INFINITY JSA: Tanko Zensenbutai

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Infinity JSA TANKO ZENSENBUTAI Link team - Front View


TANKO ZENSENBUTAI



Bushi upstarts!  These guys caused a bit of controversy when they came out as people didn't like the hats.  I for one think they are pretty cool and bring to the JSA traditional Japanese cultural aesthetics in sci-fi form.  Low ranked samurai commonly wore jingasa (war/camp hat) on the road to keep the sun off.  They are quite appropriate for the Tanko really, given their background as low born bushi.  Its just funny how now days cultural aesthetics don't much include hats of any culture as being cool or macho.

I didn't stray too far from the studio colours as I wanted them to stand out from the Domaru since they would not be from the same unit.  Red is such a forgiving color to paint so they were a pleasure to finish and I have to say that it was doing these guys that made me feel like I could paint any Infinity model going forward.  The main changes I made to the studio schemes was to alter the markings and hat colours.  For the hats I researched real jingasas for inspiration.


TANKO ZENSENBUTAI (with Flammensper)

Infinity JSA TANKO ZENSENBUTAI Flammensper - Front View








TANKO ZENSENBUTAI (with Missile Launcher)

Infinity JSA TANKO ZENSENBUTAI Missile Launcher - Front View

TANKO ZENSENBUTAI (with Blitzen)

Infinity JSA TANKO ZENSENBUTAI Blitzen - Front View

TANKO ZENSENBUTAI Link team ready for action


Comments

  1. AlexanderJanuary 4, 2021 at 11:11 AM

    Very cool looking. :-)
    What vallejo colors did you use, if I may ask?

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