Japanese Castles

[martin goddard]

Zvezda had a great  20mm castle on the drawing board. They published pictures of it, but I have not seen it on their catalogue.  This was about  7 years ago.


martin

[Sean Clark]

Amazing pictures Simon!

[Colonel Kilgore]

Amazing pictures Simon!

Many thanks,  Sean. I have a few more in reserve for The 15 Mill 

[martin goddard]

https://www.super-hobby.com/products/Japanese-Castle.html

There it is!

[Colonel Kilgore]

That looks very nice, Martin, if they ever get around to producing it!

[Sean Clark]

Would it look ok with 15mm figures?? If it gets produce I'd buy one. There a certain something about the Japanese architecture.

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Given the recent interest in Samurai it seems only fitting to show a stalled project from years ago that may well get revitalised...
A lowland Sengoku-Jidai fortress which will have a small all-wooden Tenshu in the same manner as burned in 'Ran'. It is a modular structure composed of predominantly polysterene ceiling tile tiers with added balsa and matchstick timberwork sections. While it is easy to get distracted by fine fortresses like Himeji they are almost all later and embellished in the Edo period. It's a bit like basing your idea of all WoTR period English castles on the substantially C19 romantic reconstruction of Warwick castle. Sengoku period defences were far more rudimentary which makes for interesting modelling. they were about complex networks of baileys for area-denial with ditches, stout palisades and low clay rendered walls. Only a few key structures would be substantial to merit battered stone bases. They had far more in common with Iron Age hillforts blended with Vaubanesque in-depth defensive works. The gatehouse has embossed tinfoil to replicate the fireproof iron reinforcement on the gates. The only snag is it developed a larger than anticipated footprint...
Figures are mostly Two dragons with hand painted Nobori and sashimono

[Colonel Kilgore]

That looks like a good project to un-stall once you've done your MexRev stuff, Neil!

Those flags look fantastic!

Simon

[Anatoli]

This is really beautiful !

Amazing work : the final result will be superb !

[Stewart 46A]

2nd Episode all about my Ikko Ikki army


Stewart

[Dave8365]

Thank you for the pictures, Simon!  When we were there a few years ago they were still doing the restoration, and all the scaffolding was still up (though being able to see the carved dolphins at the top of the towers was a compensating factor).

Your photos emphasize that I need to get back there...

Cheers,
Dave

[Colonel Kilgore]

You should, Dave - it's quite impressive after all that restoration work!

Simon

[martin goddard]

I was going over for the British Olympic volleyball team but the 12,000 ahead of me did not pull out for injury etc.
i expect I can see all the castles from my hotel room Simon?

Gutted.


martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

Martin,

Don't worry, no-one would have been able to go out and watch you play anyway.

We have some Tokyo 2020 T-shirts - must surely be collectors' items?

And yes, you can almost certainly see castles from your hotel Martin - if you happen to turn to a stupendous article on that very topic in a recent edition of The 15 Mill.

Simon

[usagitsuki]

You can 'virtually' walk around the grounds of a lot of Japanese castles in Google street view. Some, like Gifu, you can walk around inside as well.