A small Japanese blog post

[OSHIROmodels]

One of the many commissions I have to do is done and there is a small write up on my blog about it and some more detail on the SALUTE board 

It's of a small building base that utilises parts form the catalogue and some scratch built elements.



http://jimbibblyblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/slowly-bringing-in-new-year.html

cheers

James

[Malamute]

I likey, especially the well

[carlos marighela]

Fabulous work James.

[Svennn]

Its all these commissions, and your ability to fulfill them so nicely, that allows you to advertise for a figure cleaner

[Pentaro]

I love the fence and the well. Do you have any photograph of a real life square well?

[OSHIROmodels]

Thanks chaps 

Its all these commissions, and your ability to fulfill them so nicely, that allows you to advertise for a figure cleaner

 

I love the fence and the well. Do you have any photograph of a real life square well?

Somewhere on the desktop but you should be able to find them on google if you look. I will be making proper ones to go in the catalogue soon 

cheers

James

[Dr DeAth]

Lovely piece of terrain there Jim

[carlos marighela]

Genuine question (albeit one that maybe based on an erroneous assumption).

These are fabulous models. The Japanese have a long standing reputation for loving detailed models, I'm thinking of all the plastic kit manufacturers, Tamiya, Hasegawa, etc, etc. They also have a fondness for little things like bonzai, which is really a form of hybrid gardening and modelling.

Do these sell well in Japan? I should have thought there would be a considerable non-wargaming market there.  Feel free to answer or not Jim. Just curious.

[OSHIROmodels]

I have had one Japanese customer in the five years of doing it and to be honest, he was a surprise (nice chap to boot, very good English).

Wargaming isn't so popular over there mainly because of the time involved. The kids spend six days a week at school and most go to after school clubs in the evenings and Sundays. Likewise, the business men work long hours and so computer games are very popular, you can just switch it off whenever.

Kit making is very popular, because although it is time consuming and labour intensive, you only have to do a little bit at a time.

Model railways are very popular for the same reason (although space can be an issue when you see the size of some of the flats etc  ).

I know there is a growing group of ex-pats over there (West Tokyo Wargamers being one) and GW have a foot hold, I even popped in a few years ago and we weren't accosted 

The stuff I do is for wargaming and not dioramas, there is quite a difference and the people there who do period dioramas (not as many as you'd think) have the talent to do it themselves.

The Japanese appreciate and respect skill a lot more than other countries (that's how it seems to me) and although the sort of thing we do is still looked at askance there is still the appreciation there.

I hope that makes sense and if anyone has anything to add or alter (I'm going on my own personal opinion and through talking to my wife [who's Japanese and really has no clue  ]) then please feel free to do so 

cheers

James

[Silent Invader]

That's lovely James.   

[carlos marighela]

Thanks for the response Jim. You might want to edit your response lest your good wife stumbles on that post. they can be unforgiving creatures. 

[Mason]

 

Very nice work on all of them.

Looking forward to seeing your table at Salute!
 

[OSHIROmodels]

Thanks for the response Jim. You might want to edit your response lest your good wife stumbles on that post. they can be unforgiving creatures. 

I'm not worried, she's said it herself on many an occasion 

cheers

James

[carlos marighela]

Funny though, they seem to make quite a lot of kits of various Samurai castles in different scales. Just thought this might appeal.

[abhorsen950]

Stunning work! I checked out your blog to and the terrain on there is excellent