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Printed pics of the Samurai Dojo

The new Samurai Dojo is fully assembled, so here are some pics of the whole building and all the accessories!

* First, a quick apology for the strange look of the photos. I was running out of grey PLA, and had to use red for parts of the model. Red doesn't photograph well at all, it seems, so I promise never to use red PLA filament for pics again!!

▲ It's a large, imposing building, found in many settings in Japan, even today. Typically, it's used for kendo (swordfighting), kyudo (archery), and martial arts such as aikido, judo and karate.

▲ Most towns, villages and castles would have a training dojo (modern-day schools often have them, too), and they are usually non-religious. That's why this model features the simpler version of rooftile, instead of the fancier shapes found on temples and castles.

I've built mine with only one set of steps, but you could put more on each side if you wanted to, anywhere on the surrounding wooden balcony.

▲ Here's the fancy end of the dojo interior. There are paper scrolls on each side of the interior, with authentic calligraphy sculpted into the paper, and you can fit the interior with a variety of accessories.

In this photo you can see an empty weapons rack on the left, a weapons rack with bamboo kendo sticks on the right, and another weapons rack with naginata spears behind the central stage. There is also a samurai helmet on a wooden box on the stage, and two large taiko drums on display.

Note the flooring, which has tatami mats on each side, but a large wooden floor for sparring in the middle. You could replace a couple of wooden floor pieces with tatami mats if you prefer more karate or judo!

▲ At the other end of the dojo, I've added two weapons rack for bows, and four archery targets outside. Archers would typically stand inside or on the balcony, and shoot out towards the targets.

The bows are printed separately from the racks (they take less than 1 minute to print each!), and are glued into place in the slots. A little fiddly to not glue your fingers to the bows, but looks very realistic!

▲ Here's the set of accessories I chose to print for my dojo. This includes at least one of every type of martial art and decoration, and should help to bring the dojo to life!

The dojo is currently on the paint desk, and should be ready for release in a few days.

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