Outpost Wargaming Services 15mm Samurai

I like these figures and think they are great value.   They are based for Lion Rampant, the Samurai version naturally enough.

There used to be lots of pics of them on this blog, they disappeared (photobucket) but folk still looked for them.  That must been vexing for the reader and so now I’ve put them back. I think you'll be able to tell who's who and what's what so that's that.

More Carlists and conversions next.  Oh, and a couple of book recommendations for Christmas.

Retinues near completion.

I’m nearly finished my two Samurai retinues for Lion Rampant, the last two Ashigaru units are half painted, once done I’ve enough for a game of Lion Rampant.

As you can see I also invested in some Japanese Real Estate for added flavour.  These ones are made by Hovels.  I’ve made a couple of paddy fields too.

The colour scheme of the two sides is red and black respectively.   The blacks have opted for modernity and have firearms the reds are sticking with the bow.

All of these figures are from Outpost Wargames Services should they take your fancy.

HAI!

I seem to have my hand in now with the Samurai painting.  I’m just waiting for some smaller Warbases* to arrive for the single model bases and I’m just about getting there.

I confess I’m wondering if the glued on sashimono and swords are going to stand the test of time and play-perhaps a dab of white glue might be in order. Better safe than fiddly as it were.

Anyhow here’s the bunch so far.

If Lion Rampant continues to charm I might do a more retinues for The Cid and the 100 Years War.  I've also got a load of surplus Irish and Norman figures, steady there OB, steady. 

Meantime I await more Carlist War stuff coming into production.

* Speaking of which there's an outfit with real business moxy, spotted the gap and straight in.  I use nothing else these days.

A Box of Samurai

Many years have gone by since a box of Samurai arrived on my doorstep. They were from Outpost who make interesting stuff. Having cut my teeth on the ‘The Seven Samurai’ as a child and owning a box set of the films of Kurosawa enthusiasm ran high.  I also had a couple of Stephen Turnbull books full of lovely images-it should have been a breeze of a project.

I painted ten or so figures and none of them looked right. Somehow or other, I wasn’t getting it.  So, the box went into a cupboard and its contents were consigned to the ‘maybe’ list.  Until recently that is.

Lion Rampant by the indefatigable Dan Mersey made quite a stir a couple of years ago, and recently I bought a copy.  Someone produced the stats for a Samurai retinue and I reached for my box of Samurai which had enough figures for both sides.

Progress is being made as you can see on this page.