The Assault Group Sohei - Warrior Monks

 These are from a pack each of bows and naginata.

Painted a few up with orange (saffron) and yellow outer robes. Although I'm not sure the reasons why some wore these colors. I think the Osprey book on them says it may just be that the dye colors were more common at the areas they were located. Again, not sure of the reasons, but wanted to give them a bit more of a varied look.

The pack of eight figures come with duplicate poses.

A few of the figures show armor worn under the robes.

There's one more monk figure left - a command figure which I plan to replace his naginata with a banner.

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The Assault Group Gempei War "Followers"

They're sort of like ashigaru - but not in the sense of the latter Sengoku period. More like a warband kind of group that closely followed their lord or samurai leader.

They have light armor and wield naginata. Supposedly they protected the higher ranking samurai on horseback - and also would try to take down enemy samurai with their naginata. The Heian period warfare translates well with "heroic" warfare rules.

The sculpting of the armor lends itself well to lightly painting the laces, and then following that up with a light wash of black ink. The ink wash settles into the recesses of the lacing to help the look.

Next up are the sohei monks with bows and naginata.