Sunday, March 2, 2014

Yamato (Pre-Samurai) DBA Army - WIP +2

Here are the cavalry - which will be based 2X3Cv. The horses are every bit as nice as anything in 28mm IMO. Four of the six riders have separate upper torso and lower halves.
All of the riders are in keiko lamellar armor; unlike the foot figures which are all in tanko plate cuirass. Four of the riders have the later style bowl helmet, which evolved into what later samurai would wear.
I opted to dry-brush the lacing on the keiko armor - unlike the impressive way Steve Dean painted his on the Khurusan website. It looks like he individually picked out the lacing - something I can't fathom doing.
These take care of the main troops for the army - just the General and his entourage and two psiloi need to be completed. I don't have the psiloi figures yet, as Khurusan's aren't available yet. I'll peruse the figures at the local store to see if they have something appropriate.

16 comments:

  1. More lovely work sometimes drybrushing is the way to go then box in the detail with colour underneath.

    Great job I really love Khurasan's ranges.

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  2. That's some nice brushwork! The colours are lovely as well.

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  3. You are a busy man Dean! Lovely work on these guys too!

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  4. Amazing stuff. I assume you're basing for WAB?

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  5. Very nicely done yet again Dean!

    Christopher

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  6. Nice work Dean. I have a mix bag (8 bags in fact) of Old Glory Japanese lying around that I need to start work on.

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  7. Your transition to 15mm is flawless! Wonderful work, Dean.

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  8. Outstanding work! Hard to believe those are 15s!

    Beautiful!

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  9. Thank you all very much for your visit and posting such nice comments.

    @ Miles - these are for a DBA Pre Samurai army - III/7a & b. Something that can be transported in a cigar box and played in an hour or so.

    Warm Regards, Dean

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  10. Dean,

    You paint 15's better than most do 28's.

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  11. Beautiful work.
    Looking forward to see them on a Base.

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  12. I did a double take when I saw that they were 15s; such detail!

    Incredible stuff Dean, simply amazing - keep it coming!

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  13. Thanks, Gents - for the nice comments. I must say I am very impressed with the level of detail on these 15mm figs. Makes painting them quite enjoyable.

    Warm Regards, Dean

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  14. Fine work on 15mm figures Dean, thats some nice detailing!

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  15. Thanks, Scott! Appreciate the visit and comments. Best, Dean

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  16. Looking good Dean. You pack a lot of detail into 15s!

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