One lesson in gamecraft is that if you want to play a particular game, it’s helpful to provide all the materials. Skirmish games make this not too painful. Since GCT was nice enough to put a Ryu model in the VIG bags at Adepticon 2017, Ryu would be the second faction.
![Hiro Takashi](https://paintedguys.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hirotakashi-300x300.jpg)
Unlike the Ito starter, the Ryu starter models are wearing something approximating uniforms. That made it easy to batch paint, although it’s a bit harder to remember who is who.
![Hanso](https://paintedguys.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hanso-1-300x300.jpg)
Also unlike Ito, these models are mostly one piece and fairly blocking. The poses are a bit less dynamic, but they’re also quite sturdy. Hanso has the sword-and-scabbard thing, but without any of the fragile joints of the Ito models.
![Minuro](https://paintedguys.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/minuro-300x300.jpg)
Minuro’s gun is the only one in my collection. But with a dragon wrapped around it, I’m not sure it really counts as a gun.
![Ryu Yariman](https://paintedguys.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ryuyariman-240x300.jpg)
I’m quite happy with how the armor turned out. It reads as black, but the texture comes through quite well. It’s a simple mix of thin paint and drybrushing, but it comes together nicely.
![Jin](https://paintedguys.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/jin-1-300x300.jpg)
Dragons don’t just belch bullets, sometimes they have stabby tongues.
![Kenta Takashi](https://paintedguys.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/kentatakashi-300x300.jpg)
Kenta Takashi was the swag bag freebie. He’s a quite different look from the rest of the set, but I kept a blue shirt to hopefully tie them together a bit.
I still haven’t played a non-demo game, but with two factions I’m running out of excuses.