Minamoto no Yoshitsune_源 義経

[Stanislav]

The military commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.
Scale 90mm, white metal. Sculpted by Victor Konnov, Produced by Pegaso Models
Painted for Attica Miniatures http://attica.su/

 

[mortier]

Wow,that‘s a great piece of art.Absoloutly fantastic

 

[akaryu]

Astonishing painting!

Pierre

 

[Edorta]

Absolutely beautiful!

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[Landrotten Highlander]

I think I will need to practice for another 8 centuries to get to be able to paint this kind of detail.
better start with practicing now, or I will never get it

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Wow, beautiful paintwork

Mobo

 

[megroot]

Incredible work.

Marc

 

[ometz]

Stunning work.

 

[TERRYSOMME1916]

Masterpiece, where would you even start to come up with these designs and then plan out how to paint them, never mind actually painting them.
TERRY

 

[karlw]

Hello Stanislav,

Here are some good historical Samurai clothing.

I suggest to visit the following web page ( http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/garb/garb.html) with detailed info about historical Japanese clothing and color schemes. You will even find a full color plate of the very muted colors the Japanese used way before the Edo period - not shining colors at all !

And for the clothing patterns I suggest one of the many pattern books around such as:
"Japanese Design Motifs" by Fumie Adachi,
"Traditional Japanese Stencil Designs" by Clarence Hornung
"Japanese Silk Designs" by M.P.Verneuil
"Japanese Warrior Costumes" by Ming-Ju Sun


And the horse ! Typical ignorant Pegaso modelling ! In those days the Japanese did not have such Arab bred race horses as pictured here. They looked more like sturdy ponys. As a Samurai figure collector I usually have to pass on Samurai warriors on horse as they are all wrong. I still have to find one figure to reflect the historical realities.

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[yellowcat]

Nice painting.
Here are some references on Minamoto.


Books on Samurai pattern.

 

[yellowcat]

Regarding Samurai horses:

The ancient Chinese, Mongols, the Ming and the Manchu rode horses the same size as the Japanese Kiso horse. A Japanese breed, the Kiso has inhabited Japan for at least 1,000 years. Their exact origin is not known, but it is believed that they are descendants of the Mongolian horses of the grasslands or the plateau horses of Central Asia.

Please refer to these links:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=564739
http://www.theequinest.com/breeds/kiso/

Here is a picture of the Japanese Kiso horse.

 

[Kevtk135]

WOW! Just WOW!

 

[santi fernandez]

Great piece!!!!

 

[theBaron]

Beautifully finished! Regardless of whatever historical inaccuracies! Or the size of the ponies!

Prost!
Brad!

 

[Martin64]

flawless painting and presentation! Interesting links and information about the historical background and patterns - but as long as we can`t have that historical perfect samurai and mount I like to risk my eyesight and take another look at this great piece of work!
Cheers, Martin

 

[Evgeny Dravskikh]

Very impressive work. Highly. Half a year were not in vain. Bravo!

 

[Medieval Forge Miniatures]

 

[Stanislav]

My friends thank you very much for your comments!

 

[Alex]

Karlw.

I do agree with you about the historical inaccuracies in the painting of some elements of the figure and the sculpting of the horse but :

- Stan is an excellent painter and has just completed one of the best versions of this figure ever done
- Stan as a painter is not responsible for the sculpting errors
- Collectors of these figures (and I was and still am one of them) are looking for the most flashy detailed paint jobs out there and will pay tons of money for it.. and for most of them, they will be ok with a more fantasy painting and will accept all those tiny errors
- 1900$ is not a lot of money to ask for a mounted samurai 90 mm figure
- as a painter, when doing a historical piece, I will research my subject as much as I can but will, once in a while, take some liberties and in the end, I am painting for the fun of it, and will always do. I am sure that I am not the only one approaching our hobby this way.

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