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The smaller sashimono flags were released a few days ago, and today we have a matching set of larger flags ready for release. The Samurai Nobori Flags are available for download from today!!
£ These are tall banners for groups or armies of samurai and ashigaru warriors, called nobori. They are 70mm tall including the pole, and can be inserted into the fists of warrior models with a 2mm pin drill, or inserted into the wood and bamboo stand included in the set.
Two versions of each clan crest flag are included: one clan symbol (examples shown on the right), and another version with three clan symbols (examples shown on the left).
£ Nobori flags also make great decorations for castle walls, as shown in the image above, and are still used in modern times for local town and shrine festivals, etc.
£ Here's a quick size comparison with the nobori banner bearer from Warlord Games / Wargames Factory (from the Test of Honour v1 set).
The Samurai Nobori Flags are available for download now:
Following on from this week's sashimono flag release, here's a matching set of nobori flags for you!
These are tall banners for groups or armies of samurai and ashigaru warriors, called nobori. They are 70mm tall including the pole, and can be inserted into the fists of warrior models with a 2mm pin drill, or inserted into the wood and bamboo stand included in the set.
£ They are designed to be printed without supports, as the spine of the banner pole is flat. This means they will print well on their backs, as shown in the picture above, and have adequate strength.
£These flags were all printed at 0.1mm layers, but they print quite quickly even at a slow 20mm/s print speed.
The picture above shows the flags after a quick white spray undercoat and then a (messy) dark wash, to show the details. The wooden stand is just a simple piece of bamboo with four wooden struts to keep it upright.
Hopefully everything should look a lot better with proper paint, in a couple of days!!
Look at that - only a few days after the release of the teahouse set (and what a fantastic response by you all - thanks!), we now have another little set of model accessories ready for release. The Samurai Sashimono Flags are available for download from today!!
£ I had to get a bit creative with the colours for one or two of these, as I couldn't find 'proper' colour guides for them - so please excuse any mistakes!
To show off the gentle curves of the flags, I used colour washes on top of the basecoat colours, but I've now realised that I shouldn't have left any washes around the symbols themselves! I'm so used to adding washes to crevices to create extra shadow and depth, that I forgot these flags don't actually need them (because the symbols would be flat with the flags themselves)!
Oops.
The Samurai Sashimono Flags are available for download now:
Bigger nobori flags are following close behind, I promise......
You can all thank Wade Lockhart for this customer suggestion - sashimono back banner flags for your samurai warriors! He suggested making some flags with clan crests on them, and that sounded like a great challenge to me!
£ To fit 28mm scale models, these back banners are only 20mm long, and the flag part is even smaller!
It was quite a challenge to simplify some of the clan symbols so that a regular FDM printer can print enough detail at that size, but the following banners were all printed at 0.1mm layers. I recommend aligning them as shown in the photo above, with the spine of the banner flat to the print bed and a brim for extra balance, and reducing your print speed. You don't need print supports.
£ The 12 clans from the Clan Symbol set are included here, along with a blank version. The banners have a small horizontal crossbar which helps to attach the flags to the shoulders of a model (and it's even an authentic detail!).
The prints above were simply undercoated in white, and given a quick colour wash to show the symbol details in this photo. As you can see, the simpler designs all print perfectly, although a couple of the more complicated designs (Honda, middle row on the left, and Tokugawa, back row second from left) were perhaps beyond the capabilities of my shaking Tevo Tornado to get a perfect print! Resin printers would of course manage both of those without problem, I think?
These sashimono flags will be hitting the paint desk this weekend, and a second set of larger nobori flags (unit and army flags) will follow shortly.
I know many of you have been eagerly looking forward to this set, and I'm excited to announce that the Samurai Teahouse Set is available for download from today!!!!
£ Every good pic should tell a story, and this one is a blood feud between these two half-brothers.
The Imperial Envoy enjoyed the art and grace of Tomoko at her beautiful teahouse, and always took the time to stop on his travels. As he watched her hands carefully mix the ingredients, he felt himself relax and sink into a deep feeling of contentment. Life at these times was close to perfect.
A harsh cry from outside the teahouse snapped him out of his contemplation all too abruptly. As Tomoko and the Envoy stepped outside on to the pebbled path, he could see a figure in the shadows of the gate, beyond the warmth of the garden's lights.
His eyes widened as the figure stepped forward and drew twin swords. His half-brother, cast out and long thought dead, had returned to throw all their fates to the wind!
"You cheated me, brother! ..... I come for what is rightfully mine!"
£ The teahouse set includes the detailed teahouse building, and a small fenced rock garden with plenty of accessories. I couldn't help adding in my new cherry blossom trees to the photos, and even gave the priest something to reflect upon in the pond!
£ Tomoko was painted up specially for this photoshoot, to guide you to her teahouse. As you step through the gateway into the garden, every view is designed to frame itself like a painting.
£ As Tomoko guides you along the stone path, you can admire the fragile beauty of the ornamental moss in the rock garden, before washing your hands and entering the teahouse proper.
£ The entrance to the teahouse is very low, and designed to bring every participant in the tea ceremony down to the same humble level, with status left outside.
£ The small bamboo deer-scarer and stone water bowl (centre of the pic) is something I'm particularly proud of, as it's a cute little one-piece print. It adds a great little bit of atmosphere to the garden!
£ The roof is of course removable (and fully textured underneath!), so you can even play your wargames inside. By adding thin baking sheet paper to the circular window at the front, and the screen doors at the back, you can get some very picturesque views....
Here, you can see Tomoko enjoying the view of the pond from the small balcony at the rear, while the priest waits kneeling inside. He's probably wondering where to put his naginata spear!
£ As her customer leaves through the low door, Tomoko stands by the wall scroll. The text on that scroll is sculpted into the model, and you can easily use a black wash to follow the shape of the kanji characters.
£ The two half-brothers face off across the teahouse garden.
Blood WILL be spilled this day!!!
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