Winged Beasts & A Learned Sensei For Kensei
May 9, 2013 by brennon
As you might have noticed the Kensei Fantasy Creatures IndieGoGo Campaign is coming to a close this week but that hasn't stopped them from still drawing in plenty of attention and making some mighty monsters.
First up we have the Shikome, winged demons that are both dynamic and well sculpted. I prefer the more action packed swooping pose but the other one would be a lot easier to transport!
Kensei have also revealed the sculpt for their Sensei model. He looks very much the master of martial arts and would actually make a perfectly awesome Monk for role-playing games as well as within the world of Kensei.
There are still six days left on this campaign and if you fancy picking up some Far Eastern monsters you have plenty of time.
What do you think?
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The Sensei is super. I’d keep the hat off as the model has it on his back.
Shikomes are looking really good.
The Shikome would be good for Harpies.
(Don’t misread that and try rubbing them on your cold sores or genetalia though)
Think they look superb.
Kensai air producing top notch sculpts.
I really really like the art direction on Kensei so far. It’s actually looks like traditional Japanese mythical art, not the post-industrialized schizophrenic Japamerican hybrid that most people think of when they think of Japanese anime. This is reminiscent of pre-Commodore Perry still-closed-off-from-the-world Japan and not the post-war atomic let-us-absorb-all-of-your-culture-to-the-point-where-it-dilutes-our-own Japan. This looks like it was influenced by the old Japan more so than the modern Japan, and it’s something that just isn’t represented enough IMHO. The sculpts so far have done a good job of capturing the art style (the studio paint jobs have done a fantastic job of… Read more »
The Kensai FB page until recently often posted wonderful woodblock prints.
They understandably have been concentrating on their kickstarter figures and artwork recently.
The combination of a concentrated appreciation of source material with skilled painters and sculptors really pays dividends.