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Just a quick post to share my most recently painted figs:

Pub Con!

日本語版が下にあります。

I have been quite busy recently, not from painting or playing, or studying Go. Rather, (besides taking care of my son who was born last year) I have been running a gaming event called Pub Con in a suburb of Tokyo called Shimo-Kitazawa. I went with the name Pub Con because since starting this event in November of 2014 we have had all kind of games and gamers represented and it didn't seem right to call it an extension of the West Tokyo Wargamers. Also, sometimes people will come in with no intention of playing at all, they just socialize and talk about the hobby. That social event vibe is what makes this games day special and unique. 

Pub Con takes place in a long-standing Shimo-Kitazawa establishment called Good Heavens! (the exclamation point is in the name). The schedule can vary but it is usually held on the last Sunday of the month from 10am until 5pm. The owner there has been so kind as to store a table for us to play war games on and to give us a space to store terrain. Also for the duration of the event the pub will be non-smoking.

There is a deal for us on food and soft drinks. If you are able to join us please buy at least one drink and/or lunch to help support our hosts. Don’t bring in your own food or drink. 

For more information and to RSVP please see the Japan International Gamers Guild (Tokyo) Meetup.com page here: http://www.meetup.com/JIGG-Tokyo/. It is very important that you check the map included in the description on this page because the directions to the event location can be very confusing.

Hope to see you at Pub Con soon!

私は最近とっても忙しいですが、それはフィギュア塗装、ボードゲームを遊ぶこと、囲碁の勉強のこととは関係ないです。　何で忙しいかというと（昨年生まれた息子の世話もありますが）、下北沢で「パブコン」というゲームイベントの開催を始めたからです。「パブコン」はなんの省略かというと、英国パブの｢パブ｣とコンベンションの「コン」です。米国で一番大きいテーブルトップコンベンション「ジェンコン」に倣って名付けました。パブコンでは、ゲームをプレイするだけではなく、ビールを飲みながらおしゃべりも楽しんでもらえるイベントにしたい、そういう雰囲気を目指しているので、このパブコンという名をつけました。

パブコンは下北沢で長年親しまれている英国パブのGood Heavens!で開催しています。変更がない限り、毎月最終の日曜日、10時から17時までです。Good Heavens!のオーナーは、私たちのためにウォーゲーム用のテーブルとゲーム用背景を納める箱を確保してくださいます。そして、イベントが終わるまでパブは禁煙になっております。

入場料は無料ですが、場所を提供してくださっているGood Heavens!のために、飲み物もしくはランチを購入してください。参加者のためにランチとソフトドリンクの割引があります。外部からの飲食物は持ち込み禁止です。

詳細についてはJapan International Gamers Guild (Tokyo)のMeetup.comホームページをご覧下さい。http://www.meetup.com/JIGG-Tokyo/　特にパブコンのイベント報告の地図を参考にして下さい。

それでは、パブコンでお会いしましょう！

Rorke's Drift Progress

I never thought I would say those words, "Rorke's Drift Progress". This project has been a long time in the making, but I've finally started painting again.

碁盤！ My new Go board

I recently bought a Go board! To be honest, this does take away from my painting hobby but it is a great way to feel connected to history and it is an incredibly fun game!

最近碁盤を購入しました。囲碁を打つには時間がかかります。ペイントに時間を割けなくなりました。にもかかわらず、日本の歴史に触れている気がして、とても楽しいです。

Ink wash painting 墨絵

It's not samurai, but I did paint it so I think that is ok.

I think this helped inspire some new ideas for painting miniatures though.

まぁ、これはミニチュア侍じゃないんですけど、僕の作品だから許してください。

墨絵を体験したおかげで、ミニチュアの世界で使える技を発見した気がしました。

Samurai Village sneak peek

Working on a base for one of Oshiro Model's houses.

Holy Tree Showcase

Here is my finished shinto holy tree!

It will make it's wargaming debut this Sunday at the West Tokyo Wargamer's first Ronin game! 

Holy Tree preview

Holy Tree 御神木

I'm trying to make a Holy Shinto Tree, but I haven't yet figures out how to make the rope that goes around it yet. The rope will signify that there is a god inhabiting the tree (that the tree is a god?).

注連縄をまだ作っていません。

Bamboo!! ウォーゲーミング用の竹（背景）

Finally I have made my first prototype!!

やっと、初めての試作品を完成させました‼

This is the reason I had not posted in several days :-)

しばらくの間何も載せなかったのは、これを作っていたからです。

I would like to thank Shallow Diver for the original inspiration on how to make this kind of bamboo tree.

このアイデアをくれたシャローダイバーさんに感謝します！！彼のブログはこちらです：

http://shallowdiver.at.webry.info./

Cyberpunk Samurai 6/6

Cyberpunk Samurai

サイバーパンク侍

Progress Report #4

第四進捗状況報告

Using retarding medium I started on his "power sword".

リターディング ミディアムで雷刀を塗り始めました。

Cyberpunk Samurai 6/3

Cyberpunk Samurai

サイバーパンク侍

Progress Report #3

第三進捗状況報告

I'm imagining my samurai dude as if he is in some imperial hall devoted to Eisen (Eisen is a famous sake).

この背景はまるで榮川帝国大広間です。

Sengoku Townswoman

Just a quick post to show off a woman from the town people set from the Perry Miniatures samurai range.

The background is from an empty sake carton. 

The lantern is from Oshiro Model Terrain.

短い記事ですが、このペリー・ミニチュアの村人セットにはいっていた女の人をお見せしたい。

背景は清酒の紙パックです。

灯籠はOshiro Model Terrainから購入した物です。

Book Review: Ikkojin 一個人 No.158

This is my first book review but actually it is a magazine.

I really just want to put some information out there on internet about the resources I use to learn about samurai.

This magazine can be bought at most convenience stores and has themes like "The Truth of the Imperial Household", " The Castles of Sengoku Busho", or "The Mysteries of Japanese Shrines".

They aren't heavy hitting scholarly research but they do have really cool illustrations showing stuff like how castles were built or what a battlefield scene might look like. A lot of the illustrations are CG and show battles in action which I think is really cool.

Here is their website: http://www.ikkojin.net/magazine/monthly/

Cyberpunk Samurai 6/1

Cyberpunk Samurai

サイバーパンク侍

Progress Report #2

第二進捗状況報告

 I'm using these two pictures as inspiration.

手本として、これら二つの写真を使用しています。

I really hope I can paint the red wave pattern like in the above picture :-)

もしできれば上の赤い波を塗りたいなと思います。

Cyberpunk Samurai 5/30

Cyberpunk Samurai

サイバーパンク侍

Progress Report #1

第一進捗状況報告

Primed and ready to go!

I used black gesso for the base coat.

黒ゲッソで下塗りしました。

The background picture is by:

背景を作った方は:

Steven Chagnon, Ilya Nedal, & Alina Gal

Russian Field Officer Showcase ・Next Project

Perry 28mm Russian Field Officer ペリー・ミニチュアの２８ｍｍ露帝国軍の騎馬佐官

I finished the base today, and tried something a little bit different than normal.

Using the advice from one of the West Tokyo Wargamers I used crushed coral for the rocks on the base (as well as balast).

I painted that all brown first like usual, but then I went back over the rocks in a gray color, and I really like how that looks.

Also, I did not use any static grass or flock, but instead just put a few tufts here and there.

For my next project I'm going to be moving back to samurai.

This model is from Urban Mammoth's game Urban War. He is official called a Triad Boss I think, but to be honest I hate it when people mixed Chinese and Japanese culture for no reason, so I'm going to call him Cyberpunk Samurai.

Russian Field Officer 5/27

Perry 28mm Russian Field Officer 

ペリー・ミニチュアの28ｍｍ 露帝国軍の騎馬佐官

Progress Report 5

第五進捗状況報告

Russian Field Officer 5/26

Perry 28mm Russian Field Officer 

ペリー・ミニチュアの28ｍｍ 露帝国軍の騎馬佐官

Progress Report 4

第四進捗状況報告

Russian Field Officer 5/25

Perry 28mm Russian Field Officer 

ペリー・ミニチュアの28ｍｍ 露帝国軍の騎馬佐官

Progress Report 3

第三進捗状況報告