Last Samurai ( W.I.P.)

[Goremageddon]

Hi again guys. I´ve been painting this miniature for a contest in Portugal. ANd I would like to Know if you´ve got any advice to tell me. As you can see, some parts are not ready yet, but at least the face, the hair, and some of the armour is already done. The first two pics were taken in the beginning and the next two are the result after the accident today in my house. ( The mini fell onto the hard floor and the nose cracked and lost some paint, which made me paint the face again. SO, any comments and advice are always welcome. I trust you all.

This is after the accident...

 

[supervike]

The face looks great. The armor seems kind of flat, but maybe that is just the color saturation of that damnable red color.

I\'m not too qualified to give comments, but I didn\'t let that stop me....lol

 

[Ogrebane]

The sword seems bent in the middle and I agree with vike about the armour. Its coming along quite nicely tho.

 

[ToMaZ]

face is superb. The red plates on his legs look good, but the chestarmour looks a bit flat. Nice freehand pattern on that legplate too.

Btw, who makes this miniature?

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by ToMaZlegplate too.

Btw, who makes this miniature?

Andrea

 

[ToMaZ]

I should have known I have their catalog here, but I hardly had the time to look through it.

 

[Einion]

I think that accident did you a favour - the current face looks much better than the first one to me

It\'s too late to change it now but for future reference the red of the armour is a bit intense for Japanese lacquer work. For scarlet (orange-red) the colour could be quite saturated but for reds more toward crimson they were usually relatively dull, plus of course the classic earthy reds for russet steel.

Einion

 

[Goremageddon]

It\'s too late to change it now but for future reference the red of the armour is a bit intense for Japanese lacquer work. For scarlet (orange-red) the colour could be quite saturated but for reds more toward crimson they were usually relatively dull, plus of course the classic earthy reds for russet steel.

Actually I want to thank you a lot for this information. I know that most people who paint historical gather historical information about the subject they are painting, but I was a bit lazy.
I tried to mix a little bit of Andrea´s scheme with my own personal feeling about the colours. Next time I paint a samurai,I´m gonna follow your advice.
And thank to you guys for posting too.

 

[kblaes]

I think that accident did you a favour - the current face looks much better than the first one to me

I agree. Looks much better.

A minor criticism. The katana looks absurdly bent. Real katanas have a slight bend in them, but it\'s nowhere near that pronounced. It\'s really more of just a bend in the edge of the blade, not the sword itself.

 

[DrEvilmonki]

You could always try to alter the colour with a glaze.

 

[Einion]

@Goremageddon - glad it was of some help.

Originally posted by kblaes
Real katanas have a slight bend in them, but it\'s nowhere near that pronounced.

Are you sure this is not a tachi? Joking aside, the kit\'s blade has clearly been accidentally bent, here is what it should look like*.

Originally posted by kblaes
It\'s really more of just a bend in the edge of the blade, not the sword itself.

Not really, no. Almost all easily-recognisable Japanese swords (tachi, katana and wakizashi) have a blade that is curved. Some are much straighter than others but most have a distinct curve, called the sori, which varied in degree and position with date and style.

*In the new pics on the Andrea site it\'s also bent lol

Einion