54mm Samurai finished

54mm Samurai

I made it.  A week before Cancon and my 54mm Osprey Men-at-arms Samurai is done.  Over the last week I finished off the details on the three yellow circles on the back which turned out quite nice.  I’m wishing that it was on the front to be honest.  I then did the usual few nights of poking a things which didn’t really need any work as it’s hard to stop.  But you have to, otherwise you end up ruining something by mucking around without any real purpose.

Side shot

Once the figure was glued onto the base (using two part epoxy glue) I did a quick tidy up to cover the glue and then blending the ground and the figure with some pigments to get a more soil like look.  I used some dark browns, light browns and black pigments dry and went for the “less is more” approach to avoid the ground becoming over worked.  Dry pigments make things look very dull and flat.  Great for dusty tanks, but on figures can kill all of your paint work and make the entire thing look very bland.

Lovely rear design

With two figures done I did a test fit into my new carry case and now I’m all ready to go.  I just have to wait a week.  Now for all those pesky 28mm figures that are sitting in the background and need to be finished off to satisfy the completionist in me.