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Blog Warden's Other Paint Log

Last two samurai cavalrymen are complete, bringing me up to twelve of them over the past two months:

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Need to do the matte wash for all these guys still, will probably do that when I go back and flock all the bases for the minis I have completed over the past two months.

Also am well under way on my cannons and crew, here are the bases:

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Naturally since heraldry (and mons) are one of the biggest reason I like this project, I couldn't shy away from painting up some snazzy pavises (pavise?) for my cannon crews to cower behind:

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My samurai cannons are complete!!

Ukita Clan:

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Shimazu Clan:

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Tokugawa Clan:

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Ii Clan:

warden20201213_samurai cannons 6 Ii.jpg

All four!

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Will certainly make more of them at some point.

This mini-project brings me just over 300 models painted for the year, only a few more samurai to go!

Imrahil said:
Those cannons look very European to me, or was there only one type of cannon? (why change an optimal design)
Good luck getting them done. You can do it ;)
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Neglected to answer this before; you are correct the models I used are European cannons (cheap $4 set of two from Wizkids). I had enough spare parts lying around to convert crews so I went with the cheaper option :D

I think they are close enough to serve my purpose, and if I make more cannons I can use them as pirate cannons too.
 
Warden said:
My samurai cannons are complete!!

Ukita Clan:

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Shimazu Clan:

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Tokugawa Clan:

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Ii Clan:

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All four!

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Will certainly make more of them at some point.

This mini-project brings me just over 300 models painted for the year, only a few more samurai to go!



Neglected to answer this before; you are correct the models I used are European cannons (cheap $4 set of two from Wizkids). I had enough spare parts lying around to convert crews so I went with the cheaper option :D

I think they are close enough to serve my purpose, and if I make more cannons I can use them as pirate cannons too.
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Well done, they look great and match your army perfectly
No one will notice ;)

Grrr, Imrahil
 
Had to pack up my game room temporarily to make update/repairs to my game table, so I went ahead and took a picture of all the samurai currently on my complete shelf!

warden20201216_samurai army progress.jpg

The majority of these (at least 3/4) were all completed during the last two months!

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Still looking forward to taking a big pic with all of them together when I get this next batch done.
 
Warden said:
Had to pack up my game room temporarily to make update/repairs to my game table, so I went ahead and took a picture of all the samurai currently on my complete shelf!

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The majority of these (at least 3/4) were all completed during the last two months!

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Still looking forward to taking a big pic with all of them together when I get this next batch done.
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They look great mate.
 
Been playing No Man's Sky over the past few days, but this morning I cranked out four more Shimazu samurai:

warden20201228_shimazu samurai 1.jpg

All four are built for magnetized bases, just like my Shimazu archers I did not long ago. This will give me a third clan I can use in Test of Honour should I want to (along with the Ukita and the Ii clans).

warden20201228_shimazu samurai 2.jpg

I especially enjoyed how this dude turned out:

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Warden said:
Been playing No Man's Sky over the past few days, but this morning I cranked out four more Shimazu samurai:

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All four are built for magnetized bases, just like my Shimazu archers I did not long ago. This will give me a third clan I can use in Test of Honour should I want to (along with the Ukita and the Ii clans).

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I especially enjoyed how this dude turned out:

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Nice work!
I like the consistency of your extreme highlights, perfect rows of dots :)

Grrr, Imrahil
 
One more samurai for the force, daimyo Kuroda Nagamasa (one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's top generals):

warden20201231_kuroda nagamasa 2.jpg

I am calling the model itself done, but I think I may go back to it at some point. Horse is too chalky, and I am unhappy with parts of him such as the horo cloak. But he was a tough one to paint so he is going on pause for now.
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That brings me up to 347 models painted this year! Time to start planning for next year, hopefully to get even more work done.
 
Warden said:
One more samurai for the force, daimyo Kuroda Nagamasa (one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's top generals):

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I am calling the model itself done, but I think I may go back to it at some point. Horse is too chalky, and I am unhappy with parts of him such as the horo cloak. But he was a tough one to paint so he is going on pause for now.
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That brings me up to 347 models painted this year! Time to start planning for next year, hopefully to get even more work done.
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Nice!

347 is a pretty stellar bit of painting production.
 
Nice! lovely touch of blossom.
Great freehand on the back :artist::artist:

Grrr, Imrahil
 
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