*
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
December 05, 2024, 03:44:49 PM

Login with username, password and session length

Donate

We Appreciate Your Support

Members
Stats
  • Total Posts: 1722561
  • Total Topics: 120581
  • Online Today: 490
  • Online Ever: 2235
  • (October 29, 2023, 01:32:45 AM)
Users Online

Recent

Poll

LPL13 Round 8: Aku Soku Zan vs Ruga Ruga

OSHIRO Models: Aku Soku Zan
155 (89.1%)
Syrinx0: Ruga Ruga
19 (10.9%)

Total Members Voted: 174

Voting closed: December 01, 2019, 10:07:17 AM

Author Topic: LPL13 Round 8: Aku Soku Zan vs Ruga Ruga  (Read 2564 times)

Offline Elk101

  • Moderator
  • Elder God
  • *
  • Posts: 10642
LPL13 Round 8: Aku Soku Zan vs Ruga Ruga
« on: November 24, 2019, 10:07:17 AM »
LPL13 Round 8: Aku Soku Zan vs Ruga Ruga



« Last Edit: November 24, 2019, 10:47:45 AM by Elk101 »

Offline Dr Mathias

  • LPL Champion (S6,S7) Bronze Medalist (S5)
  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 4502
  • Purveyor of the one-and-only Miracle Elixir!
    • Dr. Mathias's Miniature Extravaganza
Re: LPL13 Round 8: Aku Soku Zan vs Ruga Ruga
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2019, 12:34:28 AM »
Ruga-Ruga lookin' great, one of my favorite Darkest Africa factions. Nice striping :)

Impressive detailing on the Japanese as well. Are they police?
a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice.
Dr. Mathias's Miniature Extravaganza

Offline OSHIROmodels

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Elder God
  • *
  • Posts: 28204
  • Custom terrain a speciality.
    • Oshiro modelterrain
Re: LPL13 Round 8: Aku Soku Zan vs Ruga Ruga
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2019, 08:17:17 AM »
Impressive detailing on the Japanese as well. Are they police?

Thanks  :)

Yes, they were a special police force created to protect the Tokugawa bakufu (military government) in the later 1860’s. There weren’t that many but they were raised from sword schools and were rightly feared.

Aku Soku Zan is their motto and it loosely translates as ‘Kill those who are evil immediately’. There’s still debate whether it was real or not but it sounds suitably dramatic  :D

Offline syrinx0

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • *
  • Posts: 3381
Re: LPL13 Round 8: Aku Soku Zan vs Ruga Ruga
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2019, 02:40:41 AM »
We get to learn a little history as well as enjoy some wonderfully painted miniatures! Your backgrounds and terrain are always fantastic.
Painted:  2024: 345; 2023: 37; 2022: 56

Offline OSHIROmodels

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Elder God
  • *
  • Posts: 28204
  • Custom terrain a speciality.
    • Oshiro modelterrain
Re: LPL13 Round 8: Aku Soku Zan vs Ruga Ruga
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2019, 09:33:58 AM »
Thank you  :)

Offline khartoum2

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Scientist
  • *
  • Posts: 384
Re: LPL13 Round 8: Aku Soku Zan vs Ruga Ruga
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2019, 11:47:58 AM »
Brilliant entries both - Loving the Ruga Ruga with their subtle tones and patterns making them very life like.  The Japanese are superbly brilliant and so magnificently set.  Love the writing on the notice board and the bales.  Are these real Japanese characters? because they look it to my unexpert eye.  Is it a subliminal message "vote me" ;)