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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.

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Well

Well today I started off by printing the village water source…

Here it is next to the peasants… next up the fences…

I did some test prints of the rice for the paddy fields. I am not sure whether I will carry on with them as they are a bit on the small side. What I might do is blend them into the actual paddy field in 3D builder.

I printed the horse at 70%… way to big… really nice but looks like a Clydesdale compared to the rest!

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Rice Store

So the rice store is finished. It printed overnight, taking over six hours to do. It was one of the few models that needs support.

My plan with the buildings is to do a small settlement with three houses and the rice store. There will also be a couple of single buildings as well as the paddy fields dotted about… (Not to mention herds of water buffalo) 😂.

I just had to replace the print surface after a hole appeared…

Took the photo after I ripped it off!

This is what happens if you leave the hole…

Bump with attached build surface!