I have been busy, off and on, painting the Dixon Miniatures (http://www.dixon-minis.com/) for the game of Ronin. I also managed to find a few figures for villagers or towns people.
I haven't yet given names to the figures or to the bands which they are divided into.
In the game the bands are called Buntai but that is for a band of soldiers. Mine are Ronin bands which I will give suitable names for when I think of them.
Below are pictures of each band with two headmen/lords and the villagers/porters. I have tried to use as many colours to give the widest variety that I can. This included really old Games Workshop (www.games-workshop.com) paints (including rotting flesh for zombies) as well as the new ones the few inks I have left and the shades.. The old paints are over 10 years old so they made them to last in the 'old' days
I haven't yet given names to the figures or to the bands which they are divided into.
In the game the bands are called Buntai but that is for a band of soldiers. Mine are Ronin bands which I will give suitable names for when I think of them.
Below are pictures of each band with two headmen/lords and the villagers/porters. I have tried to use as many colours to give the widest variety that I can. This included really old Games Workshop (www.games-workshop.com) paints (including rotting flesh for zombies) as well as the new ones the few inks I have left and the shades.. The old paints are over 10 years old so they made them to last in the 'old' days
This last 'Patch' is my favourite figure so far. Full of character and, hopefully, a more than decent leader and fighter. I have tried to balance the bands to give each a more than fighting chance in the struggles to come. Some have similarity of clothing to make it easier to identify bands i.e. basket style hats, rain capes, white stones on the bases and logs.
I am hoping to find more villagers. I got all these off eBay and have no idea of the manufacturer/s. If anyone has any ideas please let me know.
The Buddha is from the local pet store so I have given it an initial colouring of gold with a large ruby any bandit would be pleased to own!
Today I received the first batch of 4ground (http://www.4ground.co.uk/shogunate-japan) buildings, a rice barn; peasant small holders dwelling and two peasant labourers dwellings. Differing sizes of playing area are advised for different sizes of points used for each game starting at 2'x2', 3'x3' and 4'x4'. I am thinking that I will use 3x2 and 4x3 initially though I have not yet fully decided. These four will do for a small village to fight over. I also want a cross roads as that would be a good place to find victims for a band hiding in the woods. It would give an initial ground to fight over.
The boards could be used for a big battle between Egyptians and Indians I am planning. Lots of bows and chariots sounds good to me!
