More Eye Candy

Introduction

I've not been doing much blogging recently - either writing my own articles or reading other people's.  Here's a nice, simple posting to try to get me back into the swing of things.  It's just a catalogue of recently-finished models, but still I home you enjoy it.

Recently Finished

Everything in one picture.  These are all the models I've completed in the last 3 or so weeks, I think.

A Torii gate from Sarissa Precision, with a lot of filler added to hide the "steps" between the layers of MDF.  This is a ceremonial gate associated with a Shinto sacred place (it might be a temple, but it might equally be something else).  It's a huge and very imposing model that could be used as a less dramatic structure for 54mm or even larger models, I think.

After Sir Henry's achievements in our most recent campaign game of Pulp Alley (see here for details), I decided that I needed to be able to represent him in his diving suit.  Well, here he is...

Hippos from Wargames Foundry.  I dithered over these for quite a long while as they're quite expensive.  In the end, I decided that (a) they're good representations of the animal [not necessarily true of all manufacturers' hippos] and (b) I liked the idea of the waterline and half-submerged versions as well as the one on dry land.

More Greek Mythology, also courtesy of Wargames Foundry.  On the left is the winged hero and Argonaut Zetes, son of Boreas, god of the north wind, and on the right is the Hydra.  I wasn't convinced by Foundry's hydra model when I saw the picture in their catalogue, but with a different colour scheme and camera angle, I think it looks impressive!

It's been a while since I finished any new stuff for Frostgrave, I think.  Here are a wizard and apprentice, colour-matched and ready for adventure.  Both are from North Star, though I forget which school of magic they represent.

More Test of Honour figures now.  This is Tadashi the Dishonoured (sp?), leader of a band of ronin.  He's followed by 3 more thuggish, disinherited samurai.

To add some missile power to my "bushi" samurai, I've recently painted these arquebusiers from Perry Miniatures.  3 are in red for use by my Takeda clan, whilst the 3 in black have Oda clan markings.

I've painted some other Perry Miniatures samurai.  Here are 5 bases of casualties and I think that these are some of the best figures I've come across in a long time.  The poses are life-like (or "death-like", if you prefer) and the sculpting is excellent!  I particularly like the wounded samurai being helped to leave the field by one of his faithful retainers whilst using his sword as a walking stick.  The grimace on his face hints at the pain the injured man is feeling, though his code of honour requires him to hide such weakness.

I like the samurai casualty models so much that I've added another picture of them.  The slightly different angle shows the detail on the fallen figures much better.

Conclusion

Well, that's it - for now!  Please let me know what you think of these models.  Also, feel free to ask questions about anything I may have missed.