Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Ratwig's Second OWAC II Installment: Tashi's Chrysanthemums (216 points)

For this second installment of OWAC II, I present Tashi’s Chrysanthemums, a rocket launcher battery, part of Samurai Pirate Warlord Toru Sekiguchi’s mercenary army. The Dark Elf Army of Varl Heavy Hand utilizes Toru's mercenaries on such a regular basis that they are almost a permanent part of his army.

Tashi was an artillery specialist in his home on the Han peninsula of the Cathay land mass when he was taken prisoner during a raid. He was “convinced” to form a rocket battery utilizing some of Toru’s ashigaru. He and his battery, which consists of two launchers and six crew, are now an integral part of Toru’s pirate mercenary army. His name, which means "once more" in his native Han language, is usually associated with drinking, but Toru says it when he wants another rocket volley and it stuck as his name.

2 x Mercenary Samurai rocket launcher teams with bombardier (Tashi) - (216 points)






I have had these figures since I broke them out of packaging back in 1988. They were part of a planned Army of Nippon from the Ravening Hordes book from 2nd Edition. They were even primered way back then, but sat in a box until this challenge brought them back into the light and they actually got painted. A long wait...

Until next month.

Thanks,
Ratwig out

15 comments:

  1. I think those came out very nice. I really like he old rocket launcher model.

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  2. Sugoi! I love Nihonjin in any game! Battlecry Kanpai!

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  3. Very nice models, awesome paintjob

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  4. That's awesome, Nippon! Even more so is the fact these are the original figures you got so many years ago.

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  5. Never seen these guys before. Very nice!

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  6. Very nice! Haven't seen any of those foe a while. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the army.

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  7. Quality. Awesome they're finally seeing the light of day :)

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  8. Job well done! Very rare to see Nippon armies, and these guys are awesome.

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  9. Man Those are some cool old models and you’ve painted them up very nicely!

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  10. These are some miniatures we dont often see painted. Cool.

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  11. Thanks much all! I really enjoyed finally getting around to painting them! I have more mercenaries of Nippon to add to this challenge, along with the odd Dark Elf, so stay tuned to this channel!

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  12. Yes! This is what it's all about! :D

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  13. Awesome work! I never really get into Nippon miniatures, they really nice.

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  14. Fantastic that you saved these and that we get to see them here in the challenge.

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