Redvers and Son Get Into Bushido

More skeletons, in this case an Ashigaru called Akoshi.

In game, like the other skeletons, this fella gets Durable (just a single wound at a time), Regenerate (1 wound back at the end of the round) and immune to most states (like fear, dazed etc). Akoshi also creates Fear but at a lower level, so unlikely to impact anything but the weakest of foes, but still useful to have. Akoshi does have armour, which reduces any damage rolls, so lower success attacks may not even wound at all because of this. Finally, Akoshi is armed with a yari, giving him (I’m assuming Akoshi is a him, I’ve not checked the pelvic bone to see whether Akoshi is a her) reach and granting the first attack in the first round of any melee. And with 3 melee dice, Akoshi should be able to hold their own in combat.

For the painting, the bones were painted in exactly the same way as the other skeletons. As was the purple smoke. I’ve chosen just a black armour for Akoshi – I’m assuming that as they were an ashigaru, their armour would be less ornate. I’ve started with a dark rubber base and given this a very heavy nuln oil wash. Then taking the base and gradually adding Luftwaffe grey and then light grey, I’ve shaded up the higher areas to create the highlights. Once done, I gave it a final nuln oil to smooth it out.

The red cloth started out as Aldabaran red mixed with a little red leather. Then using the Aldabaran to build up the highlight. Before adding a little orange for the top highlight. Scrofulous brown for the stitching and rope belt, given a strong tone wash. The trousers were khaki given a wash and then highlighted back up with khaki and increasing amounts of off white. Same approach for the banner.

To complete the banner, I’ve got my hands on some nail art transfers and just applied a suitably sized flower transfer.