"How did you paint your Sohei Warrior Monks" Topic

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Col Durnford	26 Dec 2021 9:01 a.m. PST
I'm current working on some RalPartha Sohei. My research shows white pants and shirt. covered by a robe in yellow, yellow-orange, or what looks like dark blue or black. How did you paint your Sohei?
Herkybird	26 Dec 2021 9:37 a.m. PST
Like this…
The Nigerian Lead Minister	26 Dec 2021 11:16 a.m. PST
White with saffron robes and dark armor, like your sources recommend.
Schogun	26 Dec 2021 1:26 p.m. PST
Sohei Monks painted for Ronin: link
Col Durnford	26 Dec 2021 3:10 p.m. PST
So as a follow up question, do the different shades of the robes have any significance?
Thresher01	26 Dec 2021 5:35 p.m. PST
I was thinking bright orange. Don't know if that's historical, but I've seen some painted like that and they looked great!
FusilierDan	26 Dec 2021 6:37 p.m. PST
TMP link From link
setsuko	27 Dec 2021 12:55 a.m. PST
"So as a follow up question, do the different shades of the robes have any significance?" Colours were used by some temples to show different ranks, but there was no single system and different traditions did (and still do) use different colour for robes.
skipper John	29 Dec 2021 6:54 a.m. PST
I've seen some recently at an Asian airport in orange robes!
vonkluge	14 Feb 2022 8:59 a.m. PST
These are a few I recently did for playing with the RONIN skirmish rule set by OSPREY. There are more pics and an article on my www.HistoricalHobbies.com website. The figure are from the Northstar line and very nice.