Takeji Swings His Sword for the Ito Clan
May 27, 2013 by dracs
The latest finished miniature who will soon be joining Bushido has just been unveiled. I would say that he's an honourable samurai, but he works for the Ito Clan so honourable goes out the window.
More to the point Takeji here isn't exactly a samurai. More accurately he is a prevalent member of the Ito Clan's ashigaru, the basic foot soldiers of the samurai nobles.
The model is of course excellent, the stance is great with a good degree of motion without resorting to the old constant of the mindless, screaming charge. It seems to match up well with the original concept piece, with the possible exception of the face, but this could be more due to the painting.
Do you collect the serpentine samurai of the Ito?
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Looks like (reading the bit of background fluff) they decided to make him a bit older and more grizzled than the concept art suggests. Makes him a bit more of a counter-part to The Protectorate’s Hanzo, what with both being bad-ass Ashigaru wielding huge-ass samurai swords………
Like the pose. Ito are not my faction but I can see me picking up this model.
I’m not one for change from the concept art but in this case I think it was a wise choice to age him more. It gives him a more veteran look over the young green horn the art looks like.
I really like this. Is this game carried in the US at all, and if so, by what stores?
@fatherknowsbest check out the range at Coolminiornot here – http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/miniatures/bushido