Old Glory Mounted Samurai

Painted these guys pretty quickly - a fews hours last night and a few today. I wanted to try to speed paint them using only basic colors and then a "dip" in Miniwax Tudor Stain. Well I had worked on their spears earlier - hammered some brass rod and then shaping the heads.

These aren't bad, but in no way as good as Perrys. However, I won these and some OG Ashigaru bowmen off a ebay for really cheap, so I'm content. In fact, I preferred OG as I didn't want to spend too much time painting them up; and I would feel guilty giving Perrys a Miniwax "dip." The sculpting of the armor allows for dry-brushing of the lacing; quite painless.

They can work for Sengoku period, but their armor looks old-fashioned; mostly o-yoroi type armor. I did drill holes in their back to accept sashimono though. I may add some later.

In fact, these could be used (without sashimono) alongside the TAG, 1st Corps and Curteys I already have which are for the earlier period. Alternatively, they could work well for the Onin War in 15th Century.

Here are shots of the samurai and horses before their "dip" in (actually brushed on) Miniwax:

You may notice bulbous knobs around the saddle area; I added some Green Stuff there to help the riders sit more securely - it worked.