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Saturday, February 2, 2013

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.

3 comments:

  1. Love the weapon on the far right guy (naginata? negimaki? whatever it is, it looks great.)

    I'm watching your weapon smithing with great interest as I just got a ton of putty and am about to embark on a figure sculpting extravaganza to improve my skills. And they're going to need some sharp things to swing!

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    1. That's a nagimaki which is similar to a naginata except that the handle is wrapped much like a traditional bladed weapon (katana, wakizashi etc) rather than being mounted a pole.

      I'm getting better at my "smithing." I spend quality time on the anvil, bot most of the fine work I do with needle files (shaping the blade, smoothing out the surface, sharpening edges.)

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