Well these aren't Samurai but Ashigaru , I'm painting one faction up in red armour and the other in black . Sorry for the rather poor photo , I normally take my photos in the bathroom were experience has shown I get the best lighting but as my wife is having a shower I've had to take the photo on my table with the afternoon sun shinning .
My first Samurai , luckily as this game and the figures are based in the later Sengoku period when the armour and dress of the Samurai became a lot plainer they are easier to paint .
Another Samurai in black armour , the armour of this era seems to have been mainly either red or black .
An Ashigaru archer and yes the arrow does go on the right of the bow rather than the left in European archery.
The 'Black' clan Ashigaru spearmen . Archers and spearmen can be played either on multi- bases or singularly . Will soon have enough for my first game and am putting together an MDF shrine for scenery .
Lovely stuff....must get my Redbox samurai out to look at (and then put them away again).
ReplyDeleteI have boxes of figures like that in "corner of shame" , Tony
ReplyDeleteI like them! While red and black lacquer seem to dominate, a russet motif is nice too.
ReplyDeleteYes hoping to do a mounted contingent in a red brown colour,Tony
DeleteLovely job!
ReplyDeleteThanks enjoying painting them , Tony
DeleteBeautiful! Love the Cherry Blossom too
ReplyDeleteYou gotta have Cherry Blossom in Japan , Tony
DeleteYour Project is progressing well- just the thing for Summer.
ReplyDeleteYes getting on faster than I thought I would , Tony
DeleteVery attractive figures. (And trees!)
ReplyDeleteThey were a bit of a pain to put together , luckily not a lot needed for a game , Tony
DeleteLovely looking figures and great cherry trees - aquarium shops in garden centres seem to do painted resin (for underwater) Japanese bridges and temples but not sure of scale. Might be worth a look.
ReplyDeleteYes have just got a couple of 'Japanese' stone lanterns fro Pets at Home ., Tony
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