Friday 21 July 2017

Yuui Ito

Hi all

More offerings from my newest Bushido faction - Clan Ito.  This time let me introduce you to Yuui Ito, one of the awesome Hebi...

Another daughter of Orochi, a ferocious warrior gifted with great prowess in battle and the honour of Orochi’s snake form body. She slithers across the battlefield seeking out the cowards in the shadows and dispatching them in Orochi’s name. Although not of the Ito bloodline Yuui has risen amongst the ranks of the followers of Orochi, a rise that has not gone unnoticed by many Ito, who by birth should outrank her. 

Yuui is a cracking model and nice addition to the faction, for just 7 rice you get a 3MS model with all the benefits of being part snake! She has better than average speed at 5, is "light footed" meaning she ignores movement penalties for crossing terrain and is "steady" meaning she cannot be made prone by special attacks.  With her armour (1) and 8 wounds she can take a bit of punishment in combat, even better she can use her Ki feat "grapple" and immobilise her opponent setting them up for a beating by her kin.  With her hebi trait "blood of orochi" I can use her in the "Blessed" Theme and she contributes to the poison pool that allows me to grant poisoned weapons to some of my fighters!  Finally her ki feat "detect" allows her to sniff out those pesky ninjas!  All in all 7 rice well spent....



So the painting of Yuui followed my general theme, with green clothing and lots of gold ringlets around her tail and stuff. I gave her the trademark yellow viper eyes and repeated the colour on her underbelly.  The upper side of her tail I made a dark red to fit my "viper" theme and its not easy to tell from these photos but there is a subtle red pattern mixed in to break up the block colour.  Once again I went for the bases from "Debris of War" this time going with the flagstones to represent the inner temples of the God-Kami - Orochi.




Hope you enjoy
dGG



25 comments:

  1. Great addition Andy, great painting

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  2. Most impressive and most beautiful figure, love the choosen colors...

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    1. Thanks Phil, the colours turned out well imho

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  3. Awesome stuff Andy, and a mini which wouldn't look out of place slithering along a "D&D" dungeon either. Splendid work :-)

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    1. Absolutely right Simon, she would look good as a D&D beastie. More of these beauts to come

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  4. A very nice figure indeed, and well painted, as usual.

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  5. Great stuff, Yuui Ito certainly appears to be a useful addition to a group.

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    1. I think she will Roy and cheap (for a hebi!) too

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  6. Gorgeous brush work and fantastic (in both senses of the word) addition to the faction Andy!

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  7. stunning work, one of the best yet.

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    1. Thanks Steve, some really lovely ladies (?snakes?) to come still

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  8. OOo Yuui of clan Ito is rather super-duper isnt she. mmmmm very nice.

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  9. Very lovely dGG. I really like the colors for her snakey parts. Side boob for the win!

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  10. Ace job dude. Cracking looking mini and love your take on her.

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  11. Great brushwork on your latest addition to the nsake clan. They're going to be a favourite clan of yours for many folk I reckon.

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    1. I think so mate, the minis are just delicious

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  12. Looks smashing! Super cool sculpt and I think I prefer your scheme to the studio version.

    Must say tho that what stands out most on her is your facing detail on the base - snake skin patterns!? Bloody good idea.

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