Samurai Bust "The dark warrior"

When I think Japan, I think Samurai. Their appearance has always intrigued me and their way of life was something to behold in itself. When I found this figure/bust, I just knew I had to give my figure modelling another go. With all the different clans and their armour colours, it was hard to decide on what to go with. I knew it had to include some dark colours, preferably black and red. With a few small alterations to the standard model, I think I’ve come up with something unusual and interesting.

My First completed figure

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Niek Nijsen

Despite starting Wonder Woman first, the samurai bust is the first (large) figure I’ve finished. I began this kit on my workbench at work as a little project to get my mojo back, thinking it would be straight forward gluing some resin parts together and having a bit of fun with hand painting a model. Surely someone could have told me it wasn’t going to be like that?

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