Tales from the campfire
(Clan War miscellany)

Chris Paints Samurai:

We have Craig's excellent article, and to compliment it though I would mention the order in which I paint Samurai figures (slowly):

  1. Flesh (I use colour Party's Asian flesh, often adding some Eurasian/European flesh for female figures).
    Wash on flesh - normally colour party's flesh ink wash, with some yellow added.
  2. Cloth base (so trousers, jacket etc.. followed by ink wash)
  3. Armour panels base colour (followed by ink wash).
  4. Torso armour and helmet (followed by ink wash).
  5. Shins and arm armour, boots.
  6. Sword belts, lacing etc, aside from armour panels.
  7. Armour panels lacing.
  8. Base.

Roland Weiniger This is Roland Weiniger with some of his Clan War stock at Essen, October 1999. GamesFleet in Nuremburg is the shop (one day I'll get to historical Nuremburg and I think he also has some Old Glory, and Village Green in. (Details in Yellow Pages)
We also have Roland to thank for the excellent Gaijin army article in OniCrusher #2.

I have no nice painted figures to put in this corner, so I thought I'd mention current projects...
No space for a picture* (and I haven't finished it yet), but I have a Scheltrum Miniatures ship. Only a basic Kobaya, but it will proibably fit in scale wise with Clan War figures. I'm debating getting one of their junks and then building a small dock to go on the corner of the battlefield. My love affair with the Mantis and Crane again. I also have a small wooden junk kit from the local model shop. I have seen the new village Green junk which, in my opinion, is too "modern" looking for Rokugan.
[* ...this made a great deal more sense squeezed into the corner of a printed paper page.]

Banners

STANDARDS AND BANNERS

There is an article on Mark Shurtlieff's web page on how he make's transfers for Ize-zumi. This involves decal paper (anybody now a supplier in the UK ?) and the Alps Thermo-transfer printing system (which uses a wax ribbon to transfer colour, thus allowing you to have white and metallic colours).

I have neither paper, nor printer, but have come up with my own solution.

Data Becker sell a product called Tattoo Maker and sheets of Tattoo-paper. (Full product with CD ROM of design etc and 5 A4 sheets of paper £15, extra paper 5 sheets for £7.99 I believe). This is in essence very thin sticky backed plastic film, which one can print onto using an ordinary inkjet printer. Obviously no white therefore, and I think solid dark colours will carry across best - all I've done so far are some mons for Sashimo and banners - judge for yourself the results.

(Figures are Old Glory Ashiguru and GW's Skaven, converted using Dixon Sashimo and banners).

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