Starting Bushido

This stage of the project is complete. Time to get some games in. I have some eastern lanterns and scatter terrain I could use. In addition I bought a Deepcut Descension mat.

I need to get some games in now and see how I get on with the game.

I was lucky enough to score half the Bushido starter for free. Three minis from Clan Ito and their cards.

I wasn’t drawn to this faction but having painted them they were good fun to work on. I’m tempted to get a few more. For the moment I just need three minis for a 40 rice starter.

Couple of additional minis to get me up to a larger force. I think I can run the Blue Gale theme with these.

Two cool looking minis I tried to add some texture to with the paint job.

Well one of my minis was going to get their own entry and Hirohibo got the nod. This is a funny mini. I like it a lot but sometimes it looks like an awkward bird and sometimes it looks deadly. He’s a mean bugger though and I’m happy with the metallics.

Narahobo was the mini that drew me to the Descension but my magic owl appears to be there remove effects. Not sure how much you can do with him but I’m hoping he proves better than I’ve first expected.

Seibo is quite dynamic but awkward to pose.

Shubo didn’t particularly enthuse me but Honbo is a mean looking bird chap. Lots of texture on his attire which I tried to bring out.

Our local enabler attended Salute this year and several of us put in orders for Bushido sets. I got the Descenion starter a long with The Blue Gale Scout and Tarobo. I have no particular plan for a list. Just got stuff I liked.

The minis are metal and have a lot of detail. The cards give each mini a name and sense of character.

Seems like objectives range from several small objectives on 30mm bases to a couple of large ojectives on 50mm bases.

I had some eastern looking lion statues from Antenocitis. I magnetised them to their bases and gave them a couple of themes. The first set were a kind of weathered statue look. The second set had a weathered metallic feel.

The large objectives I printed with a scale up lamp stl. I think the looked ok.

I also forgot to note the colours used. I’ve been really rushing to finish the first stage of this project.

Some minis in the pics for scale.

Bushido supplies a card for each unit and cards for other purposes. 3D Alien Worlds has a card box stl which I print. The box came with several, circular inserts you could glue to the front. I went for dull red look with corner pieces painted grey and dry brushed with Caribbean Blue.

This was the big one. A much longer print than the others but I loved the finish. The roof came in two parts so I added a bit of green stuff to fill the join.

Again I used simple base colours and washes. The roof and bell were drybrushed with Scale Color Caribbean Blue SC-49.

The stls for this kit are a really nice set. The houses come in easily printed sections that let you customise the look of your buildings. This house used three sections with end pieces. To cover the lines on the floor of the three adjoined pieces you can print the pieces of a floor. Looks good.

I used the roof style of stones keeping the slats down on something. I’ve no idea if it’s realistic. I just liked it.

The print including some fixing stones. I realise now I glued them in the wrong place. The house posts should’ve appeared embedded in them. Hey ho.

Paint scheme was pretty basic basing and dry brushing. I used Vallejo’s Woodgrain tint to the inside pieces. The door is openable in theory but the fit was so tight it won’t be moving.

The game is played on a 2’x2′ table. I think you can go to 3’x3′ but that’s for another day.

At the time I was considering this 4Ground had a Bushdio terrain set on offer that looked good. It had fairly pastoral vibe. I was near convinced to buy this before I’d chosen a faction. However once I settled on the Descension – bird dwellers living high in mountainous, snowy regions – this terrain didn’t really fit. I was flip flopping on this till someone directed me to 3DAlienWorlds.

This fit the bill and the stls are cheap. Cool, I’m sold. I printed both gates and while they frayed a bit on the rope I thought that looked ok.

Paintjobs were simple, base colours mainly. I used Agrax Earthshade for some quick weathering on the smaller gates and the ropes. The roofs were drybrushed with Scale ColoR SC-49, Caribbean Blue.

A few of us have decided to kick off with Bushido. Since we’re all starting from scratch I’ll be making a table and a faction. With time I’ll see if I can get a small selection from a second faction for demos.

The lovely thing about Bushido is the game doesn’trequire many figures and uses a small table. Just a 2×2.

I’m going with the Descension, a race of bird people with some humans who live and admire them.