42mm Samurai: Converting the peasants

Here are my peasants after a few conversion steps. There were a few head swaps, all brand new weapons and some legs/ankles rotated to accommodate a couple poses that I've reversed from the original poses. In fact, I had one accident when I broke off a foot (you can barely see the piece of brass rod on the right leg of the man with the hammer (( look under the spear point)).) When I dig out the green stuff, I'll patch that leg up.

Breaking the foot off has me concerned that I've weakened the ankles on the spearman, so when I get the green stuff out, I'll give both reversed figures longer pants to cover the ankles and strengthen the legs. I also have to add tiny bits of green stuff to smooth out the neck connections on the head-swapped figures.

The fellow on the far right has yet to get a rain cape but otherwise looks just as I planned him. I also sawed the connection between his back hand and body so that I could raise that arm a bit to help level off the weapon angle (simply to add a little variety.)

And then there's Zatoichi with his sword cane, his head turned to listen for enemies. It took me a while to file down a peasant head into a bald head, but it turned out nicely. I still have yet to add longer coat flaps on Ichi, but I'm otherwise happy with how he's turning out.

I still have a samurai I haven't touched yet. He'll be getting a haori/jacket, and leather hat (as well as a hammered-brass katana blade.) I jut got all these figures a couple hours ago, so converting is progressing quickly. I'm going to take a break and try to plan some more before hitting the figures with the green stuff.