'East' from SeanM: Ashigaru

Good Day, Eh!

Taking a break from my winter screening of Strange Brew, here is my entry for the East Challenge, a 30 man Ashigaru unit with yari, from various manufacturers.

I was inspired by colour palette of the Oda arquebusiers pictured the Osprey "Samurai 1550-1600" colour plate F, which was also used in the Ronin ruleset, although I will not pretend to have Kev Dallimore levels of talent. The bulk of the unit are 25 Ashigaru from Wargames Factory. These definitely show the benefit of experience, and are a much cleaner offering than the Celts from my first post. The only soft details are in the arms, there really isn't much besides the armour plates to grab a drybrush or a highlight. There are three poses; at rest, kneeling and advancing, and you are pretty much locked into the arm options based on the pose.

Note that these yari are long, not spear sized, but pike sized. This causes a few ranking issues, but overall, like the Celts, they consistently stay within their bases.

The first rank are a mixed bunch. The musician with the conch shell and the bannerman are EM4 pre-paints that have had an arm swap and a weapon swap, respectively. They are here because a photo with two blank files would just look awkward. The leader is from a manufacturer I can't recall, the chap with the spear above his head is from Old Glory/West Wind Samurai Wars and the guy with the one hand grip is from Reaper. I tried to add some colour to these guys, as they would have better gear than the munitions kit of the rank and file. Plus, they had to make the bannerman not stand out to much (fail!).

I hope I'm getting better at this photography thing.

Anyways, that is 28 - 28mm figs for the East Challenge!

TTFN,
Sean.