Bushido: Ito Commission Shimogama Vipers

The last bits from this project are complete and on there way back to my client:

I remember how much of a pain these guys were from doing my own a few years so i pinned the hell out of those silly large wings hehe

Bushido: Ito Commission continues

Another week and very little time, but today we are nearing the end of the journey on the project:

Taisei and Yuui

Okyo Ashigarus and Takeji

Saburo and The Child of Orochi

Yatsumata and Kano (Completed by me to match existing warbands)

These just leave two Shimogama Vipers to complete!

Bushido: Ito Commission Redux

Man brush time is hard to come by at the moment! Since my last update 12 days ago ive managed to paint just these two models... two! Its ridiculous!

Ito Ancestor and Kami of Reflections

Hopefully i can get further into this project tomorrow and then get some of my own long suffering armies back on travk like Godtear and my Daughters of Khaine!

Bushido: Ito commission completed

Whilst waiting for a missing part to be sent from GCT, my client sent me a further two models to paint up for his Ito:

Naoko and Satsuki

These will all be sent back to him, and i have been asked to paint up some more stuff in the near future, its good to have the Bushido models gracing the blog again!

Bushido: Ito Commission

I've been working on these for the last 4/5 days, getting everything sorted on them how the client wants but they are now finished:

Tamotsu and Okyo Archer

Satoshi

Masunagi Ito

Golden Sentinel

Quite a bit different from my old Ito from yesteryear hehe, with a striking turquoise scheme and fancy bamboo bases!

Ito and Guild Ball Updates

I had a busy tail end of the week and all wkend so only managed to get these two  finished late last night:

Harry the Hat - Union Team

Taisei - The Ito Clan

Beauty and the Bowman

A couple of quickies whilst im sorting the Infinity stuff out:

Tamotsu - The Ito Clan (Bushido)

Con Exclusive Blindwater Babe (Gatormans)

Had these lying around part painted for a couple of months so finished them off as the nuln oil drys on the Infinity guys haha

Unleashing the Ito: Yuui and the Vipers

Its been nearly 6 months since I painted an Ito model, these I picked up on their releases but only just got round to sorting something out for them:

 

 

 

Yuui Ito

 

 

 

Shimogama Vipers



Unleashing the Ito: Mizuki

Mizuki Ito is finished, just needed to do the basing this morning:

 

 

 

Whilst she might not be able to turn hapless heroes into stone like the real Medusa, she can still put the fear of god into the enemy on the table! She can buff friendlies with the poison trait, and since the ito can give that out to just about anyone she will be gold in a well constructed list.



Unleashing the Conspiracy of Darklands haha

Three models to show today and they are all from different projects!

 

Seza, Drune Death-Abhorrant

 

 

Satsuki, Ito Clan

 

 

Penangglan, Cult of Yurei



 

Unleashing the Ito: Saburo

This is me back up to date with the Ito:

 

Saburo is a crafty Ashigari who can make himself go camouflaged in terrain, stopping enemies from targeting him with attacks and feats haha



Unleashing the Ito: Yatsumata

With all the Cult and Silvermoon stuff ive been painting of late my Ito were feeling a bit neglected! Here is Yatsumata, the giant snake monster that was released in April for the boys in green haha

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was a touch to paint, really like how my three wash technique picks out the scales if I do say so myself :-D



Unleashing the Ito: Hidoshi

Cant believe ive had this guy for two months and not painted him! Bad Rid!

 

 

Hidoshi

 



That's my Ito back up to date... till the big snake arrives hehe

Unleashing the Ito: Jade Mamba Guard

Drum roll.......................... and done for the year booooooooooooom!

This is the last model I have to paint for 2013, the Jade Mamba Guard for my Ito Clan, a nice addition to the force and im looking forward to trying her out in early 2014 yeah boi!

 

 



Unleashing the Ito: The Red Devil

Masunagi Ito, The Red Devil:

 

 



Unleashing the Ito: Kaihime

The latest member of the Ito Clan is ready for some table time:

 

Kaihime Ito

 

 

 

 

 

Im really looking forward to using her in a game very soon, she is lethal with that bow... especially with a decent amount of poison stacked onto it from the Blessing of Orochi haha



Unleashing the Ito: Part 12!

The latest Ito Clan release, Takeji, is all done and dusted:

 

This was a great model to paint up, not as good as Ayako, who I maintain is one of the best models available on the market, but still really good. Takeji is an important model for the expanding Ito range, he bridges the gap between the badass but expensive samurai's and the cheap grunts in the Bushi's, and enhances Satoshi's Ashigaru based buffs by bringing a good cheap hitter!



Unleashing the Ito: Part 11

Quick update, Kazuhiko arrived on monday and i got him painted last night:

Yes i know, he looks like he needs a wee, but he was a nice model to paint up, and its given me a new way of painting skin thats quick and easy:

1) Cadian Fleshtone
2) Earthshade Wash
3) Highlight Cadian Fleshtone
4) Highlight Cadian fleshtone + Ushabti Bone

I like the coverage this has and it creates a warm skin colour compared to the lighter ones ive used in the past!

As part of being a retainer, i have to run demos and intro games to spread the word, so i have ordered the Temple of Ro-Kan and Savage Wave starter sets. I will get these done asap as i have a demo evening planned for the 29th May at the bunker.



Bushido Battle Report: Ito Clan vs Cult of Yurei 2

Big news... I am now a Retainer for GCT Studios, part of the demo team for Bushido! I got confirmation yesterday so i was very happy, and will be continuing to spread the way of the warrior haha.

I played another game last night against my mate Shape's dastardly Cult, 35 Rice, using the Keii scenario, where we have to drop gift tokens off at 4 idols, scoring more points for the ones further away from your starting position.

Setup - Both forces arrayed for battle across the clearing, ready to appease the spirits with some goodies!

 

 

 

 

Turn 1 - Both forces move up as fast as they can, ready to get position for later turns. The temple Bushi in the forground places a gift token to get some points on the board (1-0) 

 

 

 

Turn 2 - A cunning ploy by me and a school boy error by Shape enabled Itsunagi to get a charge off on Kato and gut him in one swipe! He had moved up so the Kairai could leech off him but Shape didnt deploy the marionette to block a charge lane as he thought he was safe! Akimoto was sacrified to draw out Ikiryo away from Itsu haha (3-1, 1VP to Ito)

 

Turn 3 - Ikiyo continues to batter the Ito with her stink eye, she cant get a void attack on Itsu as he is facing the wrong way, so she tries to zap sakura but rolls badly. Itsu scores a gift token on the far shrine, ramping up my points. The right side Bushi tries to hold off two kairai but eventually succomes to the onslaught, enabling Shape to get some more tokens in. My other Bushi lines up a charge on Ikiryo but is too scared to move! (8-5)

 

 

Turn 4/5 - Itsu gets the first charge on Ikiryo, managing to kill her and survive the returned damage on one wound! Its looking bad for the cult as their two big guys are down but they arent out of it. the kairai farmer scores more gift points and they begin a march to my idol. The kairai milita is finally downed by the surving Bushi on the left. (10-7)

 

 

 

Turn 6 - Itsunagi gets the charge on the armoured kairai and finishes him off, trapping the farmer in melee with him, and even when exhausted he is able to kill the offending zombie with one big sword swipe haha. Final keii points are 10-7 to me, and a 3-0 VP win!

 

 

 

 

Another great game, it was far closer than the wipe out suggested as Shape was only 1 token from gaing a draw! We both agree the game is much better played to scenario than a simple dust up in a field, our two games have been very close dispite a wipe out each time. Shape will be adding some new guys to his force for our next game and i plan to drop Itsunagi and Sakura for Kenzo and Ayako to mix it up too.



Bushido Battle Report: Ito Clan vs Cult of Yurei

On wednesday night at the Bunker, myself and my mate Shape (Dont ask!) played our first game of Bushido. We used starter boxes of Ito and Cult of Yurei and fought the Idols scenario:

 

 

 

Cult of Yurei Setup - Shape has done a cracking job painting these!

 



Ito Setup

 



 

 

 

Turn 1 - Both forces adavnce upfield, the more support role characters like Kato and Sakura focus to gain more kii for the coming battle.

 

 

 

Turn 2 - Battle is joined around the Idols, two are contested by Temple Bushi as Itsunagi and Akimoto more on to engage the oncoming Kairai.

 

 

 

 

Turn 3/4 - The Cult gain control of Akimoto, and Itsunagi is forced to kill him before he can kill a Temple Bushi controlling an Idol! the Ito were hacking down kairai on several occasions but the unstoppable undead were rising up again!

 

 

Turn 5/6 - Disaster strikes! The Mannaquin controls Itsunagi after a school boy error by me, he then kills a Bushi which enables the Cult to capture a Idol off me. My last Bushi is killed with the end of turn 6 but i still control one Idol earning a draw haha!

 

 

 

 

We had a great time playing this and had a small crowd watching the action throughout, we made a few mistakes on subsequent reading of the rules again yesterday such as order of second actions and how long the mannaquin is in control of a victim and what it can do whilst under control but thats what playtime experience is for.

 

 

We have arranged a rematch for next week which should be smoother and quicker to fight!