"Home improvements to 4Ground's Japanese shogunate houses" Topic

After reading a couple of samurai novels this Xmas, I decided to pull out my existing samurai scenery. I've got several 4Ground buildings, which I've been very pleased with. But seeing them out of storage for the first time in a while, I've realised that the teddy-bear fur thatched roofs look like … er … teddy-bear fur.

So this morning I took a big brush and sloshed a watery burnt umber artists' acrylic paint all over the thatch. Once this was completely dry, I dry-brushed the roof with a range of ochres, yellows and even white.

The results now look a lot more realistic (and certainly a lot less teddy-like!).

More info on how I did the improvements, and more pics, are on my blog here: link

Before:

After:

Very nice.
BTW, what rules do you use?

A whole lot better than standard: well done.

John T

Very nice! What books did you read? Any of them "good"?

Superb. So much better.

Thanks for the comments, guys.

@Chasseur: I haven't actually played many games with them, but I have the 'Ronin' rules.

@Darkest Star Games: The two samurai novels are described in my blog posting here: link

Nice work Roly. If you want good reads try these works by Eiji Yoshikawa that are available in English translations – "Taiko", "Musashi" and "The Heike Story".

Excellent work Arteis! I've been watching Zatoichi movies over the holidays and getting a bug to some Ronin!

David
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