So, I did a camp for this army, and now it is completely ready! Thankfully, camps
for Samurai are pretty simple because they are quite well defined :) I went with my
favourite of all the mon in my army, which doesn't happen to be the general's mon :)
- Manufacturer: Old Glory 15s
The Samurai! In all their glory, here they are. Aside from those mounted elements,
it is really hard to tell all the elements in this
army apart! I guess that's what happens when uniforms become... well... uniform! It's the
point I guess!
- Manufacturer: Old Glory 15s
The fifth and final element of samurai for my Post-Mongol B samurai DBA army...
The first two elements went together kinda slowly, but thanks to the standard
armour of the late samurai, I was able to whip these off in short order! Like the monks,
it is hard to tell these samurai elements apart... But at least the samurai all have
different mon (the flag design). The army is done now, all that's left is a camp!
- Manufacturer: Old Glory 15s
These are the ashigaru, or basic footsoldiers during the samurai period. I modelled
these ones after very late ashigaru, and thus they don't have the conical helmets anymore.
The spears are very large, mostly to help them stand out from the rest of the army... But
even so, they don't really! Oh well :)
- Manufacturer: Old Glory 15s
With this element and the next element of monks, I picked figs with more
robes and less armour where I could. Gives them a more monkish look I think.
Overall though, I find it hard to tell the monk units apart!
- Manufacturer: Old Glory 15s
The general there in the middle of this element is the only fig in the army with
and extra colour. I figured either blue or green would work best, but in the interests
of avoiding the christmas look, I went with blue. I also added some yellow to the armour.
and painted the face mask. I am happy with it. I put the extra flag on there as well
just so I could easily tell which element is the general's element. Not sure how historically
accurate it is, but it works for me :)
- Manufacturer: Old Glory 15s
The second cavalry unit for the Samurai. Some nice figs here, particularly the horses.
All of the horses on this element in the bent down and running pose, while two are exact.
it was the switch with the previous element that caused this, but in the end I like the look
of it. It gives the element movement...
- Manufacturer: Old Glory 15s
Warrior monks were a large part of the samurai era in Japan. Different monasteries
battled for control of parts of Japan in similar to churches in Europe; so basically a few
wealthy, elite types used monks and religion to gain land and more wealth ;) Anyway, these guys
were touted as being elite warriors, truth is some were and some weren't. Thus, their
overall effect is a fanatic blade weilding mass of warband types! As far as the figs go,
I like them. Because of the compressed schedule, they aren't all that diverse, but the varied clothing
on them works I think. The element does give that fanatic blade weilding sorta feel!
- Manufacturer: Old Glory 15s
If you are having trouble telling this element apart from te other warband elements in this
army, don't worry, so am I ;) Warrior monks were pretty well armed and armoured during this period.
Also, they were pretty similarly armed as well.
- Manufacturer: Old Glory 15s
Later Samurai, the sashimono really make these figs I think! I replaced the original
flimsy lead pole with a paperclip, making these much sturdier. The Naganata on the left has a new pole/shaft
and the blade has been replaced with a plastic blade. I went for simple but
realistic mon designs on the sashimonos, but they work well.
- Manufacturer: Old Glory 15s
The Naganata on these figs have been converted with paper-clip shafts and plastic blades.
Originally the figs had spears. Again, I went for simple but
realistic mon designs on the sashimonos, but they work well.