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Thanks Yorkright.

Quick update, did some adjustments as suggested.

What do you all think?

The darker colors and the new accents on the lacing work great. You might want to think about making his tabi a different color than his pants, though.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
The darker colors and the new accents on the lacing work great. You might want to think about making his tabi a different color than his pants, though.

Different socks you say , we will check what the store room has and see if there are any in his size.

Meanwhile I rebased Hida Amoro.

He will just be an unarmored samurai with No dachi

And started a few test colors for the blue set. I think this guy is probably the winner

He almost looks more crane clan than anything else, but when finished we will see.

Still a lot of work to do on him.

Not much time this weekend to do anything though. Tomorrow we have a wake for one of my aunts who passed away last week. My dad is taking it really hard and his health has gone down even more since the news that she was terminal. We think the end is very near for him as his only viable dialysis port is wearing out and his bleeding is not clotting, all were signs we were told to watch out for. It’ll be a blessing for him, he’s not willing to quit, but he is tired of fighting a losing battle.

New colours are looking good! That light blue is also ace, lovely sheen to it.

Oh yeah, cool looking forces of the Samurai

CommissarKhaine wrote:New colours are looking good! That light blue is also ace, lovely sheen to it.

Thank CommissarKhaine, I really am liking the blue as well.

shasolenzabi wrote:Oh yeah, cool looking forces of the Samurai

Thanks Shasolenzabi, it’s been a long time coming.

Well as CK pointed out, that blue is ace, and really strikes a cord with me. The banner has since been painted astronomicon grey as a base, and will get highlighted up to white before getting transfers applied. In the mean time, I shall continue forward with more in this style, including a repaint I was not happy with. So the blue samurai from this older pic.

Has met a touch up with the paintbrushes and I think is coming out better. Besides he was a victim of the shelf collapse a while back. His nose has actually been flattened into a circle . Hopefully not noticeable from 3’, otherwise he will get a Ronald McDonald red nose.



Definitely getting there . More touch ups now that I have seen magnified pics of him.

Mounted figs in Test of Honour are at a real disadvantage in the current state of the game, and I don’t see them changing it anytime soon. They need to be used correctly as I see it, moving last so enemies with spears have already activated. Also mounted troops can play important roles in capturing objectives or contesting them since they have a 9” movement instead of the basic 6” of regular troopers.

RedClaw looking much improved now, and agreeing with the niceness of the blue.


Edited to correct auto-correct.....yeesh!

Thanks monkeytroll , always good to get more reassurance though.

I decided to use the General from the samurai army box that I got recently as another samurai character, even though there are no Daimyo rules, I see this guy who is highly ornate to be at that level. Two hours of painting from raw metal to here, still tons of details to complete.




Riding out with his retinue.

So much detail to work on him still.

Cavalry! Very nice adding the horse samurai in, the high officers

I always liked the concept of the Crab Clan, but felt their execution was always a bit lacking. To me, they felt like they should've been hulking brutes, almost like Khorne's Bloodbound, considering their schtick was their preference for brute force against the various forces in the Shadowlands.

I think the samurai minis I have a Crab Clan, so I may have to use your mini as inspiration. You did the armor with Guilliman Blue glaze over a white base, right?

All looking good Theo, the updated Crab samurai looks much better!

shasolenzabi wrote:Cavalry! Very nice adding the horse samurai in, the high officers

Thanks Shaso, leaders should always ride in style no matter the timeline.

Barzam wrote:I always liked the concept of the Crab Clan, but felt their execution was always a bit lacking. To me, they felt like they should've been hulking brutes, almost like Khorne's Bloodbound, considering their schtick was their preference for brute force against the various forces in the Shadowlands.

I think the samurai minis I have a Crab Clan, so I may have to use your mini as inspiration. You did the armor with Guilliman Blue glaze over a white base, right?

Yeah there were always a few things about L5R that got me, and what you said is pretty true. Although most Crab Clan did use Tetsubo and other blunt weapons instead of swords. It is Guilliman blue, over astronomican grey (I’ll need to find a substitute though as that’s an old foundation paint), I might try out instar paints as they claim to color match it, but ordering a few from England sounds more expensive than finding an armypainter substitute.

Yorkright wrote: All looking good Theo, the updated Crab samurai looks much better!

Thanks Yorkright, I think so too.

I thought about getting into Bushido, but it seems like a waste with having bought so much for Test of Honour. Plus the cheapskate in me cant find a great deal and $10 a fig or more is way more than what I want to pay. So on now to plan out my new wishlist for Test of Honour.

If anyone has some cool suggestions for monsters from Japanese legends that have figs in other ranges let me know. I know many are covered in the Bushido range, but as I said I’m a cheapskate.

You could try Zenit Miniatures and their Kensei range - I just started scavenging bits from their Jorogumo (spider lady demon) for my chaos lot. I mean, I've been away from the scene for a few years now so they may not still be a thing...but as you asked and I had the box right in front of me

Zenit is still around with two recent Kensai kickstarters. They aren’t the cheapest, but their minis are lovely.

Have you tried playing Ronin? It requires fewer models but is an excellent skirmish game. Osprey’s website has rules for mystical beasts

 monkeytroll wrote:
You could try Zenit Miniatures and their Kensei range - I just started scavenging bits from their Jorogumo (spider lady demon) for my chaos lot. I mean, I've been away from the scene for a few years now so they may not still be a thing...but as you asked and I had the box right in front of me

They are still around and just finished a Kickstarter for pirates and conquistadors, I’ll look into them too, but I think they are another small company with little support and no good place to get them in the US.

I backed their Kensai relaunch Kickstarter. They communicated well and while a little late they delivered everything.

I would not have a problem ordering from them.

I'm liking the blue armor so far. That general is a nifty model.

I picked up a pile of Zenit models in an Indiegogo campaign years ago. They are nice models, but kind of fiddly compared to, say Perry or WGF samurai-- lots of hands and weapons to glue on. If you're looking for alternative models, you might consider Kingsford (out of Canada) or Steel Fist (a dude from England). They're kind of pricey for large units, but both are a good source for unique character models.

The general is by far my favorite model you are working on.


The details will make a huge differece in the figure. I look forward to it.

I do like the blue/yellow on the mounted samurai. Couple with the black mask and it looks very nice.

SOrry for not individually answering, but brain is fried, it’s early (being past late) and I’m tired.

So pic drop and sleep. Feel free to comment, I’ll try and catch up tomorrow/today




The arms/ hands are where I think I need to do some changes.

Dear goodness that guy has a lot of detail. Good luck finishing.

I think they are fine, unless you want to work more yellow in.

 cormadepanda wrote:
Dear goodness that guy has a lot of detail. Good luck finishing.

I think they are fine, unless you want to work more yellow in.

Thanks Cormadepanda, lots and lots of details...everywhere, that’s why he’s the boss .

Well no progress, but a few updates none the less.

1st, we got a new WiFi router a few weeks ago, probably died before we noticed the electrical problems in the house, but those problems also fried both our old WII systems , so we have been a house of 5 living off of one x-box one. Well I fixed that today . I dropped by the local going out of business toys are us and found 30% off of their Xbox ones, so I got two more (master bedroom and basement are back in action). We can watch Netflix again .

2nd, just got an email from warlord games, I have been accepted as a moderator on their soon to return forum . I’ve never been a Mod before. But I WILL definitely allow the power to go to my head . This might pull me away from D2, but I hope not as I enjoy all gaming stuffs and not just Warlord games stuff.

Well off to set up the Xboxes,Xboxs,Xboxi....whatever.

Great start to the boss man.

Congrats on your upcoming mod-hood!

Good work on the boss. Nice choice of colours.

You're doing pretty good work on those detailed Samurai guys, especially the leader on the horse (with the ring on his head). I like the color choices!

For a cheap source of Japanese monsters have a look at Rising Sun excellent board game as well.

Wonderful. Just catching up and fantastic to see you at it here. Brilliant colours and really catching the theme of your subject, great stuff sir, great stuff.

monkeytroll wrote:Great start to the boss man.

Congrats on your upcoming mod-hood!

Thanks MT, unfortunately no progress has been made to him since that photo.

Dr H wrote:Good work on the boss. Nice choice of colours.

Thanks Dr H. The colors seemed to just work naturally for me. I know they probably are not accurate, but in my vision of feudal Japan it works.

ZergSmasher wrote:You're doing pretty good work on those detailed Samurai guys, especially the leader on the horse (with the ring on his head). I like the color choices!

Thanks ZergSmasher, the details are all actually molded on, so it’s just the wonder of washes and going blind squinting so much.

Llamahead wrote:For a cheap source of Japanese monsters have a look at Rising Sun excellent board game as well.

I $1 backed Rising Sun, but I did not like the look of many of the Monsters. It’s just the art style. I’m not a huge Adrian Smith fan.....runs for cover . I like his 40k work and most of his ideas for Hate ($1 backer there, but that’s it), but his take on Japanese style didn’t fit mine.

Camkierhi wrote:Wonderful. Just catching up and fantastic to see you at it here. Brilliant colours and really catching the theme of your subject, great stuff sir, great stuff.

Thanks Cam, glad your back about, it’s always a loss when you are absent.

Well not much has been happening here game wise or paint wise. Setting up for a carnival at church tomorrow (does a one time event make me a Carny? I don’t smell of cabbage and I have rather large hands ). I stopped by the dollar shop to grab cookies , glad the wife’s doesn’t read my blogs and saw this little soon to be terrain.

I haven’t been able to find anything like it at Walmart or Hobby Lobby, so I grabbed one and if it works out more will follow.

That’s all for now. Milk and cookies calling

Always a bonus when you're quickly buying some provisions and spot a useful modelling item

Im not Dead...just resting....no, not even resting. Lot of time spent Mod-ing on the new Warlord forums, and getting reinterested in BtGoA.

So much so that I ordered a new C3starter set and vehicle and tried out a new paint scheme.


First day off from work in a week tomorrow. Still have to work at church and with the kids out of school not much free time. I’ll try and get stuff worked on and posted by the weekend. I figure about 2 weeks till I see my order arrive. Also waiting on my Zombicide Green Horde to show up in the next month or so.