Ronin - 3D Bust - by Hellbender Museum

[elgreco]

1/12 Scale 3D printed resin bust by Hellbender Museum.
Kit includes 5 parts: Body, 2 hands, Sword and a Plinth. Approximate height is 110mm including plinth.
3D printed in dark grey resin at 0.03mm by El Greco Miniatures. Kits are printed on demand. Time to dispatch items will vary depending on print queue size, typically within 7-10 working days.
Printed under licence from Hellbender Museum.
Available to order here: Ronin Bust - Hellbender Museum - 3D Print - El Greco Miniatures – El Greco Miniatures Ltd.
Thanks for looking.

 

[Dr Bison]

Great likeness to Takeshi Kitano in "Zatoichi - The Blind Swordsman".

 

[yellowcat]

Great likeness to Takeshi Kitano in "Zatoichi - The Blind Swordsman".

Looks more like Toshiro Mifune in Yojimbo and Sanjuro.

The katana curvature and the length are questionable. It is different from a tachi. The curvature of a katana is approximately 1.5 cm (0.6 in) and called Sori in Japanese. Tachi featured more prominent curvature and longer blade than the katana. The tachi curved more deeply than its katana counterpart.

 

[harto]

Lovely figure and likeness. I agree with Yellowcat on the Katana length looking possibly a bit long for an effective draw and the curvature does look a bit much (maybe warped resin?). To elaborate a bit for those interested but not necessarily that familiar with Japanese swordsmanship - Tachi are worn slung from the belt cutting edge down and typically have a greater degree of curvature allowing for a longer draw and thus a longer blade. Useful when you are predominantly fighting on horseback. The switch to Katana worn tucked in the belt with cutting edge up is more for fighting on foot. Here you don't need such a long blade and this way you can draw and strike quicker generally. However the draw length you can accomodate is shorter because rather than pulling the blade out of the scabbard across your whole body tachi style, you are restricted by the length of your drawing arm going out in front of you and (in some schools) your ability to pull the scabbard back as you draw to assist in release of the blade. Nice to see a sculptor getting the hand positions correct for the draw though, with the right hand approaching the sword hilt from underneath and the left thumb on the tsuba for blade release (can't quite see from the pics but the thumb should be away from the top blade edge, over the sword centreline and closer to the swordsman's body, otherwise you risk slicing your thumb on the draw if it is directly over the cutting edge (ask me how I know!). Looking at the bottom picture in Yellowcat's post, is it me or does the scabbard show some fittings from a tachi mount even though the sword is worn blade up Katana style? Particularly look at the reinforcing band about one third in from the end of the scabbard?

 

[yellowcat]

Some katanas have some of those band and end fittings for the saya.

Pictured below are Kojiri which have traditionally protected the tip of a Saya and more importantly, the tip of the Blade.

 

[yellowcat]

Just wondering if the bust can be printed in 1/9 or 1/6 scale.

 

[Nap]

Hi

Thanks for the news , looks a good piece , ideal for a wealth of patterns , hope we see painted versions

Again really interesting information from harto and Yellowcat so again we learn something and great references

Nap

 

[Ronaldo]

Most of it looks good do like the way the hair is done
But as already mentioned the sword doesn't look quite right.and in this scale should be perfect.
One other point the right forearm looks decisively square at the wrist

 

[yellowcat]

Most of it looks good do like the way the hair is done
But as already mentioned the sword doesn't look quite right.and in this scale should be perfect.
One other point the right forearm looks decisively square at the wrist

The left thumb should be on the side of the tsuba as shown in the following pictures otherwise the thumb will be sliced when drawing the blade as indicated in the bust.

 

[Nap]

Great picture references again from Yellowcat

Interesting to see and learn

Be great to see a painted from him

Nap

 

[elgreco]

The katana curvature and the length are questionable.

Just to point out that the katana comes in two parts. The model was dry-fitted with Blue-tack only and that half of the katana kept drooping down during photography. So it will fit in place correctly once the modeller attaches it correctly with glue.

 

[Martin Antonenko]

And they stroke not only hard - but very fast!




Cheers

 

[Russ]

I, too, would be interested in a larger scale version (1/6 or 1/9).

 

[Banjer]

I, too, would be interested in a larger scale version (1/6 or 1/9).

Me too, I think anything under 1/10th in a bust is too small.

Bill

 

[Romariogendalf]

if you have the same quality bust casting as your 3D model I need 2 busts

 

[Banjer]

One other point the right forearm looks decisively square at the wrist

I can't get my hand to sit at that angle relative to the right wrist. I'd be interested to know if anyone can?

Bill

 

[elgreco]

if you have the same quality bust casting as your 3D model I need 2 busts

Hello. Those are photos of the 3D Print and not rendersvfrom the STL file. As quoted above, the bust is dry-fitted with blue tack which is why the katan is drooping down. But that is the actual 3D Print from the first print test. Thank you.

 

[elgreco]

A quick update in regard to this bust.
We have test-printed it in 1/9 scale and this printing was successful. So it is now available also in 1/9 scale:
Ronin 1/9 Bust - Hellbender Museum - 3D Print - El Greco Miniatures – El Greco Miniatures Ltd.

 

[Banjer]

Order placed.

Nice to have a supplier who listens to customers, well done Matt and Celine.

Bill

 

[yellowcat]

Excellent!