In December, my original goal was to paint a unit or two as a small contribution to the Samurai Battles games that Jake has been hosting. I tend to derive more enjoyment from a game in which I field units "at risk" on the gaming table. Painting and fielding a couple of units in a game would provide that satisfaction. However, I found great enjoyment in Samurai Battles and painting the figures so I upped the ante.
Now, I can field eight units with plans to produce a total of a dozen. To recap, below are the units completed since December.
Having created both card decks, the next step is to make the specialty dice. Luckily, the die face symbols are available online. I should be able to purchase a couple of handfuls of dice and affix the die symbols onto them without much difficulty.
Very nice force, Jon.
ReplyDeleteWhy two hexes per unit?
Ah, never mind. I reread your post on your test unit.
DeleteThanks, Scott. Are you tempted to paint samurai?
DeleteVery nice work. I really like the lokk of your units.
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Seb
Thanks, Seb! I think the double-hex basing looks good and allows for easy hex-based gaming.
DeleteThey look great, Jonathan! I'm thinking the only thing harder than painting ancients with shields is painting Samurai where every figure has a standard/flag with a motif. The visual effect is quite stunning. Makes me want to pull up one of Kurosawa's classics!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Monty! As you can see, I kept the heraldry very simple. With the next Samurai unit (as opposed to the Ashigaru), I may attempt unique heraldry for each figure.
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