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Title: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: cheng on February 08, 2011, 06:26:39
Gunsen were folding fans used by warriors to cool themselves, made of wood or metal spokes, usually hung from the belt or breastplate.

Tessen were folding fans made of heavy plates of iron designed to look like normal, harmless closed fan, taken to places where weapons were not allowed.
Also used for fending off arrows, as a throwing weapon, and as an aid in swimming!!!(quote Wikipedia)

Gunpai were large solid open iron or solid wood fans, carried by high-ranking officers also used for signalling troops.

(Quoting Wikipedia again) "Araki Murashige is said to have used a tessen to save his life when the great warlord Oda Nobunaga sought to assassinate him. Araki was invited before Nobunaga, and was stripped of his swords at the entrance to the mansion, as was customary. Nobunaga intended to have the room's sliding doors slammed shut onto Araki's neck, killing him. However, Araki supposedly placed his tessen in the grooves in the floor, blocking the doors from closing."
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: henry_martini on February 08, 2011, 07:31:20
Instructive and well done.
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: bonniebeth on February 08, 2011, 13:40:10
That's so interesting, cheng! I never would have thought of a fan as a weapon! Very well done!
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: WarriorOfToys on February 08, 2011, 14:02:33
Very cool! :clap:
Is there a Playmobil fan then? ???
Or did you make that fan? :o

Great job with the paint. :wow:
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: PrimusPilus on February 08, 2011, 14:14:38
Fantastic, cheng!
I like these small details that make PM more "real".
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: Gis on February 08, 2011, 15:02:32
He looks great cheng I really like the colours you used!!

Here is a list of the fans WoT:

http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30%2062%209932
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: WarriorOfToys on February 08, 2011, 15:04:39
...
Here is a list of the fans WoT:

http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30%2062%209932

Thanks Gis! :wow:
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: Luis on February 08, 2011, 18:23:24
looks very well done, Cheng

and very educative too :)
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: Wolf Knight on February 08, 2011, 20:12:03
another creative and educational custom  :clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: playmofire on February 08, 2011, 20:39:47
Not only great customs but education too - thank you, cheng.   :wave:
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: cheng on February 09, 2011, 06:54:40
thanks everyone!  :love:

...and I forgot to point out that he's wearing a Nio do body plate;

("Niô dô, named after a class of Buddhist deity, are hotoke dô embossed to resemble the emaciated torso of a starving monk or also like a gakihara dô, after the starving ghosts from a Buddhist hell")
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: Justindo on February 09, 2011, 07:53:10
Great looking custom and a very informative and interesting history, Cheng!  Thank you! :)
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: WarriorOfToys on February 09, 2011, 14:47:07
thanks everyone!  :love:

...and I forgot to point out that he's wearing a Nio do body plate;

("Niô dô, named after a class of Buddhist deity, are hotoke dô embossed to resemble the emaciated torso of a starving monk or also like a gakihara dô, after the starving ghosts from a Buddhist hell")

Wow! :clap:
What a great choice of parts for that idea! :o
Ingenious!
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: Wolf Knight on February 09, 2011, 17:32:40
thanks everyone!  :love:

...and I forgot to point out that he's wearing a Nio do body plate;

("Niô dô, named after a class of Buddhist deity, are hotoke dô embossed to resemble the emaciated torso of a starving monk or also like a gakihara dô, after the starving ghosts from a Buddhist hell")

Another great military history lesson!!! Thank you Cheng!!!
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: cheng on February 10, 2011, 09:58:49
thanks WoT,
and Wolf Knight, so you are wearing a Nio-do too, I see! ...by any chance a Buddhist? :lol: 
Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: Wolf Knight on February 10, 2011, 16:58:06
and Wolf Knight, so you are wearing a Nio-do too, I see! ...by any chance a Buddhist? :lol: 

Sorry no..  :lol: But i could definately be a Jedi!!!!  ;D

Title: Re: Samurai's Gun-pai
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on February 14, 2011, 03:10:10
Excellent customs! You're historical creations are awesome cheng!