Friday 26 August 2016

Hiro Takashi and Hanso

hi all

Among my recent anniversary gifts, nestled in the lovely wooden box was the Prefecture of Ryu starter set for Bushido.  Now like my Temple of Ro-Kan starter set, I received this at the end of my collection of minis for these particular factions which seems a bit of a strange way of doing things!  The starter sets, in my opinion are very well balanced and really should come first as they are all very usable straight away and don't need to be added to immediately and they will be the first thing i purchase when i collect other factions (yes that is happening so brace yourselves for more gushing posts...).

The Ryu starter then is led by two very capable characters in the form of Hiro and Hanso.  Hiro Takashi is a member of the ruling house of the Dragon Clan and trained in the arts of the samurai.  With his heirloom katana and bespoke heavy armour complete with snarling demon-faced helm he is well equipped to take on the enemies of the Prefecture.




so by now I was using the very familiar palate that I have devised for the Prefecture faction, with blues being the dominant feature and these run through the whole starter set.  To add a bit of contrast I made his helm have a bright red visor and used the same red for his hauberk and bracers.  The model comes with alternate heads and katanas - bare headed and normal katana, but i wanted him to stand out so the katana was the flaming kind.

Hanso was a gunso (sergeant) in the Ito Clan army when he was "poached" by Hiro, found out how here. He is described as a bear of a man and the model is a bit bigger than the others although not stupidly so.




He follows the Prefecture colour scheme of course, his special feats are based around his enormous strength and his sergeant role in the army as he can order the basic ashigaru to "Move it!" and they activate for free - very useful.



thats it for now, next post is the last of the starter set - the ashigaru.
hope you enjoy
dGG


16 comments:

  1. More "Bushido" goodness, Andy. You;re really cranking these out with no sign in a drop of brushwork quality. Wonderful blues, and I particularly like the flame-work on the sword - I do like a bit of flame as well you know ;-)

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    1. I do know Simon, thought you might like it ;-)

      I must admit I like the blues and have lots of different shade of blue which do turn out nice.

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  2. Superb Andy and great to see them out and about in your stunning terrain - it was as if I had been transported back to Feudal Japan.

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  3. You keep on improving all the time, Andy, and these are two cracking good figures. Top notch as always!

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    1. thanks Bryan, I think so too! the next couple of weeks worth of posts (i always ((generally)) have several lined up and stick to ((generally lol)) a strict order) have some of my best work to date including the finished river sections and some more gorgeously sculpted minis - both Bushido and not, that deserved the best paint jobs i could muster!

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  4. Smashing stuff Andy as always I particularly like the face on the second figure, great character. Wow you've been busy since I last checked in to your page, love your box and river sections too, your productivity is putting me to shame!

    Cheers Roger.

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    1. Thank you Roger, Hanso is a stern fellow but love the character as you say.

      Ive been on leave for the last two weeks hence the high productivity plus in a weeks time i'm back to uni for my last year as well as working full time on shift work so i'm trying to finish as much as possible.

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  5. More cracking work. I have a horrible feeling you may be inspirational

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    1. Not likely buddy, I'm a soft southerner for a start!!

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  6. Nice work, Andy. Some of the previous figures I've not warmed to, but I really like these two, especially the dynamic samurai.

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    1. Thanks Jez, they are a nice pair....ooh er!

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  7. Another two excellently painted additions to your forces.

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    1. Thanks Joe, the Samurai is dynamite in mêlée too so should be useful.

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