Ever since visiting the various Murakami museums around the Seto sea I've wanted to game the antics of the 'pirate' clan, and in particular their interactions with the Ķuchi. Finding no (affordable) models of Japanese ships in a small enough scale to game with, I had to take things into my own hands. I made a master model from plasticard, made a couple of silicone moulds and cast myself a small fleet of atakebune.
Enough for a small scuffle, but not enough variation for a real fight, I'm going to need some smaller and more varied ships if I really want to do this right. So next on the list is a bunch of sekibune, then the pirates are going to need a whole load of kobaya. And then I'll need some islands and coves... looks like my hobby time is going to be in deep water for the next few months.
Anyway, I hope you all like them.