Ashigaru's Hats

[cheng]

.....finally made Ashigaru hats...not a drop of glue on any of my klickies so far 

[cheng]

a clearer shot;

[Richard]

FABULOUS, WONDERFUL AND MAGNIFICENT
... ... ... ... ... ...

Cheng, your Asians just keep getting better and better and better and ... ... ... ... ...

Thank you very much for sharing your beautiful creations with us.

All the best,
Richard

[henry_martini]

The result definitively justifies the sacrifice an old arab headcloth.
 

MAGNIFICIENT, if I am allowed to repeat.

H_M
 

[Jimbo]

Most excellent!  Very well done !

Best regards,
Jimbo

[cheng]

The result definitively justifies the sacrifice an old arab headcloth.
 
[H_M

thanks everyone! 
and Micheal....you condone my cutting and thereby encourage me to make yet another sacrifice? 

[henry_martini]

thanks everyone! 
and Micheal....you condone my cutting and thereby encourage me to make yet another sacrifice? 

Could you use a black one of the grave robber? But even in my mind they have always white ones. So please go one and show us the result.

H_M

[cheng]

Could you use a black one of the grave robber? But even in my mind they have always white ones. So please go one and show us the result.
H_M

that's why i'm still hesitating....its still a sin to cut old rare parts but maybe GB will reissue white ones  ...and youre right.....all drawings seems to show their back-covers as white 

[henry_martini]

With the new oriental special there is some hope for a arabian nights theme, of course with white head clothes, so there is no need to be too parsimonious after all.

[baden-wurttemberg]

Cool hats cheng!!!!





Baden

[Timotheos]

that's why i'm still hesitating....its still a sin to cut old rare parts but maybe GB will reissue white ones  ...and youre right.....all drawings seems to show their back-covers as white 

Hi Cheng your "Ashigaru hats" (jingasa) look fantastic!

As for the cloth hanging from the hats, I'm not sure what the origin or nature of the material was.  I suspect these were linen cloths worn for protection from the weather or thicker cloth in mock-up of the neck protection of the samurai helmets.

In any event, I don't think white was "a uniform standard" (if such a thing even existed) so whatever color you have on hand looks great!  (and probably reflects the reality--the cloth might even have been rags the soldiers mothers sewed for them!)

Tim

[cheng]

thanks everyone!
and Tim, I enjoyed reading your comments!

..."Ashigaru hats" (jingasa).....

As for the cloth hanging from the hats, I'm not sure what the origin or nature of the material was.  I suspect these were linen cloths worn for protection from the weather or thicker cloth in mock-up of the neck protection of the samurai helmets.

In any event, I don't think white was "a uniform standard" (if such a thing even existed) so whatever color you have on hand looks great!  (and probably reflects the reality--the cloth might even have been rags the soldiers mothers sewed for them!)
Tim

[GASPODFREUD]

NO WORDS !! the best i've never see .........

[WarriorOfToys]

Awsome, awsome customs Cheng!
They are really superb Yariashigaru!!!
And I love the hats,
I would really like some on my Japanese soldiers...

How'd ya make 'em?

[cheng]

belated thanks Gaspodfreud !

and WOT...the hats unfortunately are not from Plasticards....they are from colored sticker sheets....cut out circles....slit along any radius and overlap until you get a cone...but remember not to make them too angular/sloped...maybe a 100 degree cone will do.

before these, I made quite many black and brown ones which you might have seen in my earlier Qing Soldiers thread (I remember discussing the making of conical hats with Tim in one of these threads)

...and milky white ones for my HK policemen....I have included a top view here if its clearer