The Marvelous Miscellany of MMcV

[fred.]

Great write up mmcv

When I have been putting together my Sengoku armies, the key thing I learnt was that colour wasn't a key differentiator. It was the symbol, the Mon, that was. And within a force these could be in different colours or on different coloured backgrounds. This does rather break with my expectations of military colours, but of course it is from the other side of the world, so cultural will have different expectations and norms.

And as mmcv notes - too much is inferred back from the Edo period, or is just presented as the Edo period items where always the case (this is not unlike the Victorian English view of history!)

[mmcv]

Some sengoku era ashigaru, Shimazu clan:







Also been working on some new terrain pieces:



The trees are coming on well but the attempts at hedgerows tend to fall off the stick every time I try. Wondering if I should try superglue rather than PVA for the base layer.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice. Love the Mon choice too

[Steve J]

Another nice unit and the trees are coming along nicely.

[Westmarcher]

Might even get away with some UHU for the hedgerows. Nice figs., by the way. 

[Techno II]

Very nice work, Matthew ! 

Cheers - Phil.

[John Cook]

The trees are coming on well but the attempts at hedgerows tend to fall off the stick every time I try. Wondering if I should try superglue rather than PVA for the base layer.

I wouldn't use superglue for that.  PVA ought to work - I've used it for hedgerows using plastic washing-up scourer pads glued to MDF.  You could try an impact adhesive like Evo-stick though UHU, as suggested already, should work too. 

[mmcv]

Thanks!

For the hedges I'd painted a lolly pop stick, ran a line of thick PVA down it then stuck on various clumps. Then sprayed down with watered down PVA. I'm wondering if I didn't let the base PVA dry enough before applying the watered down PVA, or used too much watered down so it ended up soaking in and diluting the base layer making it all come apart again.

[Steve J]

I stick mine on with Evostick contact adhesive and then when dry, cover with diluted pva to stiffen them up. I imagine the diluted pva did cause the original pva to go soft again in your case.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

UHU workd on my fish tank foliage, mouting them on MDF. Let it set for a while, and you may need to prop the foliage in place initally.

[mmcv]

I suspect that's what it was. I'll have to have a rummage in the glue drawer and see if I have any uhu or the like. Alternatively, presoaking the clumps before sticking might also work. Saying that, when I checked them today they were sticking a little better, so maybe just giving them longer to dry out between applications will help too.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Poundland is your friend there  - normally

[mmcv]

Haven't gotten back to the hedges and trees yet but have made a few command bases and banners for the early feudal Japanese.

Provincial mounted commanders and banner:









Minamoto General with his retinue and Battle Standard:

[steve_holmes_11]

Looks like the Glasgow Celtic have a contingent.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very cool

[Techno II]

Looks like the Glasgow Celtic have a contingent.

(But why have the red ones got an upside down cannabis leaf on the banners ?)

Very nice work, Matthew ! 

Cheers - Phil.

[mmcv]

Looks like the Glasgow Celtic have a contingent.

Ha I hadn't made that connection but now that you mention it...

(But why have the red ones got an upside down cannabis leaf on the banners ?)

Very nice work, Matthew ! 

Cheers - Phil.

The Genpei War was actually an early drug war over which samurai clan's drug cartel could supply the court and the Emperor.

[Techno II]

Oooooh  .....You're making that up.

Cheers - Phil.

[mmcv]

Oooooh  .....You're making that up.

Cheers - Phil.

Haha, maybe, though if you replace "drug" with "power and influence" it's not far off!

[FierceKitty]

Tea was to Sengoku Japan was cocaine is to the Russian Mafia today.