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Gymnogyps wrote:These are my last Aquitar models

For Now....


Muhahahahaha

This is all inspiring stuff!

In fact I bought the rulebook via mail yesterday. Been shipped already. I can't wait!!

Zygrot24 wrote:This is all inspiring stuff!

In fact I bought the rulebook via mail yesterday. Been shipped already. I can't wait!!

You'd likely have it tomorrow if it wasn't a holiday

The aquitar and weasels look awesome, Gymnogyps! Did you already ship the aquitar / vandalands down to Cyporiean?

Cyporiean wrote:

Zygrot24 wrote:This is all inspiring stuff!

In fact I bought the rulebook via mail yesterday. Been shipped already. I can't wait!!

You'd likely have it tomorrow if it wasn't a holiday

Dag nabbit. The ship tracking is mildly depressing Palm Coast > Orlando > DeLand. It already passed me once, and now it's sitting at the post office. Next time, I take the time and make a drive.

Cyporiean wrote:

Gymnogyps wrote:These are my last Aquitar models

For Now....


Muhahahahaha

Oh dear god I know. I should have said these are the last Aquitar for Round 1.

RiTides wrote:The aquitar and weasels look awesome, Gymnogyps! Did you already ship the aquitar / vandalands down to Cyporiean?

Thanks RiTides! Yep, everything was received yesterday.

Zygrot24 wrote:This is all inspiring stuff!

In fact I bought the rulebook via mail yesterday. Been shipped already. I can't wait!!

Thanks Zygrot! The rulebook is some fun reading.

So just to show some progress, here are a couple WIP of Otter Ashigaru. I am thinking these Ribenguo models are some of my favorites so far...

Those Ashigaru are looking great, like the Conscripts, you can't have too many of them

Yeah, I'm seeing from playing around with some list building today...

So the models are done! I just need to figure out what I'm going to do for basing.



Crap, just realized, I forgot to detail the eyes.

Edits- grammar

Someone likes the topknot head

LOL yeah I don't remember why I did that. Just means my next batch, as yet to be acquired, will be all hats.


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Complete models! Squad first

And a face detail

Great basing on them

Loving that red, really rich good job.

Thanks again, guys!

I've had a little bit of difficulty focusing, so I've been working on the Kunoichi and a Samurai. Once I get them done, I will have a warband to play with this weekend!

So just to show my progress, here they are as of tonight


I love the flower in her hair... eventually there are going to be grey flowers on her kimono, but we're not there yet.



Tanuki is looking a little rough, but this is just a color selection study... I was wanting something bright, and I looked at a lot of very elaborate samurai images before choosing these colors. I'd like to do some freehand on him, too. I kinda have to on his jacket.

Looking good Gym!

I can't wait to see your Zabar and Gerbil paint jobs

Yep, I actually started building them using some of my current bases. I'm just waiting for the 50mm for Ms. Lioness.

I can loan you a 50mm if you need one. I love the unit of Ashigaru!

Thanks so much for the offer, RiTides, but my bases just arrived so I'm good.

Here are the completed Kunoichi and Tanuki Samurai! Well, OK, complete except for the designs and such to be added to the clothing later on...

Fox Shinobi are DONE! All I have left for Ribenguo are 4 more Tanuki Samurai. They, however, will have to wait until I'm done with Zabar and a couple of very adorable little guys...

Hmm, my camera seems to be not quite in focus. I'll have to watch that since I'll be using it tomorrow for the epic battle against RiTides!

Those Shinobi are great

Looking forward to Zabar & the HR models

The Ashigaru squad and the lone Samurai model were great in our game! (With the Samurai slaying my Hedgeknight with his dying blow...)

The Shinobi, not so much, but they seem like they'd be deadly against backfield artillery and the like with Ambush...

I also love that a D10 acts as both the number and direction indicator for artillery / ambush scatter, since it has a pointed end. Very cool game mechanic

Great looking stuff Gym! Really loving your take on the otters.

Yet I find your lack of Zabar disturbing... I know for a fact you have had them for at least a week. A WEEK! GEEEZ

Batrep is up for Saturday's battle!

So painting and modeling... I've needed to go back in and scrape mold lines, then re-prime, and all sorts of jazz... but finally I've started laying down paint! Here is the WIP:



I have to admit, we took these bad boys and lady out for a spin on Saturday during the demos... wow this is a tough warband to crack! They are going to be really nice looking when I get done with them, though. I picked this up to base them:



Edit - This week, I HAVE to work on my Japanese course. So I'll be working on these models for an hour or two each night.

Looking great Gym, nice basing choice.

RiTides wrote:The Ashigaru squad and the lone Samurai model were great in our game! (With the Samurai slaying my Hedgeknight with his dying blow...)

The Shinobi, not so much, but they seem like they'd be deadly against backfield artillery and the like with Ambush...

I also love that a D10 acts as both the number and direction indicator for artillery / ambush scatter, since it has a pointed end. Very cool game mechanic

LOL yeah your comments on the battle are two of the things that stood out to me the most, along with the Hamster shenanigans. I have to agree that the D10 being the pointer is absolutely brilliant because of its simplicity. I could throw the die down right where I had indicated the entry point, so the actual landing spot was super easy to plot out.

Wehrkind wrote:Great looking stuff Gym! Really loving your take on the otters.

Yet I find your lack of Zabar disturbing... I know for a fact you have had them for at least a week. A WEEK! GEEEZ

Thanks! I really like the way the otters turned out, too. They look a little bit angry. The fox shinobi are so cute it is hard to fear them... I'm sure that is just how they like it!

Cyporiean wrote:Looking great Gym, nice basing choice.

Yeah, I saw it, and was like, whoa. That is so perfect, I must have it. I also found some very tall standing grasses, too, so I'll add a few pampas grass like tufts here and there.

I agree on the Foxes, Dan did a fantastic job on them.. cuteness of a Fox with a realistic Ninja getup.

Though Heath's Art is pretty awesome too, going to have to get a model of that version as well at some point.

Oooh, yes, that Shinobi from the art would be great!

Here is WIP 2 of Zabar. There is quite a bit of subtle highlighting on the Warhog Skin. Still quite a bit of work, but since I'm doing them all at once, I'll hit a critical tipping point and they'll get done all of a sudden like.



Damnit front row is out of focus. OK, look at the BACK row!

We've got a huge thunderstorm band bearing down on us right now. I'll try to keep painting but I'll probably get distracted but the storm soon enough!

Edit - that Hyena in the back... he has a scar over the eye facing us. I HAVE to make that eye all milky white! How freaky will that be?

Looking great!

One concern is that that the Left-Most SWH might have trouble holding his Shield.

Man the Zabar models are great.

The skin on the boars is very well done!

Thanks, Zygrot and Cyporiean! All of these models have been very fun to paint. I have tried to use that purple color on every model to tie them all together. It really pops on the necklace the warhog is wearing! His lil' skirt will have purple beads, too!

Yeah, Cyp, I was eyeballing that Warhog, too. I built him trying to add variety compared to the other arm positions, and also with a greater focus on the shoulder joint. I was trying to get a guy with the shield pulled in, close to the body, but yeah it may have gone too far. Here he is with the shield dry-fitted in. Do you prefer the arm more open / rotated out? Let me know and I'll make something happen, whether I pop the arm off and re-glue or cut the lower arm off and rotate it that way. If you have any doubts at all no problem, I'll make changes. I want you to be 100% happy!


And here they are, all together, with shields dry fitted

The shield looks fine like that, thanks