Old citadel Samurai conversions-update 15/10

[McYellowbelly]

Working on old Aly Morrison sculpted Samurai for a future Frostgrave set up, I decided to swap a few heads and convert a few.
One got out of hand and became a baboon samurai type thing(Pictures explain more)
Not what I planned, but I like it!!

[AlyMorrison]

Blimey ..... I made these in 1983 

Now I feel old....

I might have to lie down?...

All the best.  Aly

[McYellowbelly]

Still my favourite Samurai sculpts.
Plenty more on the painting desk
Should be a complete Oriental/Okko/old school Citadel game at a Partizan next year
Also managed to get a box of Oriental Hobgoblins that you sculpted too.

Cheers
Paul

[Comsquare]

Still my favourite Samurai sculpts.
Plenty more on the painting desk
Should be a complete Oriental/Okko/old school Citadel game at a Partizan next year
Also managed to get a box of Oriental Hobgoblins that you sculpted too.

Cheers
Paul

Okko?
Call me interested 
One of my favorite comicbook/boardgame.

Very nice conversions, by the way.

[McYellowbelly]

Okko?
Call me interested 
One of my favorite comicbook/boardgame.

Very nice conversions, by the way.

It's reading Okko that brought this about.
Oriental Frostgrave with a definite Okko/Oriental twist.
Starting to scratchbuild Bunraku soon(once some more painted)
Samurai undead, monks in straw helmets etc 

[Comsquare]

It's reading Okko that brought this about.
Oriental Frostgrave with a definite Okko/Oriental twist.
Starting to scratchbuild Bunraku soon(once some more painted)
Samurai undead, monks in straw helmets etc 

Sounds very cool, will follow with interest 

Do you have some of the "official" Okko-minis to join the project as well?

[The Dozing Dragon]

Great conversion work. Love the snake on the spear. Some of my favorite ever Samurai.

[AlyMorrison]

Most of the miniatures were inspired by Kuniyoshi the Warrior-prints by Basil William Robinson.

Here is the Google Images link... lots of eye candy

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=kuniyoshi+the+warrior-prints+by+basil+william+robinson&espv=2&biw=1427&bih=848&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilz9LAu83OAhXlLMAKHQJlCJ0QsAQIWA&dpr=1

Another inspiration was...Thirty-six ghosts by Yoshitoshi (Yoshitoshi was a pupil of Kuniyoshi,He also made some woodcuts covering the Satsuma rebellion )

Here is the Google image link...


https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=yoshitoshi+36+ghosts&biw=1427&bih=848&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjg86f4vc3OAhWMKMAKHYKxASMQ_AUIBigB&dpr=1

All the best Aly

[McYellowbelly]

Superb, lots to fire the imagination.
Now.......how much persuasion would it take to get you to sculpt a Sumo wrestling a carp?
 

[Ray Earle]

Excellent work Paul, are you dragging Lewis in for this one too? 

I look forward to seeing this at Partizan.

[McYellowbelly]

Excellent work Paul, are you dragging Lewis in for this one too? 

I look forward to seeing this at Partizan.

That's the plan, a Paul/Lewis production.
Plan is for a Partizan, not sure which, depends on getting from sunny Scotland to Newark

[McYellowbelly]

Some progress with painting, all need finished/varnished/based.
Managed to find an Oriental Ogre and some Samurai zombies too 
More to follow

[OSHIROmodels]

Very characterful 

cheers

James

[Ray Earle]

Brilliant.  Some lovely freehand work on those.

[McYellowbelly]

Cheers, once the Samurai are done, will be starting on Oriental Hobgoblins