Guarding the Daimyo’s Koi - 1/72
Guarding the Daimyo’s Koi - 1/72
Guarding the Daimyo’s Koi - 1/72
Guarding the Daimyo’s Koi - 1/72
Guarding the Daimyo’s Koi - 1/72
Guarding the Daimyo’s Koi - 1/72
Guarding the Daimyo’s Koi - 1/72
Guarding the Daimyo’s Koi - 1/72
Guarding the Daimyo’s Koi - 1/72
This 1/72 Ashigaru-yari from the excellent Zvezda set was painted for a friendly competition over at http://bennosfiguresforum.com/index.phpBenno's Figure Forum, an online community specialized on 1/72 figures.

I struggled a bit with finding an idea for the base, but since I am still learning to work with water effects, I thought it would be fun to depict the Ashigaru (a Japanese common foot soldier) guarding his master's Koi pond. Was great fun to paint the fish, but I had to build the base twice because of a mishap with the first resin pour.

The miniature was finished on 12 April 2018, and I took it to the Herzog von Bayern competition in Ingolstadt (together with my other 1/72 stuff), where it won Bronze in the Historical Master Painting category :-)

Thanks for watching and best, D.