Sammy Time Ashigaru Tempo kit

 

During this trip I had a chance to buy two sets of armor. One was just coming out of a crate. A tempo, a replica tempo and an Edo period mask. The armor I inspected but never asked a price. The head liners were in all the helmets, so no way to confirm age. And you could hear the lacquer side around inside the armor. The mask I was pretty sure was not Edo period. Of course no CoA. Now the Tempos were 570ish and the replica 175. I thought hard about the replica. It wasn't that much and if US took it. it would not suck so bad.

            From the Matsumoto armory.

                        An example of what one carried and how.

Tempos

Japan traveling and painting part II

 

        Kofu has a people street with some modern old school buildings. It is up the street from sake/sailor town. I cannot sleep. At 4am I am wide awake walking around the city.

            I am in a dope hotel. I have a western style/size room. The desk has a single small lamp. I got to block in horses and Ashigaru armor.

That is my kit this trip. Micro

        This is not aTakeda. It was built after the Takeda were defeated. It was abandoned, a fire torched it and was never rebuilt. Within the last 6 years they have been reconstructing parts. 3 gates and a tower have been added. The pink area is all that remains. The grey is the train and station. There are multiple modern building on site and a sword fighting, Kendo, school.

Japan traveling and painting

                                

            This trip was to happen last month. At first I thought they screwed me and I lost the trip. No I just got screwed differently. Nano till Thursday at noon. Then drive 6 hrs and fly out Friday morning at 05:40. I flew from the expensive shity regional airport and uber-ed there. 

            Delta of course with comfort +. The first advanced to 1st class. No other upgrades handed out. I landed at 14:00 Japan time, 01:00 East coast time. Immigration at Haneda is a pain in the ass. Then delta has a friend at bagage claim removing some bags from the belt and not others. So there I stood minding my own business watch bags go roundy, roundy. Where the hell is mine? I go find the friend. Your shit is here on the floor. Oh and its soaked. 

            After all that bullshit. Then a 50$ or 7200yen cab ride to the hotel. Grand total of 22hrs door to door. After hanging my shit to dry, I hit the rack. Up at 2am Japan time to walk around the city and score some eats.

        Last time I was have in Japan it was for a month. I painted a Tau army to sell from what was left over and part of a cherry picked army. This time its Samurai and a very small kit.

            The desk lamp sucks. It is all there is in the room. The first night was blocking in brown horses.