Redvers and Son Get Into Bushido

My son and I made our inaugural visit to Salute earlier this year where we made a direct line to the GCT Studio stand. My son wanted the Kinshi Temple faction which is a fairly new addition to the game. It’s a small faction where all but two of the models are within the faction starter set, so my son picked up all of them. He also picked up two of the Kami of the Empty Mind which can also be added to a Kinshi Temple warband.

He’s now managed to paint them all, so below is the complete Kinshi Temple faction painted and ready for battle. Painting is not something he really enjoys and he has quite a shaky hand, so he finds the finer details quite challenging and frustrating. He used the Army Painter speed paints and because they are very easy to use, he was able to complete the models quickly and, as a consequence, gain some motivation in getting them completed. By the end, he was quite enjoying the painting process and pleased with his results.

Having completed the above, he also tackled Ashinaga Tenaga. This model was a feature of a previous update here as it is a real pain in the backside to put together. It’s a metal model and the contact points are very small and therefore some very careful pinning was in order. It took several hours just to get it ready for painting.

My son again used mostly speed paints for this except for the skin, which was an acrylic from my skin paint set. I think he painted this in an hour or so and then left it to me to base it up. He’s a lot quicker at painting than I am.