Started some weeks ago this old kit from Andrea, see it as a challenge.
After studied the plan and the pieces decided to build 3 blocks, the horse, the samurai and the small details.

Building the horse and fitting the samurai


Start painting the horse




After 2 weeks of painting

Looking great, looking forward to seeing the rest

Great start Jan. This kit was always too rich for my wallet but seeing this WIP makes me very tempted. If anyone has one in their stash they want to get rid of; at a managable price ....... Well you never know - if you don't ask you don't get!

David

Excellent start on an awesome figure!!! Will follow it with interest!

This is a tremendous start and I look forward to further progress.
Gary

Looks exceptional so far Jan.I remember the piece,it is a huge affair in 90mm.Is there a steel rod inserted in the only leg that touches the ground? 'Cause if there isn't,the sheer weight of it will cause it to bend in the future.
I do not know if you call the saddle done or still intend to put some work on it just keep in mind that hapanese sdddles were entirely covered in urushi (lacquer) as most japanese items at the time.I shall follow with interest as I feel that a masterpice is heading our way.

Oda.

Started some days ago with the rider, working from the bottom to the top.
Today I have been working on the chest Armor

That painting is amazing such fine detail.

W.

Love the free hand design.

Oda.

Still working on the samurai Horseman, it’s taking time al the small things.

Jan this is progressing brilliantly.I will comment on a slight detail which has nothing to do with your painting and which -in all accounts-should be taken as a suggestion not a correction.The blue parallel lines on the cuirass (do) and its fauld (kusazuri) are actually the tops of the lamelae that have been assembled into rows and then densely laced with (in your case orange/red) odoshi (lacing).At the time when your warrior lived they would invariably be a shiny black colour.The individual lamelae(or scales if you prefer-hon kozane) each containing a multitude of tiny holes were assembled into rows,secured by leather thongs to eachother in order to for lames (tare).The whole lame then would be laboriously covered in multiple layers of urushi (japanese traditional lacquer).In some cases the tops of the kozane would be built up even further with urushi.These tops would show on the finished armour as thin,black lacquered lines alternating with sections of lacing.
Let me just say that I am not trying to be the smart guy here or tell you what to do with your beautiful miniature.I am just adding my two cents of accumulated (and yet very poor) knowledge on the subject.The samurai posts tend to draw a lot of heat lately and I would hate to see your thread turning into a conflict zone but as a lifetime enthusiast and student of all things samurai I had to comment on such a little technicality as this.Hope you don't mind.

Oda.

@ Oda, no problem at all. I hope I understood everything correctly so that I made the adjustments correctly.
Will bring on more shinny between the other steps.

It is a gorgeous figure and your work on it is superb. Looking forward to seeing more pics of your progress and the final result of course.
Oda.

Working on the helmet and some details

Better and better with each step.This will look epic when finished.

Oda.