Per my last post, I’ve got a few mythical swords-for-hire painted up, but who’s gonna hire them? The Bandits is the first of my two buntais on deck to paint since I’ve got some games scheduled for nest weekend against my opponents Sohei. So, let’s see how this buntai turned out.

Above are Northstar and Bad Squiddo models that make up the Samurai leaders of the Buntai. These will be the Leader (probably the model with the sword raised, or maybe the lady holding the vial). The two on the ends will make great second-in-command, Gashiras.

The rest of the buntai are made up of Bandits and Peasants. All of the above are from Northstar’s Ronin line.

To be honest, this group of models may be one I struggled with more than any other models I’ve pained. It was a new skin-tone for me to attempt and I originally had too much contrast so had to do a lot of repainting. The end result looks ok, but I spent too much time looking at them, all I see are errors. I do like the overall color scheme and look of the buntai, so am looking forward to getting some distance between when I painted them and just look to have fun playing them.

I understand this buntai is one of the more difficult to compete well with, but that they’re a lot of fun and really that’s what I’m looking for with Ronin…. low count, fun skirmish gaming.