Taking A Stand!

Hey folks! Still alive after all that life has enriched me with. 

I know that I've been awfully remiss in neglecting this blog. And without further ado here's a long awaited article that I'm finally posting. Thanks for your patience and let's get to it.

I love eye-candy in all my games, so I put forth some effort in making the command stands included in the boxed game as a diorama to compliment my Samurai Battles table.

I'll be using epic 6mm miniatures (previously referred to in an earlier post http://thehistoricalminiaturist.blogspot.com/2015/12/hai-on-more-conversions-part-1.html) to truly capture the scale of these opposing armies. 

Additionally I substituted the Honor and Fortune tokens with some generic Chinese coins obtained online.

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Dice Roll showing Honor and Fortune

Cardboard Game Tokens
(Honor and Fortune Tokens: White Asterisk on a purple field) 

Chinese coins from EBay

Typical Figures that come in the box

Using the provided game accessories to record and document a general's winnings seemed lack luster and uninspired to compliment the epic look and feel of the game.

WIP: conversion of standard game combat game units to 6mm

Red and Black Army Command Stands

Vignettes depicting Army Commander receiving messages and viewing
heads (victory banner representation) of vanquished enemies

Ninjas, Shinobi, Shadow Warriors

Ninjas aka Shinobi have always captured my imagination.

And I've been wanting some for my collection. So after receiving my Perry Minitaures order I got to work IMMEDIATELY.   

Absolutely brilliant posing!

Especially this one. :p

I love miniatures that are sculpted so well that they literally paint themselves.

This is a record so far for me b/c I finished these bad boys in three days. Well, to be fair, they're monochrome: black on black on black. They're not exactly Napoleonics (which *SHUDDER* I'll never paint again - but that's another story). However, I did some layering by dry brushing subtle grays to give some depth. I dispensed with any fancy bases, flesh color, etc. My rationale being 'less is more' and people tend to concentrate and focus on the model itself without the visual noise of a really ornate base like in a miniature diorama, IMHO. Especially if you have more than one figure on the table. See for yourself. 

Here's my Shinjou Clan of the Koka-Ryu from the infamous Iga region.

Their mission tonight is to infiltrate a subterranean stronghold also know as 
'The Rock [of Gibraltar]' and liquidate a certain Dr. Hugo Von X.

Some of you will recognize my Incursion board which makes a nice backdrop and mission board.

Again, absolutely brilliant posing!!

Especially this one. :p

Now all I need to get are some Perry Miniatures Samurai in everyday dress and build a samurai type castle. So many miniatures and so little time...