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[Axebreaker]

This is the start of my Impetus Shimazu Samurai project.Why choose the Shimazu clan? The reason is I really like their background as an underdog clan that is tough as old boots. While they are not a tiny clan or even what I\'d term small, they are also not what I\'d call a super huge clan either and this really appealed to me as I like the smaller or less well known clans more then the really big well known powerful ones. The clan will include allies from the Arima clan which is a small clan they teamed up with to defeat another larger clan. The colours and mons from these clans I also like.

First up are some Ashigaru Arquebusier.I decided for a brown armour for my Ashigaru mostly because I like earth tones and since I\'ll be painting Ashigaru more then Samurai I should use colours I really enjoy the most. Of course the Samurai will wear various coloured armour.

I wanted a nice contrasting colour to the brown, but again opted out on the more common black,white,red and instead went with a light blue which works out very well for me.

Thanks for viewing:)

More to come.













Christopher

[DonVoss]

Great work, Christopher... :thumbup:

How many bases are ahead of you... 8o

Really like the way the base tells a story, with the handout of the amunition.

DV

[Axebreaker]

Thank you and I need to do roughly 10 plus a camp and that will have me set at around 300pts or so.

Christopher

[Wraith]

Wow and very inspiring... I need to speed up my work on that project, so we can have a game together then.
Looking forward to see more Inspiration from your side.

[xothian]

as always .. great choice of colors !  :thumbsup:
and choosing shimazu is even better tough as you said and politically very intelligent  .. where are the cannons

ciao chris

[Axebreaker]

@wraith
Thank you and looking forward to seeing what you do too and a game!

@Chris
Thank you and indeed! :vinsent:

Christopher

[Zwerch mit Ohren!!!]

wunderbar, habe hier schon lange keine Samurai (oder Ashigaru^^) gesehen. Nur weiter und die Bilder nicht vergessen

Gruß
Zwerch!!!

[vodnik]

...ja genau, auch ich möchte gern mehr Bilder sehen. Diese Teposchützen sehen schon \'mal super aus :thumbsup:

[sharku]

sehr schön. aber \"musketenschützen\" hatten meistens (soweit ich das weis) andere arten der befestigungen..... so eine art gitterzaun aus holz wo sie leicht durchschießen konnten und sie aber von den nahkämpfern geschützt waren.... die bogenschützen ashigaru haben diese holzschilde benutzt.... aber bin kein profi was diese epoche angeht....

die bemalung und die gestaltung des base ist wie gewohnt großartig!

[HaWior]

Immer wieder schön anzusehen diese Impetus Diorama-Bases. Alles sehr gut in Szene gesetzt.

[Tellus]

Great job, very pleasing colors :thumbup:  :thumbup:
Reminds me of my Impetus-Samurai-Project which got stuck at the point of cleaning up

[Schrumpfkopf]

Absolutly awe inspiring stand.

sehr schön. aber \"musketenschützen\" hatten meistens (soweit ich das weis) andere arten der befestigungen..... so eine art gitterzaun aus holz wo sie leicht durchschießen konnten und sie aber von den nahkämpfern geschützt waren.... die bogenschützen ashigaru haben diese holzschilde benutzt.... aber bin kein profi was diese epoche angeht....

die bemalung und die gestaltung des base ist wie gewohnt großartig!

DIese Pavisen hatten die Musketenschuetzen meines Wissens sogar selbst getragen.

[Axebreaker]

Thank you everyone for the kind comments!

sehr schön. aber \"musketenschützen\" hatten meistens (soweit ich das weis) andere arten der befestigungen..... so eine art gitterzaun aus holz wo sie leicht durchschießen konnten und sie aber von den nahkämpfern geschützt waren.... die bogenschützen ashigaru haben diese holzschilde benutzt.... aber bin kein profi was diese epoche angeht....

die bemalung und die gestaltung des base ist wie gewohnt großartig!

The type of manlets were not specific to one class thus different types and shapes were used by all . The fence like one I believe your referring to was primarily but not exclusively used vs Cavalry and if they expected to encounter a great deal then that was a good choice, but if facing large numbers of Ashigaru then one need to prepare vs arrows more then cavalry making a solid manlet more appropriate. It also depended at what was at hand.

Reminds me of my Impetus-Samurai-Project which got stuck at the point of cleaning up

:laugh1: ......My sympathies as I well understand how fine the detail was on these making clean up a task indeed.

Christopher

[Hanno Barka]

Outstanding Work Christopher!
Beside it\'s so cool that you choose the Shimazu clan. When we started to plan Samurai here I also wanted to do the Shimazus but one of my mates persuaded me to choose Takeda as he wanted to do Uesugi and is a big fan of the yearly Kawankajima festival... So I went for Takeda - well impersonating the tragic faction of Kagemusha is a great compensation But for the Shimazus beeing underdogs - I disagree with that - they may not be so well known in the West as the houses of Hojo, Uesugi, Takeda, Oda and Tokugawa but they were a major clan even before and throughout the period and managed to hold their provinces which were roughly as big as the ones of the Hojos or Takedas for the whole period and even the fact that they sided with the wrong side at Sekigahara did them no big harm except that of coursetheir power declined like all houses in the following Tokugawa period.
It\'s really a pity that you life so far away otherwise your Shimazus would make a spectacular Impetus opponent for my Takedas.
But back to topic again - I bow in reverence before your painting skills

[Axebreaker]

Thank you.

I disagree with that - they may not be so well known in the West as the
houses of Hojo, Uesugi, Takeda, Oda and Tokugawa but they were a major
clan even before and throughout the period and managed to hold their
provinces which were roughly as big as the ones of the Hojos or Takedas
for the whole period and even the fact that they sided with the wrong
side at Sekigahara did them no big harm except that of coursetheir power
declined like all houses in the following Tokugawa period.

I did say they were not a tiny or small clan. They were indeed a large clan, but not as famous as some big names are probably due to location more then anything I suppose. By underdogs I meant many of the battles they fought in they were frequently(but not always) outnumbered by as much as 2 to 1 or more and still they came out on top thus earning them the phrase \"tough as old boots\" by me.

Christopher