Samurai Heroes


A pair of figures to add to the Samurai collection.  Here we have a Sohei hero from Kensai miniatures.  This is a more interesting figure with a rather involved resin base.  He is modelled with his latest victim at his feet, pointing out some commands.  The model itself is none a a very brittle white metal, as can be seen from the snapped off base of the bow. (Not sure when it happened)  It is a fairly animated sculpt with some nice detail.  I opted to paint the casualty in the same scheme as my most recent Oda Clan Ashigaru unit, since I figure they would be the most likely force to be engaging my Sohei (at least when I get around to painting some more units of Ikko Ikki)  



 The Samurai is one of the test figures I picked up from Footsore Miniatures and is part of their Test of Honour range.  I went with a fairly basic paint scheme as I am still getting the knack for painting decent looking patterns at this scale.  Overall a nice, dynamic pose with sharp detail for painting.  I have a few more of these models on the table right now, so I should get at lest 1-2 done by December. 

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  1. Nice looking hero samurai, Jake.

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  2. Nicely done figures, shame about the bow sooooo annoying !

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    1. It would not have been as bad, if I would have seen it break off. Now it is just a game of pattern recognition before vacuuming the den.

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  3. Good looking vignette. It is a shame about the bow but had you not pointed it out, it would have gone unnoticed.

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    1. Yes, a clever use of angles by the photographer.... I hope to fix it in the near future.

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