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Printed Sashimono

I didn’t bother ordering the sashimono when I got the new Samurai. I was going to use pins and either paper or Greenstuff for the banner part. I was not looking forward to it to be honest.

I then did a quick search on Thingiverse and found one and only one. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3763481

I decided to give it a go. I reduced the size to 30% and did a test print.

Smart new back banners!

Okay the pole part is a bit thick but I am really pleased with them.

These two took 7 minutes to print. So tomorrow I am going to batch print in multiples of ten until I have enough for all of the new ones.

Successful print… back to printing more boxes and barrels for the village.

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Samurai Cavalry…Again

Another little bit of work on these. Had a bit of an eventful day… more on that later…

All the skin tones are done (the white ones are face masks with moustaches)now as well as most of the boots and gloves (I say most as I am bound to have forgotten some). onto the trappings tomorrow. These will need to be painted white first then some bright colours added.

The eventful day was caused by the ball cock in the header tank of the hot water boiler snapping.. snapping is too strong a word, it fell off when I went to adjust it. Thankfully the overflow managed to cope and one of the local shops was open on a Sunday and thankfully had plumbing supplies… amazingly replacing it went pretty much without a hitch… apart from dropping my phone down behind a double wall. Thankfully it had the torch on so I could work out where it was and miraculously I could actually reach it without dismantling the kitchen.

Being stood on a ladder did not help the sprained ankle which is still bloody hurting a week later. 😢

We have been out in the sunshine With the bows the last few days and have broken this side of the target box…

I have to go into work to tomorrow to let in one of my staff to get a school iPad to allow her to work from home. I will get some more work ready to send home for the kids.

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Samurai Cavalry Update….

This evening my eldest daughter didn’t fancy another night in the caravan so being the doting father that I am I returned the massive distance of 15m back into the house.

On the upside it means I got to paint things..

Still a long way to go on these but they are getting there. I think they are looking rather colourful even with all the unpainted bits.

The village buildings are sprayed…

Guess which numpty forgot to texture the Greenstuff!

Today I gave the old longbow and airing… the blue one on the ground has a 24lb draw on it… the long bow is nearly double the draw weight at 47lb. I nearly ruptured myself drawing the bloody thing.

We caught the arrow just about to leave the bow!

Tomorrow I hope to get some work done on the cavalry and maybe the buildings too.

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Last Post …For a While

Oh woe is me. I am being dragged to the caravan for the weekend. My son has decreed we are staying in fir two days…which personally I think is a tad unfair as I have my blog posts to do. I was going to take some miniatures and a bit of paint with me but he is having none of it…

He has filled it full of games, we have everything from One Night a Werewolf to unlock the room Games.

The bedding has been deposited in it and breakfast things too. He is nothing if not thorough.

The view to the front isn’t too bad….

The more astute of you will recognise the view…

At least we don’t have to fight our way through the traffic to get there. Might even manage to get WiFi from the house out there. On the upside the power cable reaches too, so we have lights and power too.

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Samurai Cavalry WIP

Spent a while tonight spraying the village with undercoat and then when Monster University was on I got to work on some more of the cavalry.

I think all of the horses are painted now and most of the clothing too. Sadly I can’t remember what Green I used so the Sashimono on the green troops is a different shade!

I do think these are going to look colourful when they are done.

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Village with added Greenstuff

Tonight we ended up watching Monsters Inc as a family so no painting. But I did manage to get the Greenstuff out and attack the gaps in the houses.

It’s only when you see it like this that you realise how many actual gaps there were. I have probably wrecked the end of my finger doing this as I found it more effective than the silicone shapers. Problem with using a finger is that everything is rough on these!

The printer wasn’t turned on at all today… a very unusual occurrence. The filament is running down and I want to do some more animals with the remains before adding a whole new roll on.

When the Greenstuff is dry tomorrow I will get the buildings undercoated and start painting them up. over the next few days.

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Paddy Fields

Today I printed some more rice paddies as opposed to some Irish poet. They are pretty basic to be honest due to their size but they do the job. I also printed lots of rice to go in them still another pile to do! Can you tell I am trying to use up the remains of the roll of filament?

I also printed the end for the big house. So that is the village complete. Well apart from all of the other things I am going to print such as more rice stores and cattle etc.

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Tricoloured Samurai Cavalry

Well I decided to go for the 3,2,2 formation on the cavalry and went red, green and black.

Still a bit to do on them but I am pleased with the colours chosen. I might repaint the trapping on the nearest rear horse. I went for purple and it didn’t show up. The other two are done in orange. We had a club discord tonight so spent a good while chatting with other geeks about random gaming crap.

Once these are finished then I have four more bases of cavalry to finish… and then onto the additional ones.. but my original DBA army will be done 😉.

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The Village Grows

No painting tonight, but some more printing done. Because I am a plonker, I built too many buildings and not enough wooden roofs… the answer make a smaller house and a bigger house with a thatched roof. Ok. I do need to print a couple of thatch ends, but I had the main centre but done anyway…

The larger house is below…

I reckon I will stop printing houses soon. I will try another veranda and shed though before I finish. Next up will be a few more paddy fields and a wooden fence or six. I am quite excited by this new project, but then again I get excited by all of my projects!

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Samurai Cavalry

So tonight I started on the cavalry. Gave one a start as a test to the single armour colour for a base and I think it looks ok. Still a fair bit to paint, but it is a start.

Probably shouldn’t have photographed red things on a red background!

I decided on different colours on the clothes, scabbards and horses as it gave them a bit of a different appearance. The Sashimono, once painted, will have the same pattern for each sub unit. Red would seem a suitable colour at this point 😂.

Next conundrum is whether I split them into two or three smaller clans.

Option one.. two units of thee and one of three…
Option two… a unit of three and a unit of four

I really can’t decide to be honest so any help greatly appreciated.

Tomorrow I am back to work after the Easter break. I am going in to sort out packs to send home to the kids. Most of my teaching will be done from home.