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Author Topic: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project  (Read 21126 times)

Offline orc

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #30 on: December 03, 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!!! ;)

Offline Smoke Frog

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #31 on: January 19, 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  lol



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:







« Last Edit: January 19, 2019, 02:17:31 AM by Smoke Frog »

Offline Smoke Frog

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #32 on: January 19, 2019, 02:15:14 AM »
A few more pics just for fun.



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



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.

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #33 on: January 20, 2019, 04:17:44 AM »
Their code name is Socks with Sandals  lol
Ah... Japanese for "English Tourist". lol
Great looking models.

Offline Smoke Frog

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #34 on: February 02, 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:


Offline Smoke Frog

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #35 on: February 02, 2019, 01:24:12 PM »
As of the end of January 2019, here is the full Samurai force with all its sashimono glory:






Offline Arundel

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #36 on: February 02, 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!

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #37 on: February 03, 2019, 03:50:19 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.
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Offline Smoke Frog

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #38 on: February 11, 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.

Offline Smoke Frog

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #39 on: February 11, 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:


Offline Smoke Frog

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #40 on: February 11, 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:



Offline Smoke Frog

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #41 on: March 28, 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!

Offline Smoke Frog

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #42 on: July 12, 2020, 11:40:11 AM »
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).


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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #43 on: July 16, 2020, 05:04:31 AM »
Great to see you are still picking away at this project. Your research is impressive.

Offline Smoke Frog

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Re: 28mm Samurai: Sekigahara Project
« Reply #44 on: July 16, 2020, 11:22:07 AM »
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:













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:






And progress continues on the samurai board.



Cherry trees are all completed!