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Wow, mine still hasnt shipped. Did you guys get tracking info? I checked and shipping was already paid too. Not sure if I should be getting worried or not...

They are still shipping, Bossk. No reason to panic just yet.

If you haven't already done so, sign up for Fedex and use their tracking notification. You can see if any packages are headed your way. You'll probably get notification direct from them faster than from CMON.

 Bossk_Hogg wrote:
Wow, mine still hasnt shipped. Did you guys get tracking info? I checked and shipping was already paid too. Not sure if I should be getting worried or not...

I got an email with tracking information the day before it arrived, so kind of?


Can anyone recommend a good reference book for the history, equipment and tactics of samurai, as well as a listing of family crests/Mons?

Sweet, thanks folks! I guess it's no surprise it's taking them a while after their Black Friday backlog.

SMOG is the one I'm really waiting on as my wife will definitely sit down for that one.

Osprey is always a good source for uniform ideas.

You can always check out some of Koei's historical video game franchises for some color schemes, as they often have pretty realistic portraits of famous personages.

Or I can give you some children's sengokuzukan my kids have if you'd like Inquisitor, if they're willing to let you borrow them...

this may be useful, old photos of samurai hand coloured at the time

https://mashable.com/2016/04/07/samurai/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-retronaut-link#njyQDQJtCZqM

(lots of the images are loading really slow for me but they do show up eventually)

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Osprey is always a good source for uniform ideas.

You can always check out some of Koei's historical video game franchises for some color schemes, as they often have pretty realistic portraits of famous personages.

Or I can give you some children's sengokuzukan my kids have if you'd like Inquisitor, if they're willing to let you borrow them...

I don't want to be the guy who takes books away from children. I'll check out the osprey books, though.

Some of the Rising Sun minis have the Mon sculpted on, but it shouldn't be too difficult to remove them or apply a different color. Not that I ever finish painting anything. My Brimstone minis are 100% primed and 10% painted so far...so I guess I'll need to find historical precedent for entirely monotone, primer-colored Samurai.



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 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
this may be useful, old photos of samurai hand coloured at the time

https://mashable.com/2016/04/07/samurai/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-retronaut-link#njyQDQJtCZqM

(lots of the images are loading really slow for me but they do show up eventually)

Thanks!