Impetus: Takeda Samurai Cavalry

Hey Folks,

I've Finally finished the first Cavalry Unit for the Samurai, Makasage and his Hatamoto on horse with foot Samurai retainers.

This means my first Command is done! Yay.

Next up a small break from the Samurai as I'm painting a Kzinti Fleet for Star Trek: A Call to Arms and I also have some Modern 28mm Kiwi SAS on the painting table.

After that its back into the Samurai with the larger Takeda command.

Cheers
Jason

Impetus: The Seven Samurai

Hey Folks,

I've just finished my 6th Unit for my Takeda - none other than the fearsome Seven Samurai!

Completely wrong period of course but these Old Glory sculpts, whilst a bit heroic in parts, have a heap of character.

They will be a crappy FL Ronin unit but should look cool while they die...

Cheers
Jason

Impetus: Takeda Archers

Hey Folks,

Quick update. I've 99% finished a T unit of Makasakges Yumi (bow) armed Ashigaru as well as a unit of S Yumi armed Samurai (which are still crappy VBU 2, but look cool)

Just got to add the flock etc.

Next up The Seven Samurai as a FL Ronin unit :)

Cheers
Jason

Bolt Action: WTO vs ETO??!

Hey Folks,

Popped round to Nathan and Johns place last night for a game of Bolt Action and took on there Axis combined Kraut/ Hungarian force with my Japanese allied with oddly Adams US Marines??!

We faffed about a bit for the start as we tried to figure out how to play the Hold until Relieved mission. Marines and Japs surrounded the central position and then tried to force them out with some bloody and costly assaults. Highlight was Nathan's totally sweet 4Ground laser cut MDF buildings.

I borrowed a Italian M14/41 to use as a Chi Ha but it did nothing and then got blown up. Highlights were Adams Buffalo chugging up the river MGing Krauts and my Sniper scoring a totally sweet kill on an LMG team which caused them to run. Otherwise nobody was really in a dominant position so we ended it as a Draw.

Cheers
Jason

Impetus: Takeda Ashigaru 1st unit Done

Hey Folks,

The Takeda gather quickly to repulse the forces of Shingins epic enemy Kenshin:

http://roughwotr.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/the-official-rough-war-of-ring-wishlist.html?m=1

I have finished the first unit of Ashigaru with nagae-Yari or the Japanese equivalent of the European Pike. In Impetus this gives the the Long Spear rule. They are part of the retinue of Yamagata Makasakge and their Nobori (banner) carry his Mon. The troops have the uniformed Takeda sashimono. Makasakges troops were the famous "Red Fire" regiment that were the Vanguard of the Takeda. The inspired the later Ii "Red Devils" who fought under Tokugawa.

I've based the rest of the units and reprinted the Samurai Nobori to be part of Shingens Hatamoto, or personal guards.

Next up "crazy zen" Samurai S Yumi (skirmashing archers) and a unit of Ashigaru T Yumi (archers).

Cheers
Jason

Impetus: Takeda Ashigaru WIP

Hi Folks,

It's 6 plastic WGF Ashigaru with Yari, and an unpainted metal dude. Wow, what an update you might say...

I'm proud. These models may be cheap but they are a pain in my ass to build. That's what I get for being a cheap ass! Oh we'll, paint on them soon. :)

Impetus: Takeda Samurai

Second attempt at this post as the blogger app on my iThing had a moment, so here is the short version :)

Jamie and I are doing Impetus Samurai. I'm doing Takeda, he's doing Usegui.

First up a FP Samurai unit with Yari and a T Ashigaru unit with Teppo. Figures are crappy WGF (which are cheap and not too crap, but not Perry!) and some OG models I picked up on EBay. I like the fat heads as I'm going for a stylised screen print approach. Just got to flock em. Next up Ashigaru with Yari

Cheers
Jason

Bolt Action: 2nd IJA Jungle Fighter Squad

Hi Folks,

After an actual Family Holiday away with the Wife and Kids (something of a first for us as usually I have worked through Christmas) there was not a lot of time left for Hobby stuff.

I did however manage to get in a game of War of the Ring using Xelee's revised Noldor Elven army list which focuses on the forces of Rivendell.  I was facing the revised Men of Angmar which have also had teh revision hammer applied.  Overall the armies were quite balanced with some terrible luck on Jamie's part and some great luck on mine (go go pink dice :) ) resulting in a decisive win to the Elves. I was stoked as well as I also found 8 sweet High Elven Cohort Spearmen prior to the game I had forgotten I had, so now I have enough for four companies (32 models).

Today I finished the second squad for my Bolt Action Japanese army, for which the new PDF list is here: Bolt Action Japanese PDF

Now as BA is mostly same/ same the list has only a few variations, but one of them is that the Japanese can get bigger squads then most forces (7-15 men instead of 5-11)  which while cool means that my two small min sized squads dont work anymore as I lack the extra models for now...so I bumped this squad to 8 men as well.

2nd Squad Up.

These guys are really stealth...

Totally stealth Type 99 LMG Gunner

Two squads down, One BIG squad and supports to go.

I am also about to be reading this:

So will see how it is but looks interesting s far as its form the Japanese perspective.

Looking forward to trying out the BA: Japanese later on this week maybe.

Cheers
Jason

Bolt Action: 1st IJA Jungle Fighter Squad

Hey Folks and Merry Christmas,

After the early start and madness that was the Kids raking in there haul, eating too much (followed by the inevitable sugar crash) I managed to actually get some painting done.

I have had a game awhile ago vs Xelee's Russians (though thankfully without the T-34/85) and while we were sort of only vaguely knew the rules we had a blast. Following this the game seems short, bloody and somewhat (but not too brainfryingingly) tactical. The Initiative sequence is quite cool and unique.

I have had some Japanese Army models for a while and have decided to get them finished finally.  I have around 500pts but first up is a Veteran Jungle Fighter squad of the 第2師団 Daini shidan or 2nd Sendai Division which fought through the Dutch East Indies and Solomon's (where it lost 7000 men!) until finishing the war fighting in Burma, where it was annihilated.  Its call sign was "The Courageous Division"

NCO with the rare Type 100 SMG

"There are coming out of the trees!"

8 Veterans..., mostly with Ariska's, though also an NCO and a Type  99 LMG  Team

Type 99 LMG Gunner

And showing off the webbing

 As they are Jungle Fighters I decided to Jungle up the bases...the have 2 types of flock, silfor tufts, lichen and two different types of plastic aquarium plants I harvested form our fish tank. :)

I have a fire support squad of 6 more Experienced troops halfway done so far and plan to get the army done by end of January :)

Cheers
Jason

28mm Ruined Church and some Fields

Hey Folks,

This was a foamcore building I picked up awhile back for War of the Ring as part of a set that included some castle walls, towers and a couple of buildings.  It was whole but I "ruined" it so as to make it easier to game with.  The most time consuming part of any terrain build is the detail work and these were nicely textured as stone blocks.

I have keep it pretty basic and only added balsa wood floors, some rubble and a large wooden Cross on the exterior.  I have tired to keep it pretty non-descriptive so as to be able to use it all the way from 1066 Dark Ages SAGA/ Impetus through to WW2 Force on Force.  Likewise the earth texture is reddish with the grass quite light, so it should be able to be used in the Pacific as well as Europe (in Summer)

The Nave of the Church - it shouldn't really have an entrance here but oh well!

Looking down on the front section with Christian Cross

And with my "crop fields" - teddy bear fur stuck to MDF bases and lightly sprayed Dunkelgelb

A lone Japanese rifleman takes cover in the crops...

So this is the start of my new non-winter terrain table.  The crop fields could be used for any scale and I will look to add hedges and walls to border them for European style games, while in the Pacific they will just be long grass bordering tracks.  I will add some more buildings, a bell tower and Monks Rectory as well as a grave yard.  Together these could easily be a Dark Ages Abbey in Northern England or a Missionary post somewhere in Borneo - with the appropriate surrounding terrain.

Got a WW2 Japanese Section Done (6 men with a type 99 LMG) and a further 6 on the painting table - looking forward to trying out some Force on Force!

Thanks,
Jason

WW2: Pacfic - Japanese Rifleman

Hi Folks,

As seen over on Adams Blog there are some USMC and some WIP Diggers are to be found on Poochies Blog.

This is for a World War II: Pacific 28mm game we are working on, using Ambush Alley's Force on Force games rule.

I am doing Japanese; here is my first horribly sterotypical Bolt Action Miniatures Japanese rifleman.

Light is really crap (he isnt that yellow) and my Matt Varnish dosnt seem that Matt, but you get the idea.

Now,  back to doing work :)

Cheers
Jason