Sep 23, 2013

Zvezda Samurai WIP #2 + Spring Cannon(s)


 I'm out of coins at the moment so the Zvezda figs, although the painting is done and they are varnished as well, are still not completed. 


I did not particularly like painting these fellows and they took a lot of time too. My original plans were to paint two major and two lesser factions in different colours but that may just be reduced to the two big armies as I feel no further inclination to do more.


What I have found instead is a six-barreled toy gun with a spring action. This is very cool and shoots BB bullets to three or four metres. A 'real' spring toy gun costs too much but this one was cheap and had multiple barrels. Cut the barrels off (they were moulded together), and I'll be making six single-barreled guns which fit for 54mm figs. I'd like to do SYW in the near future so the Armies in Plastic / HäT boxes would be a good start. I'll need wheels for the cannons first. There's a fellow in the US who sells MDF cart wheels on ebay but he ships only to the US - gotta look for alternatives.

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  1. Nice job. My first thought as I looked at the figures was "Too detailed. This is taking him a lot of time." So my hat is off to you for tackling this army. I'll enjoy the fruits of your labors, Sir.

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    1. Relatively few working hours and a lot of laziness were the main factors - however, if they are somewhat uniform (in colour at least) the similar methods of painting (wash+drybrush) make the job easy to do.

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  2. I have always been very much taken with the Zvezda 'Shogun' figures - the acme of the art in my view, especially for 20-25mm scales. I reckon you have done a fine job on these guys - the results you might find well worth the extra effort you put into them.

    Did I not have far too many other projects going on right now, I'd be getting a few hundred of these fellows myself...

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    1. Thank you - too many projects for me too, that's why these will be put aside for a little while.

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