Painted Perry Samurai General

[RJ]

Hi all!

Long time no post so heres a pic of a recently finished Perry Samurai. I really want an army or even a skirmish force of these guys painted but i dont think my sanity could take it! They are amazing sculpts full of detail but they take so much effort to paint...

I can only try 

Thanks for looking!

[wolfgangbrooks]

Nice. And, yeah, samurai are a pain in the butt.

[marianas_gamer]

Wow,  really beautiful!! But I can see how it wouldimpact your sanity  when you paint them to that standard.  Beautiful madness though

[itchy]

thats really nice  wanted some of these my self but think i might hold off a while so much unpainted lead already..really  nice paint job and basing post some more.

[Mad Doc Morris]

That's complete madness!
Since I know the size of this model, I can't imagine how you have done those tiny characters on the apron. Absolutely stunned.
Please, don't sell them again, at least not before you'll have completed a small skirmish party - such like the Seven Samurai.

[cianty]

Yay, great paint job! He sure is beautiful! I've been wanting to get some Perry Samurai for a while now (the ones in everyday clothes especially) and pictures like this make me want them even more.

[argsilverson]

a perfect samurai general.

the result is stunning

[Saya]

Nice!!!! superb brush work!!!!! 

[Gluteus Maximus]

They are amazing sculpts full of detail but they take so much effort to paint...

..... but well worth the effort!

Absolutely gorgeous.

Sadly I'll never reach the standard to do Samurai models like this justice. 

[aircav]

  wow that is fantastic 

[Malamute]

Lovely, I especially like the face, very expressive.

[Admiral Benbow]

Very nice, RJ, simple paint scheme - brilliantly executed!
 

[Remington]

Absolutely amazing... as always. I really need to know what you use for your skintones.

[RJ]

Thanks for all the comments guys, always good to hear what people think!

With regard to the way i paint skin, i used the method that Steve Bowerman created.

Foundry Spearshaft A
Foundry Flesh A
Foundry Tan A + Foundry Flesh B
Foundry Flesh B
Foundry Flesh B + any ivory colour (I use P3 Menoth White Highlight)

Thanks Again!

[Captain Blood]

RJ, it's a measure of the Perrys' brilliance at naturalistic sculpting (although I confess I have previously been known to suggest they sometimes err on the side of squatness), and your excellent, subtle painting, that unlike almost all the painted wargames figures one sees (including all mine!), if you squint ever so slightly at the picture of your painted model, it could actually pass for a photograph of a real person.

For a 28mm wargames figure, that is very hard to achieve - mainly because we've all been conditioned into liking a certain 'caricature' style of sculpting, and an equally exaggerated, layered style of painting, which - whilst very pleasing to the wargaming eye - is nonetheless not remotely reminiscent of real life.

Your paint job on this model manages to overcome that barrier.
Which I think is a serious achievement.
Hats off.