Sunday, January 8, 2017

'Armour' from TomF: Lone Samurai

Deep in the unpainted box were a group of 28 mm samurai figures that I picked up over 20 years ago at a convention.  I had primed them shortly after the convention but never had the confidence to paint them up. Unfortunately I threw away the packaging from the blister pack so I don't know what company produced them.

I consulted pictures of samurai armor (the correct spelling by the way 😉 ) from various museums to get a relatively historical representation of the armor on the figure.  From what little I've read on the subject each samurai had a unique pattern to their armor to aid in identification in the field. So I didn't copy any one particular suit of armor from the examples I consulted.


I'm not completely happy with the way he turned out, but I had a lot of fun painting him. Maybe I'll take a stab at one of the other figures before the end of the Challenge.
Thanks for viewing my entry.

Posted by Curt at 3:47 PM
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14 comments:

  1. Evan HughesJanuary 8, 2017 at 4:42 PM

    Splendid work, Tom, vibrantly coloured and with great attention to detail. Well done!

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  2. TamsinPJanuary 8, 2017 at 5:26 PM

    Very colourful work on the armour Tom :)

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  3. MartinCJanuary 8, 2017 at 5:36 PM

    brilliant, shame you can't spell armour

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  4. JonathanJanuary 8, 2017 at 10:57 PM

    Colourful armour (correct spellings) - that looks like a lot of work. Maybe you will get the rest of them done this challenge? I hope so as this one looks great.

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  5. RodJanuary 9, 2017 at 12:30 AM

    Very colorful. I think it came out really well.

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  6. AdamC1776January 9, 2017 at 6:36 AM

    Nice work.

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  7. Michael AwdryJanuary 9, 2017 at 9:45 AM

    Stunning job.

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  8. ClintJanuary 9, 2017 at 10:51 AM

    It is hard work to paint a good samurai (which is why I do not) I am glad to see you are not afraid of hard work though.

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  9. James MacCraggsJanuary 9, 2017 at 5:01 PM

    Wow! Well done, great looking model.

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  10. SteveJanuary 9, 2017 at 7:21 PM

    A lovely figure, the armour looks spot on! Great work!

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  11. Peter DouglasJanuary 10, 2017 at 9:22 AM

    Very good figure. Great work detailing the armour.

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  12. SanderJanuary 10, 2017 at 11:46 AM

    Great colourscheme you have chosen!

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  13. Jez ToddJanuary 11, 2017 at 7:38 AM

    Amazing figure and the threads on the armour look spot on to me. I have painted Samurai 28mm unfortunately not as well as you. Makes me really appreciate your painting.

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  14. CurtJanuary 12, 2017 at 1:21 AM

    Beautiful work Tom! The painted knotwork on the helmet is just amazing. What an amazing bit of brushwork. Bravo!

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