Heaven and Earth a Samurai Project

I needed some building so I made some out of coffee stirs and craft sticks I wanted to make a fishing village so I also need fishing accessories as well. I made the nets out of cheese cloth that I died using black tea. The fish I sculpted out of putty.

Check out these blasts from the past first is a Dragon from the Grenadier company circa late 80’s and a  1/35th scale Samurai from the Tamiya circa early 70’s

I also wanted to do another conversion using the new Ninjas of Iga and the heads that you get from the Masked Men set both are from Test of Honour.  The conversion was simple I just cut off the heads of the Ninjas and replaced them with the Masked Men heads. I also used putty to hide the seam where the heads meet the body I tried to make it look like the hoods of the Ninja suits.

This was something I saw when I was a kid and it stuck with me till this day. Ninjas with demon masks.

I the Samurai movie heven and Earth (1990) Tekeda had a warrior mistress named  Yae she commanded a small unit of female Samurai. so I decided to make it for my Tekeda force. Now I know we should not make units that we saw in a movie for it is usually not accurate but some times you have to go with the rule of cool.

basically female Samurai look just like their male counter part because of all the armor that they are wearing. I found some bald female heads from Statuesque miniatures and I found out that I am not that good of a sculptor so I decided to use horse tails for there ponytails. that was quick and easy. then I sculpted some bandanas and hair which was easy but you need to have paitcents and take your time.

At this time I wanted to add some civilians so I got some of the Perry’s to add a little flavor to the table. I also painted up a limited edition unarmored Samurai and monk as well as a palanquin from A W Miniatures.

I painted up two clans first was the Shimazu clan then the Okubo clan the one that I play. For the back banners for the Okubo I used post it notes and it seemed to worked out.

At this time I was introduced to Test of Honour and was I hooked I found a clan I wanted to play the, Okubo clan.  Their Samurai had butterflies as sashimonos and Ashigaru had the wing of a butterfly. I also painted a miniature for my friend that wanted to give away prices for his tournament  so I obliged him.

I also painted up Samurai squads for Tekeda as well and I was able to finish these in a week. Painting at least a half hour a day really is a great way to bulk out an army.