Well, I’ve almost finished the first few units of my HOTT Samurai army - 4 units of Ashigaru (2 Spears, 2 Shooters)
However, I must admit to having mixed feelings about these models.
It’s not the models per se, but rather the scale. It seems to me that painting 15mm has all the drawbacks of painting 28mm figures (it takes a long time to paint individual figures - especially with the small detail) but with none of the benefits of the larger figures (an nice, inpressive figure when you’ve finished) or none of the benefits of the smaller scale (nice overall effect) either.
In short, I’m really not convinced that 15mm figures give the same return for the time spent on them that 28mm figures do.
OK, I’m a slow painter, but the 4 units above have taken me several hours to (almost) complete - and I still have to base them! If I was painting a 6mm army, I’d have a couple of entire units painted by now, and they would look more impressive on the batlefield.
This HOTT army could very well be my first - and last - in 15mm.
