Additional master figures completed...Archer plus..

 New masters...Ashigaru archer plus 3 variants for spearmen

Ikko-Ikki v Clan Monogoto ...

A view of the game table setup...

scenario: Ikko-Ikki force defends against an attack by clan Monogoto troops.

---oXo---

Ikko-Ikki force musters near the temple...

Clan Monogoto passes through a nearby village

and forms up....

Both sides advance ....

The Ikko-Ikki occupy one of the small hamlets....

Clan Monogoto move forward and occupy the other small hamlet...

and waste no time by attacking the hamlet held by the Ikko-Ikki...

Clan Monogoto teppo squads keep the Ikko-Ikki levy at bay .....

The attack on the hamlet has stalled, both sides exchange musket fire....

The Ikko-Ikki start a flank attack....

Clan Monogoto teppo squads fire and fail to hit anything; some of them are chased away by the Ikko-Ikki levy spearmen others are attacked by some mounted monks and samurai

Clan Monogoto bring up their samurai squad to counter the flank attack.....

The clan Monogoto teppo squad gets cut up by the mounted attack and the remnants run for it; the spear squad attacking the hamlet has fallen back to re-group.

The Ikko-Ikki levy spearmen chase Monogoto teppo through the small hamlet...

The Ikko-Ikki mounted monks and samurai follow through and attack the clan Monogoto samurai squad; a supporting Ikko-Ikki spear sqaud attacks some clan Monogoto spearmen...

The Ikko-Ikki troops on the other flank now move forward....

The Ikko-Ikki mounted monks and samurai cut the Monogoto foot samurai up and then encounter the Monogoto mounted samurai who lose the melee badly...

The Monogoto spear unit to their front charges .....

The remnants of the other spear unit are attacked in the rear by Ikko-Ikki levy spearmen...

they don't last long and rout....

The Ikko-Ikki spear unit pushes back the Monogoto spear unit ...

The remains of the Monogoto foot and mounted samurai retreat from the battlefield with their commander

the last Monogoto spear unit fights on desparately but is surrounded.......

Its all over for clan Monogoto - a win for the Ikko-Ikki....

---oXo---

Notes:

Forces and Losses

Ikko-Ikki:

            Unit                                    size.      losses.    % l casualties

Command                                3            0              -

Monks + Samurai Spear        12            2            16%

Monks + Ashigaru Spear       12            2            16%

Monks + Ashigaru Teppo.        6           1            16%

Levy Ashigaru/Teppo 1.         18           6            16%

Levy Ashigaru/Teppo 2.         18           6            16%

Clan Monogoto:

           Unit                      size.      losses.    % casualties

Command                3             0             -

Mtd Samurai            6            4           66%

Foot Samurai         12            4           33%

Spear 1                   12            9           75% 

Teppo 1                  12            8           66%

Spear 2                   12            8           66% dead + rest captured

Teppo 2                  12            5           48%

Recent changes, Ikko-Ikki and new items....

Extras Box...

Each side now has an extras box: spare spear and musket squads; scouting squad and cannon with crew

Ikko-Ikki add-ons...

more for the samurai squad

6 mounted monks/samurai (plus 4 mounted samurai for the main armies)

Some extra for the 'peasant levy'

Overall look of revised force, also with an increased size ashigaru squad...

Pack Horse Flags

drilling holes in the pack horse and getting ready to paint a few flagettes....

Castle Siege 'Trial' Setup

I've done a castle siege setup, with my 40mm figures, to see what suitable items I have - I'm going to have to make a few more things (like scaling ladders).

Samurai Army Review...

Decided to setup one of the armies on the table; for two reasons...

1. To check on what I've got and what would be nice to add.

- so far the list is : some extra mounted samurai, a unit of bowmen, a better forward samurai skirmish group plus some chaps with odzutsu hand cannon gun

2. To see how a whole army would fit lengthways on the table, enough room for the opposition 

- well only just so I'll have to get some sort of slimmer deployment but at ~180 figs per side it should be achievable.

Anyway some pics of the army.....

Ninjas ready for action...

 The converted figures shown in the previous post now finished and ready for action....

Additional ninjas... (conversions)

 Five more ninjas completed by converting some Steve Barber figures, I tried to keep as much of the original figures as possible...