Monday 27 December 2021

15mm Ashigaru with Yari

 Another 54 elements comprised of 162 figures completed toward the Samurai army. This troop type is classified as Fast Pike in DBMM, which I think is quite an apt description. 





















As with the remainder of the army the figures are all Eureka, and have three basic poses; kneeling, advancing and standing. I thought about mixing the figures up on each base but decided that might look a bit silly, so kept the different pose types together. Given that they will be operating in three ranks anyway, this was probably the most sensible approach:































I painted most of them in red armour, with a smaller proportion in black armour for variety:























































I gave most of the figures sashimonos but left a few without, to make them easier to pick up during a game. regardless of this I have a feeling I'll be gluing a few back on after each encounter:



















Next up will be some more Ashigaru with naginata who will be used as followers, to essentially provide close support to the already-completed samurai cavalry.

10 comments:

  1. Lawrence, this is another amazing display. You are building massive Japanese armies. It will be fun to see these on our gaming table arrayed for battle.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan. I have gone for most possible options to give myself the maximum flexibility with the army list, as it is not the most effective army in DBMM (on paper at least).

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  2. Another big addition to the Samurai forces there Lawrence and they look great too!

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    1. Thanks Keith. Three or four further batches of troop types to go and I should be there with this project.

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  3. Splendid reinforcements to your Samurai armies, they look great!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Iain. Only a few more to go now, and then I'm hoping to get back into some more French Napoleonics.

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  4. Wow that is a truly impressive number of figures Lawrence!

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    1. Thanks Mark. The size of the army has got a little out of control as I try to cover all options provided by the army lists.

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  5. Beautiful job on this mass of figures, lawrence!

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    1. Thanks Peter, I hope they will look intimidating when they first take the field in a few weeks' time.

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