Samurai Sashimono

[Nosher]

Calling all ex-purts... (ex as in WAS, spurt... doesn't need explaining!)

Had a lovely great pile of Samurai tip up today with loads and loads of sashimono to fit. Anyone care to share how they fitted their sashimonos to their samurai so I dont have to recreate the wheel? I have a pin vice but not entirely sure I have a small enough drill bit or is there an even quicker way of doing it without driving myself insane?

No rush - this is going to be one of my post Christmas armys, along with Saxons, Vikings, Normans, WoR, 100YW...

Thanks in advance

[FierceKitty]

A needle vice, that I could understand. It might suggest an excessive use of recreational chemicals. But a pin vice? Masochism, perhaps....
   Which aside, I drilled a small hole in the back of the do with a pin vise, then superglued a home-made wire sashimono in, let it set, and reinforced it with epoxy. I'm no Michelangelo, but they look OK.

[Nosher]

Cheers Fiercekitty - which side of the pond you on? Vice/Vise.

Looks like a trip to the bottom of the garden before work tommorow to dig out my pile of >1.0mm drill bits... with 'surplus to government requirement crowsfeet' on the boxes, cough, splutter, nudge nudge wink wink

[FierceKitty]

Currently in South Africa, drifting back to Bangkok next year, I hope, which will be very good news for the one Thai wargamer in the world; poor chap gets to play only wen I'm living in Asia.
   I used copper wire for my sashimono, and a .8mm bit seemed to do the job better than a 1mm, for what that's worth. By the way, do check out some Japanese military art - the sandard pattern of sashimono was very widely used, but you can include lots of more unusual types: streamers, vertical staves bovered in feathers (pipe-cleaner is perfect for this), four little flags one above the other on each on two or even three staves (illustrated in "Kagemusha"), wings, the "horo" type, a butterfly. A lovely one still in a museum has a red-laquered armouir with a branch of delicate metal and little scarlet leaves as the sashimono; but I'm damned if I can think how to model it, even in 15mm.
  Don't forget helmet decorations either!

[BlackEd]

I've finally started painting my Pendraken Samurai (for the painting contest!), and I have the same questions about the back banners.

FierceKitty, do you have any links to visual references?  Your explanations are a great starting point.  However, I like to see what I'm trying to model so I don't get too far into ridiculousness!

Leon, a related question:  On the Samurai with Katana, they all have a second sword hanging just below the waist.  There is a small doughnit shape at about the hilt.  What is that supposed to be?  I am trying to figure it out.

Thanks!

Ed

[Kassad]

I found these links
http://forums.samurai-archives.com/viewtopic.php?p=41560&sid=e28d92dafe433fa48f99259b324c7cbb
http://www.riddip.com/wordpress/?p=1097
Surely imm. search on google give you other ideas.

[quasar42]

I painted the sashimonos first and then just glued them on the back. Probably not the most solid option but so far they have held.

[BlackEd]

I found out what the "doughnut" is:  a bow string reel!

[nikharwood]

...how many sashimono in pack SAM14 then? 

[Leon]

...how many sashimono in pack SAM14 then? 

30 per pack, mix of small and large.

[nikharwood]

Thanks Leon