Bogenwald

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.

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.

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.

Tonight I just did three minis from start to finish. I have decided that these would be some ronin. Not sure why, probably because they aren’t wearing helmets.

I painted each in different coloured armour, but made the clothing shades of grey to sort of down play the colours a bit. As for armour, one is in black, another in green and the one with the funky hairstyle is in red.

As can be seen I also finished the hero, apart from his second Sashimono which needs another coat of purple and then some form of mon on it.

All in all I am quite pleased with how these turned out. Tomorrow I will hopefully get some more done. Still undecided on all one colour or multi coloured armour like those above. The quickest will be all in one, but it may not be that historically accurate. Decisions, decisions… not sure which way to go.

I have the cavalry to paint now and as such there are pretty much half with bows and half with yari. I could do them as two different clans either as the same colour or just through their Sashimono…arrgggh I hate making decisions!

So tonight I managed to get the archers finished. My original plan was to have them all different colours but in the end the bows, quiver and swords were all the same. Each has a red scabbard and blue quiver. I worked on the principle that the local lord would supply the weapons.

So I now have the horde of peasants and the archers finished.

I have nine monks on foot and three on horseback and another eighteen Ashigaru with yari. Add in a few bases of Samurai as Ronin and then I have a nice rebellious force.

The other thing I managed to do tonight was to get the hero nearly done…

Speaking of archers…

Another exciting bit of news… I passed 4000 visitors today. So thank you to everyone who has visited. Totally blown away by that.

I managed to get some paint onto the peasant archers. Okay they are Ashigaru, but they look a bit more rag tag than ‘uniformed’ warriors as seen in the films…

These still need the swords, quivers, hair and sashes done. But they should be done by tomorrow night.

The next problem I have is to decide on how am I going to paint the Samurai. Do I go for the random bright colours or do I go for the film version and have various groups in the same coloured armour. Any ideas greatly appreciated.