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Blog Warden's Other Paint Log

Discussion in 'Personal Paint Logs' started by Warden, Aug 17, 2016.

  1. Lizerd
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    Lizerd Well-Known Member

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    It’s like a fire alarm but instead of saying fire it screeches loudly
     
  2. Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl
    Slann

    Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl Eleventh Spawning

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    What's that got to do with @Warden's Samurai?
     
  3. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Its probably because anything remotely Japanese related has to do with anime right? :joyful:

    While I have watched some anime before (both versions of Fullmetal Alchemist come to mind) I would hardly call it my favorite genre of TV/movies, as I am a bigger fan of Star Trek, and also am a fan of spaghetti westerns.

    I am definitely a fan of Japanese history though, that has been the case since I took a class on Japanese history in college. I especially enjoyed the Sengoku era leading up to the Edo period (where I have set my army) because of all the conflict and interesting stuff that happened in the period. Then again I am also a fan of Chinese, Medieval European, and of course Mayan history, all of which I have either taken classes on or read tons of books on.

    I see your weeb alert, and raise you one painted samurai army! :D For the greater good after all ;)

    warden201906_samurai army 01.jpg

    Western Army:

    warden201906_samurai western army 01.jpg

    Ukita Clan:

    warden201906_samurai western army 05 ukita.jpg

    warden201906_samurai western army 08 ukita.jpg

    Ishida Clan:

    warden201906_samurai western army 09 ishida.jpg

    Kobayakawa Clan:

    warden201906_samurai western army 11 kobayakawa.jpg

    Eastern Army, currently just the Ii Clan:

    warden201906_samurai eastern army 3.jpg

    warden201906_samurai eastern army 4.jpg
     
  4. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    I am happy with how this army has turned out so far, just about enough to do an actual Warhammer battle (with all of these guys on the same side of course) minus artillery!

    Here are the bandits:

    warden201906_samurai bandits 1.jpg

    warden201906_samurai bandits 2.jpg

    And of course, Samurai Jack:

    warden201906_samurai jack.jpg



    Hope you enjoyed them :vulcan:

    warden201906_samurai army 05.jpg
    warden201906_samurai western army 13 side.jpg

    warden201906_samurai eastern army 6 side.jpg

    warden201906_samurai army 07.jpg

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  5. Lizerd
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    Lizerd Well-Known Member

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    The weeb alert will let this awesome army slide, it’s to cool!
     
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  6. Imrahil
    Slann

    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    Very nice!
    I really like these clans' distinctive colors. they pop of the green board.

    Gr, Imrahil
     
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  7. Aginor
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    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Great work!
     
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  8. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Nothing specifically new today, but I did (finally) update the index to this thread, and added a sweet title picture to the first post!

    other paint blog_scroll.png
    Clockwise from top left:
    • Knight of the Temple (Knight Errant)
    • Samurai Bandit
    • the Leper King (Grail Reliquae)
    • Templar Marine Sergeant
    • Samurai Jack
    • Ork Pilot
    • Alien Scum
    • and Weirdboy (directing air traffic :D)
     
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  9. Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl
    Slann

    Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl Eleventh Spawning

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    Just found something interesting mate - I remember you saying you were disappointed to see that the new company that took over Test of Honour scrapped many of Warlord's kits to start making their own, but I've discovered Warlord's been resurrecting some of these kits for use in their fantasy game Warlords of Erehwon, including the Bandits and Brigands set you really enjoyed painting:
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    The full collection of these resurrected sets can be seen here:
    https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/warlords-of-erehwon/erehwon-samurai
     
  10. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Wow they have made a bunch of changes to this next evolution of the Test of Honour line! I really did enjoy the bandit minis, at some point I want to get my hands on the ninja box as well. Maybe some of the monks in the future too.

    Warlords of Erehwon is a rank-and-flank square-bases game right? Curious if there is a whole new "samurai" faction now.
     
  11. Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl
    Slann

    Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl Eleventh Spawning

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    I think Warlords of Erehwon is more like Middle Earth and AoS in terms of unit structure, but it looks like it has tactical gameplay and is closer to Fantasy in terms of aesthetics and lore - indeed I think most Fantasy factions could be used in it, including Bretonnians as a Knightly Retinue army. Yes, it now has a Samurai faction, the rules for whom can be found here:
    https://www.warlordgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Erehwon-Samurai-List.pdf
     
  12. Warden
    Slann

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    Hey that list is pretty good, more than covers all the models I currently have. I will need to go through the other army lists and see what matches my current forces, the game seems like it could work pretty well with a simple skirmish force.
     
  13. Warden
    Slann

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    Random find, but as a big fan of all things [ork + flying], I got a big laugh from the Deff Skwadron comic.

    Art style makes it a bit hard to understand exactly what is going on, but I think that is just part of the point :D
     
  14. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Its been a full year since I have been able to do any miniature projects, so here is my first one!

    warden20200609_samurai hero bases WIP 1.jpg
    I made some test multi-bases for my samurai heroes (Perry and Steel Fist Miniatures). Very much work in progress but its a good start to get things moving.

    warden20200609_samurai hero bases WIP 2.jpg
    Still need to finish painting these guys.

    For this next year my goal is to not buy (too many) more miniatures and work on the boxes of sprues I have lying around the gameroom.
     
  15. Warden
    Slann

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    Basically complete with the first of my new daimyo, Honda Tadakatsu. Need to work on lighting (and painting skills of course :bag:) but here he is on foot. This is the Perry Miniature version that comes with Tokugawa as part of his retinue.

    warden20200613_honda on foot.jpg

    Next up is Honda Tadakatsu on his warhorse, armed with his gigantic spear, the Dragonfly Cutter.

    warden20200613_honda and bannermen.jpg

    His two bannermen retainers:

    warden20200613_honda bannermen.jpg

    The freehand banner was a pain; Japanese heraldry is so intricate! But I don't have any water transfers for printing my own designs yet, so this will have to do :confused:
    Banner color came right off of this from the Samurai Archives:

    honda.jpg

    ...and this picture:

    honda art.jpg

    I also tried to model Honda himself (the mounted version) off of this ukiyo-e artwork

    honda-tadakatsu-at-komaki-paul-d-stewart.jpg

    Also I have my (still WIP) Ishida Mitsunari and his bannermen:

    warden20200613_ishida and bannermen.jpg

    Bannermen are done, they all just need to have their bases finished.

    warden20200613_ishida bannermen.jpg

    Cheers :vulcan:
     
  16. Killer Angel
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  17. Warden
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    Tokugawa and his retinue are 95% complete, just got to finish the basing!!!

    warden20200614_tokugawa and retinue.jpg
    In truth I used the Perry miniatures from the catalogue as my initial inspiration:

    tokugawa camp.jpg

    Only thing I really could NOT do was the TINY TINY TINY tokugawa heraldry on the helmets and breastplates. How do you even paint that small!! :eek:

    Also here is some artwork of his armor, which has some Western armor-making materials in it, hence the iron breastplate:

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  18. Cho'qomel
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    Your fine samurai remind me of my pile of shame, including a lot of samurai from a kickstarter long ago (Kensei by Zenit miniatures)... They're waiting in their boxes for ages now. :(
     
  19. Warden
    Slann

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    Yup, I got a lot of samurai to go through too. Mostly Warlord Games; would love to see some of your Zenit samurai! I got one of the undead samurai lords, hope to paint him up at some time (looking at my list I forgot about him... :joyful:)
     
  20. Cho'qomel
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    I'll tackle them when my lizardmen are done. I've got to focus on one project at a time or I'll get nothing done... :(
     

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