendous effort and time invested to paint and base and huge army like these!! I love it

thanks for sharing!!!

Smoke Frog · « **Reply #31 on:** 19 January 2019, 02:12:23 AM »

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

First and Second bandits, one with a sword, staff and pot, the other an arquebus:

Third and Fourth bandits:

Hard to photograph dat mustache!

Fifth and Sixth bandits:

And number seven, the big bad himself, Oni No Kojiro:

Smoke Frog · « **Reply #32 on:** 19 January 2019, 02:15:14 AM »

A few more pics just for fun.

Big hats! (how do they see under those things??!?

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The Bandits facing off against the arquebusiers of the Ishida clan:

Last pic of the bandits with their round multi-bases.

These minis were a lot of fun to paint, a big departure from the massed Ashigaru I am used to painting.

Codsticker · « **Reply #33 on:** 20 January 2019, 04:17:44 AM »

Quote from: Smoke Frog on 19 January 2019, 02:12:23 AM

Their code name is Socks with Sandals

Ah... Japanese for "English Tourist".

Great looking models.

Smoke Frog · « **Reply #34 on:** 02 February 2019, 01:21:35 PM »

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:

Ukita Hideie, model from the Warlord Games samurai army starter box:

Ukita Hideie at the head of a few mounted samurai:

Both Daimyo face off:

Two more blocks of magnetized Ii and Ukita clan ashigaru are also complete:

Ii Clan:

Ukita Clan:

Smoke Frog · « **Reply #35 on:** 02 February 2019, 01:24:12 PM »

As of the end of January 2019, here is the full Samurai force with all its sashimono glory:

Arundel · « **Reply #36 on:** 02 February 2019, 05:04:17 PM »

Those really do look magnificent. Along with Aztecs, I think samurai are the most visually striking armies out there. Stunning work!

Dr Mathias · « **Reply #37 on:** 03 February 2019, 03:50:19 PM »

Quote from: Arundel on 02 February 2019, 05:04:17 PM

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.

Smoke Frog · « **Reply #38 on:** 11 February 2019, 12:43:55 AM »

Working on another side project: a small samurai-themed terrain board!

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:

Cherry blossom foilage is from Huge Miniatures based out of Ohio.

Smoke Frog · « **Reply #39 on:** 11 February 2019, 03:43:59 AM »

Testing out a new color scheme with a new block of Otani ashigaru:

Comparison with some of the other clan ashigaru of the western army:

Smoke Frog · « **Reply #40 on:** 11 February 2019, 05:58:51 PM »

Next batch of four ashigaru, from the Konishi Clan:

Some of the clans of the Western Army at Sekigahara: Ukita, Ishida, Otani, and Konishi:

Smoke Frog · « **Reply #41 on:** 28 March 2019, 02:58:13 PM »

Been away for a minute, and while I was gone I got a package of Daimyo from Steel Fist Miniatures!

Ishida Mitsunari:

Shimazu Yoshihiro:

and Honda Tadakatsu:

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:

The size difference is more obvious against the horse from Warlord Games, the warlord plastics are more obviously smaller.

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!

Smoke Frog · « **Reply #42 on:** 12 July 2020, 12:40:11 PM »

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):

Honda's Bannermen:

Ishida Mitsunari (Steel Fist Miniatures):

Ishida's Bannermen:

and Tokugawa Ieyasu himself and his retinue, to include Honda on foot (Perry).

Codsticker · « **Reply #43 on:** 16 July 2020, 06:04:31 AM »

Great to see you are still picking away at this project. Your research is impressive.

Smoke Frog · « **Reply #44 on:** 16 July 2020, 12:22:07 PM »

Thanks!

Most of the credit for this research is definitely from the old samurai archives, as well as a few other sources.

Some work on Tokugawa Ashigaru: