Redvers and Son Get Into Bushido

Playing with painted miniatures is better than playing with bare metal/resin miniatures, so address this situation, I have been working my way through the models that we have collected so far. I’m not the quickest painter (and my lack of success on the hobby pledge thread is evidence of just how slowly I do paint) and I usually paint 15mm FoW models, so 28mm Eastern influenced models will be both a pleasant change as well as a challenge.

To break myself in easily, the first model that I tackled was from the Bushido starter set and is a Ronin called Taiyo. He is able to fight for the Temple of Ro-Kan but not for my Cult of Yurei. He’s very mush a support character, being able to provide ammunition to those with ranged weapons to keep them firing. He’s also listed as a peasant on his card, so no fancy clothing for him.

Taiyo is a resin model and I’ve primed him with Mr hobby grey primer and then given him a zenithal highlight.

I’m going to make the clothes quite muted (he is a peasant). I’ve gone for a light grey with white highlights for the under garments while the jacket is a camo biege. I’ve provided the shadows with glazes from a camo beige and brown mix, while the highlights are a off white/camo beige mix.

I then forgot to take photos of the next steps as this happened over several nights. But the leggings were a mid brown, washed and then highlighted. The skin I mixed up from the Army Painted skin set. The chest on the back was a flat earth, washed and then glazed with lighter brown shades to create different wood colouring and shadow/highlight – the final highlight was Iraqi Sand. 

The hair was a simple grey given a couple of washes of nuln oil. Rope work was scruffulous brown with a wash and highlight of scruffulous brown/Iraqi Sand. This was then given several varnish coats starting with a gloss, then an acrylic matt and then two coats of AK Interactive’s matt varnish to really ensure there is no shine.

The base was primed and then once the model attached, I’ve used the Vallejo wet mud acrylic paste. A summer grass static grass mix was applied to the top. This was secured with a scenic cement. The rim painted black and then the LoS lines applied with an ice blue. The rim was then varnished. Finally, I stuck a couple of small magnets into the base and covered these in polyfila. This ensures that the model doesn’t move in the metal lined storage tray and it also provides a little bit of extra weight. 

And job done. Taiyo ready for combat (or at least ready to supply other models in combat).