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[Basic Impetus] Sengoku Ikko Ikki - The Tanba Peasant Ikki

Posted by CliosPaintingBench on 15 Jan 2024, 12:25

[Basic Impetus Army] Sengoku Ikko Ikki Japanese Army - The Tanba Peasant Ikki / 丹波 土一揆 - Rise from beneath the heel in one sudden burst!

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The peasant is the foundation of the state and must be governed with care. He must be allowed neither too much, nor too little, but just enough rice to live on and keep for seed in the following year. The remainder must be taken from him in tax.
― Honda Masanobu

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Hello everyone,

With a few army logs under my belt, a few which are ongoing, I decided to start another one, for good reasons. I have a goal of painting Sengoku Japanese forces for a multiplayer event, but I'm still waiting for various Samurai sculpts to be released. For my third project set in Early Modern Asia, I will cover the diverse, improvised forces of the Ikko Ikki. While I have to paint Sengoku-era Japanese, they don't have to be the organised forces of a daimyo, and this allows me to interpret this period of warring states from a new, more colourful angle.

This Japanese project coincides with a broader group game in China in 2025, involving around 40 players including this forum's own member Lirui using the Pike and Shotte rules system. As such, I intend to be using my army first as a pike and shotte army before reverting to my normal basing system for Basic Impetus. While I may keep the bulk of my troops unbased, I think I will base the first four units to provide a template for how the finished force will look eventually. My incentive for recreating the Ikko Ikki was to explore more unusual and unstructured elements of Sengoku Japan. The Ikko Ikki were actually one type of 'Ikki' which translates in Japanese to 'uprising.' While the popular conception of the Ikko Ikki is of ranks of massed religious fanatics, warrior monks and peasants wielding tools, more recent historical research seems to indicate that they looked much like a typical Damiyo army - because ashigaru troops were a mix of ununiformed men with a mix of armours, monks actually resembled samurai in appearance and peasants had access to weapons, no need to resort to tools before the Edo period. I thought of making an alternative Ikki, perhaps one from history or one of my own invention, but in the end, I decided that the religious fanatic angle was captivating and the brand name recognition of the Ikko Ikki was fun. I want this army to complement my Uesugi Sonae, so The Tanba Peasant Ikki or Uprising is conceptualised to have come out of the Tanba province, where the Uesugi have historically been associated with.

The Tanba Peasant Ikki is a theocratic feudal confederacy, rising suddenly from popular discontentment of war, taxes and famine to seize power. While nominally led and instigated by a faction of the Ikko Ikki, a vast number of rebels are merely common folk driven by desperation to survive and make a living. The peasants were joined by warrior monks from various temples, such as Izanagi Jingū (伊弉諾神宮) fighting to prevent unlawful seizure of their properties, ronin hired with coin to bolster their numbers and skill and were even joined by Japanese pirates drawn by the promise of plunder. These disparate factions must work together despite their separate goals and origins to form an effective fighting force. They are all driven by freedom, to break free of various masters and live by their own will and not the whims of distant nobles or thuggish samurai. The broader Ikko Ikki have been burned and trampled by Nobunaga; these remnants fight to keep their sect alive and must cooperate with the common goal of survival and, thus far, they fight under the banner and name of the Ikko Ikki to give themselves religious and political legitimacy - for now.

When I create a new army, I draw up a list of key themes that I want the army to embody. In this case, I wanted the themes to contrast with my Uesugi army to give it a distinct identity, which is still distinctly Japanese but exploring elements not found in my first army. As such they are numerous and unskilled rather than elite, ragtag and visually inconsistent rather than uniform. I want to fulfil some of the pop-culture cliches of the Ikko Ikki as they are novel and different, but I will keep historical accuracy in mind and work within the boundaries of plausibility. I want an army that leans towards popular conceptions but is grounded in historical accuracy.

Themes of the Sengoku-Jidai Ikko Ikki Army:

    Multicolours with cream tints for most of the army. Increasing pattern complexity and colour diversity with cream tints corresponding with wealth. Cream, dark blue and black for monks. Cream accessories for the whole army.

    Spot colour: cream, more earthly and natural but light enough to tint every colour, provides a faded look that indicates the battered, worn out poverty of the commoners.

    Makeshift poverty of the masses - lack of patterns and uniformity, bared flesh, practical and cheap weapons and armour.

    Religious fanaticism - mikoshi shrines, monk cowls and head coverings, slogan banners, use of Shimenawa rope, Shide: the White, Zig-Zag Papers, Manji and Tomoe.

    Confederation of the Unseen - explore the esoteric elements of Sengoku warfare that wouldn't fit in a Damiyo's army, with ronin, pirates, mikoshi shrines, monks and priests, all united loosely by common cause.

    Cherry blossoms and black earth - bases will be a gradient of two cherry blossm colours and black earth. No elevated bases, no units are socially above others and this also links to my Daimyo army.


To explain the above themes, I had to conceptualise what direction I wanted to take this army. I could depict the Ikki with as much historical accuracy as possible, with the whole army therefore looking very similar to a damiyo's army, but that seemed a little pointless then, why bother making this an army depicting an Ikki at all? I decided to emphasise the most iconic elements that wargamers associate with the Ikko sect, but within the boundaries of historical plausibility. I then decided to make the army multicolour to emphasise the informal and spontaneous nature of the Ikki, these troops have no uniforms and would have worn whatever they owned. This lack of uniformity also contrasts with my daimyo army. The peasants and common troops would have simple colours but I could conceive of complex patterns for my leader or elite units. I needed a way to visually tie the whole army together and conceived of using a cream colour - Citadel's Bleached Bone - for all the highlights and on many of the accessories, therefore giving all the colours a cream tint which helps make the whole force thematically coherent. Cream seemed like a natural spot colour because it looks like a faded white, which implies the battered and poor nature of the troops but is also flexible enough to be blended with any colour. Where models have weapons or armour, it should be cheap, plain and practical, unless it's for the most elite units. I want to note that this ikki may find it difficult to acquire weapons following the disarmament of the Japanese countryside in 1588 by Hideyoshi's edict. I want to arm some of my peasants with tools and other makeshift weapons in that case.

What differentiates the peasant rebellion to me is their ramshackle nature - which would mean their disorganisation and poverty, but also the possibility of unusual and religious elements in the army that would clash with my concept of my Uesugi daimyo army. So to emphasise their disorganisation and common-people basis I want to have few patterns on the multicoloured clothing to make them appear practical and cheap. Bared flesh should be shown as these are people of physical labour and also links to their lack of refinement. The Ikki is a loose confederation of different factions united by common cause to assert their own will against powerful daimyo. While many of those factions will have practical motivations, I did want to represent the religious fanatic stereotype in my army, because it is an entertaining and novel archetype. To physically represent this are certain religious symbols that are associated with the Japanese such as the monk cowl, which will be evidenced on monk models but I want to have a variation of this with head wrappings for non-monk warriors to continue the theme of hiding the face, implying a certain mysterious cultish mysticism. The Ikko are also known for various banners with slogans, which I want to represent. I also researched other Shinto Buddhist symbols which I could include as accessories or patterns on models. While the religious angle is iconic, having many factions in an army allows me to explore unusual groups from this period and I particularly want to portray pirates and ronin. Perhaps I could have more female warriors as well.

Finally, I've decided that the bases on my army should be black earth, with a carpet of cherry blossoms. The black earth links to my Uesugi Daimyo army and also provides a strong contrast to the soft pinks of the cherry blossoms, which imply the mysticism and reverence of religion, the kami and nature. Cherry blossoms are iconic of the Japanese landscape and I thought it would be good to fulfil that archetype. I did consider using snow and black earth like my Uesugi army, but with burning embers mixed in to hint at their fanaticism, but the opportunity to depict the beauty of cherry blossoms proved irresistable.

This army will be of a confederation of the Ikko Ikki, peasants, mercenaries, bandits, ronin and wokou. This army is thus:

The Tanba Peasant Ikki

The Ikko Ikki were rebellious sects following the school of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism. When an Ikki, or uprising occurred, conglomerates of groups such as peasants, merchants, bandits, monks and lower-level samurai would become involved for their own reasons; peasants generally wanted to violently appeal to authorities to lessen taxes, while various antagonistic lords could use the opportunity to weaken the their enemies, bandits could raid and loot without fear of reprisal and monks could defend their property, extend their influence and threaten their temples' political rivals. This army will be a mixture of these factions, with warrior monks providing the elite fighters, peasants, ronin, wokou, bandits and fanatics providing the mainline units. This Ikki will follow the basic army list provided by the Basic Impetus system, with one unit of mounted monks, one unit of foot monks, four units of fanatics, four units of supporting warriors, one unit of skirmishers and three units of peasants.

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伊邪那美命 (Izanami-no-mikoto) are but bearers of the Mother Goddess. Their names do not matter. Their occupations, hopes or dreams are unimportant. They are considered to be, all of them, as an extension of Izanami-no-mikoto herself. They are her and she are they. As they bear her, the chant "Washi-seoe" is mumbled, roared or droned on, meaning the World must be connected by one thread, one belief and all others must be excised and killed. It is their burden and honour to bear her into battle. This is the matsuri of war.

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She is an ancient deity, vengeful from the betrayal wrought by her lover. Izanagi-no-Mikoto had journeyed to the land of the dead to rescue her yet when seeing her decayed and maggot-ridden form, he fled and sealed her in the world of the dead.

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Shrieking with rage, she had sworn to end the lives of a thousand a day in vengeance. She will have her lives. Her shrine will be dipped in the blood of non-believers and the age of Warring States has oceans of blood yet to satiate her thirst.

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(伊邪那美命 form the first unit in my Ikko Ikki army. The first unit in my armies tend to be archetypal or iconic of the broader army I will make, and Mikoshi shrines embody the religious fanaticism that is so associated with the Ikko Ikki.

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The physical manifestation of Shinto Buddhism is a large, eye-catching piece and it was always something I wanted to make, but I knew it wouldn't fit into a damiyo's army so it was a good opportunity to make something more esotetic. The fanatical peasant bearers also form the mainstay of my broader force so it was good to represent them in my first unit.

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I wanted this unit to be multicoloured, as it fits with my army's themes and it makes sense that the peasants have no uniform colour - they're just wearing what they can afford. I decided to avoid red or black colours to contrast with my earlier Celtic army, just to give this unit its own look but also make it appear softer.

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All the colours are bright and all the highlights use Bleached Bone, so everything has a soft cream tint with bright foundations and I think it makes the whole look gaudy but also worn, passionate but not gloomy.

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I found a recipe I like for flesh, which I initially thought looked too yellow in my earlier experimentation of the Joseon and the Uesugi, but which I like now. The skin recipe was a Cadian Fleshtone, as it appears to have less pink, then Ungor Flesh blended into the previous layer, then Bleached Bone blended into the previous layer, which gives the skin a yellow tinge and avoids pink, which I've read is more accurate for Asian skin tones.

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I sourced the bearer models from Kyoushuneko Miniatures, but the shrine itself is from Smol Miniatures. The bearers have some ninja heads from Caesar Miniatures an arm from a Celt by HaT.

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I converted some of the bearers to ensure each model was unique, but the ninja heads allowed me to have models with head coverings, which contributes to the mysticism theme. I wanted to use the Smol Miniatures shrine so I can eventually use the Kyoushuneko Miniatures shrine for another unit. Also, this Mikoshi model is smaller and easier to paint.

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The cherry blossom base I've made is temporary to showcase this unit, this base itself fits the template for Basic Impetus but to use it properly ingame, the Mikoshi would have to move sideways, wide frontage first.

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So I intend on making a combined two unit base made of a fanatic unit and supporting unit for this Mikoshi, so I can still move the unit forward using a wide rather than narrow frontage but that's for the future. For now, this base is made so I can showcase this unit.)

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(unit 1 of 14 - 伊邪那美命 - Sengoku Ikko Ikki Japanese Army - The Tanba Peasant Ikki - Basic Impetus)

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[Basic Impetus] Ancient British Celts: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=23514

[Basic Impetus] Ancient Mauryan Indians: viewtopic.php?t=24641&p=270592

[Basic Impetus] Joseon Koreans: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=25710

[Basic Impetus] Uesugi Japanese: viewtopic.php?p=289905
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Posted by Rich W on 17 Jan 2024, 23:57

I think it’s fair to say you put a lot more thought into your projects than I do! They look great!
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Posted by Santi Pérez on 18 Jan 2024, 14:37

The portable shrine and figures are fantastic, Owen. :love: :love: :love:

And the historic background of your new army is amazing, although I must confess I haven't read the whole thing, hahaha. :mrgreen:

Best regards, my friend. :-)

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Posted by CliosPaintingBench on 19 Jan 2024, 13:26

Rich W wrote:I think it’s fair to say you put a lot more thought into your projects than I do! They look great!


Thank you! I just like the conceptualisation stage for my armies a lot, it's not for everyone and it's definitely not necessary, but I quite like researching the history behind my armies and such.

Santi Pérez wrote:The portable shrine and figures are fantastic, Owen. :love: :love: :love:

And the historic background of your new army is amazing, although I must confess I haven't read the whole thing, hahaha. :mrgreen:

Best regards, my friend. :-)

Santi.


Cheers, Santi! Honestly, I put it up for myself as well, because I take so long to paint I need to refer back to notes to remind myself about what I want in my armies. I kind of treat my project logs like online reminders and information sources. I probably write too much haha.
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Posted by Peter on 26 Jan 2024, 14:13

Looking very nice again Owen! Keep them coming! :thumbup:
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Posted by CliosPaintingBench on 27 Jan 2024, 14:04

Peter wrote:Looking very nice again Owen! Keep them coming! :thumbup:


Thanks very much Peter! Finally time to start painting again, with some time in the new year!
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Posted by Xantippos on 08 Feb 2024, 10:49

Great figurines, of a topic that is hardly known in the west! now I want to buy the Ikko Ikki set from RedBox :P
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Posted by Santi Pérez on 09 Feb 2024, 14:38

CliosPaintingBench wrote:...I probably write too much haha.

It's never too much, Owen, when the information you provide is so well researched and presented. Great work, my friend. :yeah:

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Posted by Konrad on 09 Feb 2024, 20:24

Apart from a very long but informative introduction,
I see some beautifully crafted figures on an unusual subject.
Well done!
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Posted by CliosPaintingBench on 13 Feb 2024, 15:58

Xantippos wrote:Great figurines, of a topic that is hardly known in the west! now I want to buy the Ikko Ikki set from RedBox :P


That box was my original inspiration, I thought the figures looked so whimsical and characterful when compared to the uniform look of the Ashigaru. The variety makes it fun to paint, which is important for morale when you have to paint dozens haha. Thank you!

Santi Pérez wrote:It's never too much, Owen, when the information you provide is so well researched and presented. Great work, my friend. :yeah:

Santi.


:-D :yeah: :yeah:


Konrad wrote:Apart from a very long but informative introduction,
I see some beautifully crafted figures on an unusual subject.
Well done!


Haha, my first post for a new project could be a short story. I'm glad you think so, given your own figures are very well painted, your opinion means a lot!
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Posted by CliosPaintingBench on 16 May 2024, 15:46

I paint very, very slowly. But when I do show up it's precisely when I mean to.

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"I take refuge in the Tathāgata of Unobstructed Light Suffusing the Ten Directions". ("帰命尽十方無碍光如来") - Rennyo (蓮如, 1415–1499)

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They call themselves 浄土の慈悲 (Mercy of the Pure Land). It is a strange mercy they deliver in equally unsettled times. Astride magnificent chargers, they hum and intone the mantras, even as blades are unsheathed and armies of tramping, clanking men are gathered. When battle starts their hymns grow, become fierce and warlike, roared as battle cries as these living symbols of the Pure Land ride into the enemy to bring Buddha's word. The Buddha forbids violence in all forms, but the land itself is ravaged and scarred again and again, like a field ploughed unceasingly so nothing may settle and grow.

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Their leader, Kiyoyasu, is a true believer. He has heard the arguments of the new teachings in various sects. He has been called heretic and false advocate. But he will spread the word of the Buddha, one battle at a time if need be. The Kami have empowered them, cleansing the sins of their deeds. The mercy of Buddha should be recompensed even by pounding flesh to pieces. One's obligation to the Teacher should be recompensed even by smashing bones to bits.

片倉 清康 (Katakura Kiyoyasu ), through years of bloodshed, has earned the title of 六方 (Roppo) and leads a unit of mounted 衆徒 (Shuto). Kiroyasu was always stocky, with heavy, jowled features. Children hid their faces from him. He seemed invisible to women. He has always had trouble with conversations, never knowing what to say, not understanding how others talk. In the temples he found purpose. He is a passionate, energetic man, filled with love for the Buddha and his brothers. He has turned his passion to the defence of 伊弉諾神宮 (Izanagi Jingū).

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He roars as he kills, screaming his devotion to the heavens. His grasp of battlefield tactics is instinctual, raw and rough. He understands, in his emotional hindbrain way, the shock value of ambushes, of night raids, to appear in the unexpected. Some predators are simply born. But the Buddha has raised him above his own base self and absolved his killing, so there is still much land to conquer until the Pure Land is brought to Earth.

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(浄土の慈悲 form the second unit of my Ikko Ikki army. I knew I needed a unit of warrior monks, and following the tenants of the Basic Impetus army list, I added the only mounted unit as it would allow me to showcase both monks and horses. This unit will be my leader unit, and should therefore be the most elaborate - but the archetype of the monk is simplicity, to be divorced from worldly affairs.

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I did find examples of decorated Buddhist monk robes but I thought that to visually link with infantry monks, their robes should be similar. To show their higher status I used more gold in my colour schemes, such as in the lining of some robes, to set them apart from the rest of the army and to show greater ostentation.

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I still needed to link the unit to the broader army, and the main way to do that was through colour. The theme of Multicolours with cream tint is evident, with many cream accessories in the head cowls, belts, pants and so on.

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I haven't mixed Bleached Bone into the robe colours this time, as I did want some separation from the more earthly tones of the army as well. The monks are the elites, the leaders and I saw their spiritual elevation as worthy of being marked by less earthly bone tones in their colour scheme.

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My take on the Ikko Ikki is to go for the religious fanatic route: so I have head coverings aplenty. I decided not to give them a banner to separate them from the other East Asian armies of the Imjin War. The Sonae army will have consistent banners on individuals, the Ming army will have unit banners, the Joseon will have no banners while the Ikko Ikki will have banners only for the poorest units.

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The elites are either banners embodied - by their holy affiliations as monks or believe in no ideals - as wokou or ronin. Only the lowest will have to bear the heaviest loads. But I did want to emphasise the religious fanatacism so I used greenstuff to make Shimenawa rope, and attached plasticard Shide papers on them, which are common religious symbols in Japan.

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The leader has two plasticard Manji symbols on the horse and I painted a Tomoe onto the back of the brown horse.

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Two of the horses are from the Zvezda Samurai cavalry kit, the leader is a 3D printed Saga Miniatures sculpt, two of the monks are Smol Miniatures sculpts and the last one is a modified Kyoushuneko Miniatures sculpt. The base uses the same principles as the first unit.)

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(unit 2 of 14 - 浄土の慈悲 - Sengoku Ikko Ikki Japanese Army - The Tanba Peasant Ikki - Basic Impetus)
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Posted by Santi Pérez on 17 May 2024, 19:44

These figures so wonderfully painted are a great addition to your Sengoku Ikko Ikki Japanese Army, Owen. Another fantastic work, my friend! :love:

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Posted by CliosPaintingBench on 14 Jul 2024, 06:37

Santi Pérez wrote:These figures so wonderfully painted are a great addition to your Sengoku Ikko Ikki Japanese Army, Owen. Another fantastic work, my friend! :love:

Santi.


Thank you very much Santi!

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"If you wish to control others you must first control yourself". - Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵, 1584 –1645)

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The 八人の歌舞伎者 (Hachinin No Kabukimono) are famed ronin, orphans of war, outlaws and criminals. These warriors have cast off prior allegiances, all of them having rejected, obscured or denounced their origins and now fight for simple survival, for their own glory and name or to build wealth and power. Some are noble, fighting against the injustices of their past, taking only what they need and refraining from cruelty. Others are selfish marauders driven from their homes for their sins. All of them are killers through and through, and disciplined enough to fight as a unit. Not anyone can join the Kabukimono; they must have the skill to survive this time of war and prove their steadfast loyalty to the gang. Their numbers fluctuate with the vagaries of war, but the bodyguard of the leaders are always referred to as the Eight Kabukimono and form the elite core of the broader gang.

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The Eight are often comprised of ex-samurai for their skill at arms but they have had members from many humble backgrounds, from farmers to undertakers. Although all are equal in disgrace, the Oni brothers lead as warlords, fighting personally at the head of the warband and inspiring respect by their own skill at arms. They have survived since the inception of the unit, and none know their past. They keep their faces hidden behind Oni masks, leading the warriors seemingly from battle to battle only in search of payment and as members drift away or perish in conflict, recruit new members from the survivors of the war-torn landscape.

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Shorn of all duty, there is the revelation that the World is what one makes of it, and strength of arms matters above all. Let daimyo form their empires, the Kabukimono could still form their own petty fiefs in the rule of the strong.

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(浄土の慈悲 form the third unit of my Ikko Ikki army. It was time for something bold in this army (although it does feel like every unit so far has been a little over the top) but I felt like the ronin should go in their own narrative direction.

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I knew that the Ikki should showcase the unconventional elements that would feel out of place of the archetypal damiyo army and the image of the ronin is an iconic part of samurai media. The Basic Impetus list allows for Ikko Ikki fanatics as units that are below warrior monks in effectiveness but above peasants, and so that seems to work for the ronin.

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The archetype of the ronin is of the outlaw; of criminals, skilled ex-samurai. Visually there are a lot of straw hats and straw raincoats. I decided the unit could also include many stranger symbolic images too, like the oni mask and yakuza tattoos, to tie into the theme of criminality.

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I based many of the freehand patterns on the clothing from concept art for ronin from the Ghost of Tsushima video game, as I liked many of the designs. The blue and brown straw hat is based off concept art from a Twitter user of a Load Sword.

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I wanted each model to feel like an individual, rather a uniform cohesive unit, so each sculpt was distinctive, but I still needed to tie the unit into the broader army, so the use of Bleached Bone for accessories fits into the broader armour colour palette, even if the others colours aren't bone tinted, to emphasise their individuality.

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This means there is more of a visual separation, but enough of a visual tie to the army at large, I hope.

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The models are sourced mostly from Kyoushuneko Miniatures as 3D prints, but there's also a Smol Miniatures 3D print there and various 3D prints from obscure sources. The base uses the same principles as the first unit.)

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The Ikki rises:

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(unit 3 of 14 - 浄土の慈悲 - Sengoku Ikko Ikki Japanese Army - The Tanba Peasant Ikki - Basic Impetus)
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Posted by Ochoin on 14 Jul 2024, 10:42

A splendid array.
Your photos capture why I would like to create a Samurai army....& why I won't. The amount of fine detail is awe-inspiring.

I really take your point on individuality. This is no mass-army, largely uniformed the same, in similar poses & with only a mass identity. Each of your figures breathes uniqueness.

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Posted by Kekso on 14 Jul 2024, 17:41

They look scary... but nicely painted though :thumbup:
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Posted by CliosPaintingBench on 15 Jul 2024, 12:09

Ochoin wrote:A splendid array.
Your photos capture why I would like to create a Samurai army....& why I won't. The amount of fine detail is awe-inspiring.

I really take your point on individuality. This is no mass-army, largely uniformed the same, in similar poses & with only a mass identity. Each of your figures breathes uniqueness.

donald


Thanks! but I have to admit, Donald, painting it is a massive pain. I like the end result too, but during its creation, I wonder if I should have chosen something easier.

I think making an army of individuals is kind of fun because it reminds me of movies of bands of heroes like the Seven Samurai, or most modern superhero movies nowadays. It's a refreshing change from uniforms, but after this I'll have to choose something easier for a break. The Parthians are looking very brown-washable...

Kekso wrote:They look scary... but nicely painted though :thumbup:


Haha it was scary painting them, I thought they'd never be finished. Thanks Kekso!
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Posted by Santi Pérez on 15 Jul 2024, 13:07

Once again, now on these figures on foot, your paintjob is superb, Owen. I'm particularly amazed by the attention to details in the clothing. :drool: :drool: :drool:

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Posted by Peter on 15 Jul 2024, 21:15

These figures are a very nice addition to your army! Wonderful painted! :love: :thumbup:
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Posted by CliosPaintingBench on 17 Jul 2024, 03:03

Santi Pérez wrote:Once again, now on these figures on foot, your paintjob is superb, Owen. I'm particularly amazed by the attention to details in the clothing. :drool: :drool: :drool:

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Thank you very much Santi! I wanted to emulate traditional Japanese patterns but some of them were too hard for 1/72 scale so I chose versions which were reasonable, otherwise doing tiny waves on pants would take two weeks for each figure and the current patterns were hard enough already haha.

Peter wrote:These figures are a very nice addition to your army! Wonderful painted! :love: :thumbup:


Glad you like them Peter, thank you!
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Posted by Rich W on 18 Jul 2024, 22:54

Super work Owen. They are lovely looking figures and you have done them total justice.
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