Archangeleong's Armies Log

Kempeitai here to boss around those cheerleaders!

Really enjoyed painting the rifle.

 

Thanks Bud :-)

Thanks again andre61 This site and community inspires me to get stuff finished!

Thanks. Actually I spend a lot of time thinking of how I'm going to do this for each figure and how it will tie into the army as a whole. My starting template was the colours on the Ryukan Unit 9 as well as the Domaru. All other minis have to tie in with this colour palette somehow.

 

Here is the pallet I use:




The middle 3 are the main base, shadow and highlight colours.

Ones to the side I use for colour accents, flesh tone variations and details.

:-)

 

SHIKAMI with contender.

I like his laid back style.

Not sure If I'll use him too much given his high points costs. But there are many merits to a super mobile button pusher. Just seems hard to justify his high order cost and not quite killy enough results. (Ref: the Shikami JSA thread on his merits/lack off)

Looks cool though

 

SAITO TOGAN WIP

So I'm not a fan of the official Saito Togan model, however the trooper profile is awesome. I think the sculptor of the official mini was aiming for dynamic ninja action posing, but it came off as a mess. The guy is doing a high kick, looking the wrong way (not at opponent), slashing a sword and chucking a grenade.

I have a background in martial arts and know that this is an entirely impractical way to be fighting. If he was doing a high kick his hands should be up in guard position, sword at rest and his head should be facing his opponent. After this he might ground his stance and strike with his primary weapon the sword. I.e if you are fighting do one thing well at a time and string combos of attacks together. I think the Saito Togan sculpt was an attempt to freeze capture the combo in action but it just looks uncoordinated and unconvincing. What looks better is to freeze capture that one thing/action.

Not to mention his ridiculously long hair that would get in the way of a fight and other ninja shenanigans (imagine sneaking a cross some rooftop, tripping over your hair and falling on your enemy - not very gracious lol!).

These criticism have deterred me from purchasing poor old unco, crazy hair, togan and I have attempted to convert my own version.

The conversion is made up of:

* Body - Nakadai Shunya
* Head - Shikami Combi
* Sword Sheath - Shikami Contender
* Webbing and pistol holster - Greens stuff sculpt from Keisotsu mold
* Smoke Grenades - 40K Space Marine radar and Imperial Guard frag grenades

Result:





Hope you like. And hope to share the painted results soon!

 

andre61: " I'm with you on that one, I wish CB would redo Saito Togan."

Me too, but now I'm not to keen for update as Iv'e just made my own lol!

 

Saito Togan (Conversion)

Really enjoyed putting this guy together. So satisfying getting good results when converting metal mini, been so long since I tried due to working with plastics that are so much easier.

Great to get him painted up finally too.

 

Probably the case lol! Just my luck!

 

I hit major fatigue in continuing painting and collecting this last weekend.

Here is a group shot of the guys so far to keep me motivated.

 

Asuka Kisaragi Never Dies!

Can’t imagine JSA without her. She just got a new ride





Gotta say I enjoy painting such sexy minis after painting ugly giant heroic scale meat heads for so long lol!