This is the very last batch of miniatures I painted in 2013 and they make up a more or less complete Ikko-Ikki buntai for Ronin – Skirmish Wargames in the Age of the Samurai.
(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version):
The entire buntai - all from Perry Miniatures.
These are the leaders The Hanshou (the big boss - on the
left) and a Monto Gashira (on the right)
Four Monto (foot soldiers) armed with teppo
Five more Monto with various armour and close combat
weapons.
Eight Peasants with a mix of yari and improvised weapons. I
also have a few other Perry Miniatures peasants I painted earlier with the
"villagers" that I could add in to pad out the ranks.
This Ikko-Ikki Buntai adds up to a little over 200 points - unlike the Bushi or Sohei buntais that would, for the most part, only be able to field one teppo gunner - due to the high point cost of their significantly better troops and thus low number - I could probably field three or four of these in a 150 point buntai. I am curious to see how swarms of totally crap troops do against the considerably smaller but hard-hitting and well armoured Samurai/Ashigaru of a Bushi Buntai. Maybe I’ll get a chance to try them out tomorrow?
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
Love these troops,nice one Tim!
ReplyDeleteWell done again! It's pretty hard to stay up to date with your painting when beeing offline for a few days.
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