Many many moons ago Chinese firm Hing Fat produced a set of Ninjas, quite nice little figures and all in original action poses with a variety of suitably Japanese weaponry. You used to see them everywhere, but nowadays not so much. Now my understanding is that Ninjas are some sort of super stealthy assassin, so not the sort that you want whole armies of, with that in mind I turned some of them into Warrior Monks:
I converted these six just to see how they would work, I think they're good enough to justify making up to a unit of twelve, then maybe another sect in blue. I like the idea of having varied units that can act as allies to the main armies of a period, it makes the converting and painting less onerous when you know you only have to make a few.
This is a modern solid metal figure made by Frontline, from a set of medieval cavalry that were given away with magazine partworks, they came freestanding without a base, which makes them prone to falling over as they are rather heavy and have a high centre of gravity
This was the only Samurai figure they made in the range, shame really as they are beautifully painted, I added the base for stability and it makes a very welcome addition to the collection I am slowly building up.
I like the idea of painting them in bright colors. Nice result.
ReplyDeleteThanks James, I thought the bright orange robes would would make them stand out as monks.
DeleteFantastic! The sohei are a personal favorite of mine, so it's wonderful to see them in this scale. I recall seeing the Hing Fat ninjas some years ago, but lacked the imagination to turn them into something more useful in a unit based game, and so passed on them. Any idea on how the Frontline figure compares scale-wise with the Del Prado samurai on foot?
ReplyDeleteThanks John, the Frontline figures are 54mm, so noticeably smaller than the Del Prado foot Samurai, I'll try to get some comparative pics put up.
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