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What will you find here? Ramblings from an aging gamer-miniature painter. When I first started out in this hobby computers were in their infancy and finding other gamers could only be done by going to conventions or as in my case bumping into somebody who happened to see me reading "Panzer Leader" on the school bus. Look how far we have come! The internet has allowed our small community to be able to connect on a level I never dreamed of when I was but a small lad. What I do hope you will find here is something interesting from one wargamer/miniature painter to another. I paint miniatures somewhat decently, so I will be posting some pictures of my work, and perhaps a review or two of games and/or miniatures. Most of all this is just about having fun and anything I post here is meant to be for that reason.

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

KATO KIYOMASA: Samurai Warlord unit for Saga

I selected the Perry miniatures model Kato Kiyomasa as my Warlord and although he has nothing to do with my Takeda list (Takeda figure was out of stock) I love the giant hat and decided to use him. Another reason I picked him is because he was a pretty awesome General and soldier during Hideyoshi ill-fated Imjin War.

William Scott Wilson describes Katō Kiyomasa thus: "He was a military man first and last, outlawing even the recitation of poetry, putting the martial arts above all else. His precepts show the single-mindedness and Spartan attitudes of the man, [they] demonstrate emphatically that the warrior's first duty in the early 17th century was simply to 'grasp the sword and die'. Contemporary accounts of Katō describe him as awe-inspiring, yet not unfriendly, and a natural leader of men."

Nuff said, he was one bad ass dude, so I hope I did him justice with my latest work.


Skip you might as well throw in the towel now because....

Kato is so deadly in fact, that his enemies would be blind from overexposure to pure awesomeness!!!!

Cheers
Kevin

12 comments:

  1. Damn you Kev and "Kiyomasa One Eye" too!!

    If Saga games were decided by the beauty of the figures.... I'd simply stay in Georgia!!! Impressive!

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  2. Noooo!!! Don't stay in Georgia, we need to game!!!

    You crack me up Skip and thanks.

    Kevin

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  3. Another example of your artistry awesomeness. Luv it!!!!!👍

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    1. Thanks MP, now you need to sit down and paint some Infinity dudes up.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  4. Fabulous work, Kevin. Really, really impressive.

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    1. Nice to have a fellow artist say so, thank you Dean.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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    1. Thanks Steve, I was happy with how it turned out. Wasn't to sure of the red flowers, as I was trying to give it a dry season mountainous look, but it's growing on me.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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    1. Jay what a pleasant surprise, thanks for stopping by and having a look at my work.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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