Hi all, finally got a face to face game sorted after 16 months of waiting. the armies i bought from Pendraken earlier this year and it was great to finally get some gaming time done using them!
Gluing all of those teeny weeny flags on was worth it i think?
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Anyway, for anyone interested, here is the link to the Batrep on my blog
https://rubbsalotsmancave.blogspot.com/2021/08/10mm-samurai-game-using-fantatsic.html (https://rubbsalotsmancave.blogspot.com/2021/08/10mm-samurai-game-using-fantatsic.html)
I'm new around here so if this breaches any rules my apologies.
cheers
That's a good start! Welcome aboard, and it's good to see Japanese battles that look like battles.
First Welcome - good looking battle, have fun in the forum, we are all insane :P :P
Great battle report, nice pictures of beautiful figures.
As a first post it's hard to beat!
Welcome to the forum.
You may find, if you haven't already, that it is warm, welcoming, well read, well informed and well weird by turns :)
Welcome and jolly pretty armies there.
I strongly disagree that "we are all insane", its just that every time we see a picture of an army, we have an urge to put orders in for yet more shiny figures but expect that this time they will get painted and played with instead of put in drawer for later.
:'( :'(
I must not start a new period,
I must not start a new period,
I must not start a new period,
.......
But what would have happened at Sekigahara, if....? :d :d
Great report and lovely looking figures.
Hello and welcome too.
Nice work, Sir.
Quote from: DecemDave on 03 August 2021, 03:44:57 PM
I must not start a new period,
I must not start a new period,
I must not start a new period,
Resistance is futile !!!!! :d
Welcome Rubbsalot :-h
A very impressive looking game :-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Excellent ! :-bd
...and welcome from me, too. :-h
Cheers - Phil. :)
Welcome on board :). That's a superb looking game and certainly well worth gluing on all of those banners, as the visual spectacle is a joy to behold 8).
Welcome! That's a superb looking game. I've just done one unit of banners so far at it was pretty fiddly so very impressed at your forces and battle report!
Thanks for the lovely welcome and comments on the game/armies. We hope to do another next month.
To anyone doing an army and adding the sashimono flags i found that the best way was to lay two small bands of blutac on a small mdf base about one cm apart, then lay the figure base into the bottom one. Next lay the flag into the top one and align them before adding a spot of glue. that way the glue doesnt mix with the blutac which can be a pain. - probs easier to show than describe so may take some pics of the process next time i do some units. (yes theres more coming- i have a problem)
Quote from: Rubbsalot on 04 August 2021, 09:03:17 AM
(yes theres more coming- i have a problem)
Sorry there is no cure, spent lots trying to get one :'( :'( :'(
Great looking armies, and a great game.
I've only gone with a couple of banners per unit, but am starting to feel that I need to increase the numbers a bit.
How did you create the commanders camps? I've been thinking about doing something similair, but I'm not quite sure the best way to proceed?
Quote from: fred. on 04 August 2021, 10:15:33 AM
Great looking armies, and a great game.
I've only gone with a couple of banners per unit, but am starting to feel that I need to increase the numbers a bit.
How did you create the commanders' camps? I've been thinking about doing something similair, but I'm not quite sure about the best way to proceed?
They're just curtains on frames; you don't have to be a Michelangelo, Bernini, Donatello, Praxiteles, Techno, or anyone of that kind.
They're cracking, and then some.
Like others, I too must not start a new period. Really.
Interested in some pics of your banner method though!
I thought a lot about how to make the maku camps but felt the easy route was the best by which i mean using bits n bobs i had to hand.
I made the base by glueing together some smaller mdf stands that i use for the units. i then used more smaller pieces of mdf to build the curtain wall. After that i painted it and added transfers before tackling the huge flags. For these, I used some steel spearshafts i had as cut offs from a previous project. i bent a curve onto the end and cut down some paper labels to make the flag. then they were painted and decals added. they were then glued to the curtain wall. I experimented with pva and tissue paper to make thjem look more fabric but it results were poor.
I wont lie it took ages- plus a lot of time being researching the wretched things.
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bases glued together -minibits from pendraken
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intermediate - see top right
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Finito
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hopefully i got the images to work there.
Well done, those are really, really good.
As you say, the flags and banners really make the difference.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 04 August 2021, 10:20:36 AM
They're just curtains on frames; you don't have to be a Michelangelo, Bernini, Donatello, Praxiteles, Techno, or anyone of that kind.
Irregular Miniatures make very good 15mm versions of the command camp screens: code FSA20 (I used these in my 10mm painting competition Pendraken Samurai Apes army command base)
They fit 10mm really well IMHO - as they need to be tall enough to stop a mounted individual looking over the top of them (or firing a musket or shooting a bow at the Commander!).
Thanks Rubbsalot - very useful build instructions
Quote from: Big Insect on 04 August 2021, 12:56:56 PM
Irregular Miniatures make very good 15mm versions of the command camp screens: code FSA20 (I used these in my 10mm painting competition Pendraken Samurai Apes army command base)
That is a very handy tip - I'll have a look - wouldn't have thought to look in the 15mm ranges
Quote from: DHautpol on 04 August 2021, 12:56:18 PM
Well done, those are really, really good.
As you say, the flags and banners really make the difference.
thanks very much!
Quote from: Big Insect on 04 August 2021, 12:56:56 PM
Irregular Miniatures make very good 15mm versions of the command camp screens: code FSA20 (I used these in my 10mm painting competition Pendraken Samurai Apes army command base)
They fit 10mm really well IMHO - as they need to be tall enough to stop a mounted individual looking over the top of them (or firing a musket or shooting a bow at the Commander!).
i did see those at some point just assumed they were too big - doh!
Quote from: Big Insect on 04 August 2021, 12:56:56 PM
Irregular Miniatures make very good 15mm versions of the command camp screens: code FSA20 (I used these in my 10mm painting competition Pendraken Samurai Apes army command base)
Approximately how big is one of these (length) and I assume they are 1 to a pack?
Need to check fred - I'll dig out the army and do a bit of measuring (& I'll get back to you)
I'm not sure how many in the pack (it was a while ago I bought them), but if you email Ian @ Irregular he's a nice chap and will tell you how many etc.
You can see what they look like if you go to the 2021 Painting Competition thread and search down the Individual Base category [ http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,20651.0.html ] and look for the Big Insect Samurai Apes Command base entry.
Quote from: Big Insect on 04 August 2021, 05:37:27 PM
You can see what they look like if you go to the 2021 Painting Competition thread and search down the Individual Base category [ http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,20651.0.html ] and look for the Big Insect Samurai Apes Command base entry.
Thanks - those aren't the ones I was remembering - but they look good. There are also some ones built using the Pendraken bamboo fences on another entry, which may be another option
Great figures, love the Maku Camps....Now there's an idea ....I feel an email coming on...