Black samurai armors?

Sir Garth · Post by **Sir Garth** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:09 pm

Ok I've gone to some sites and I've seen characters with black samurai armors, but as far as I now Lego has never made black samurai armors.
Do you guys really paint those things?

Legolas · Post by **Legolas** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:33 pm

Hmm, I'm pretty sure LEGO makes black samurai armor

It comes with This Minifig

and as far as I can tell he only came in the set shown here

but for the price.....your better off painting a dark grey samurai armor

Hope that helps,

-- Joey

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:21 pm

There was one special, not widely distributed set that had the black armor. Not to mention overpriced ($4 for a single fig). I was lucky in that the Downtown Disney Lego store put them on sale for $2 and I bought a literal armload.

Post by **Formendacil** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:41 pm

Hmmmm.....

You know, I always thought before that those were painted, but since that dude was never available around here, and since I never ran across him before, that's not surprising.

But I have seen them painted (my brother painted one: it looks pretty good), and for the price of one of those things, I suggest you do it. But I'll let TTK tell you what paint to use, and how to go about getting it and doing it.

Post by **Robin Hood** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 8:59 pm

I agree, buying the real one might be more, I don no official? Anyway, I would just by some gray and paint em. It looks about as good, you can't tell the differnce except really close up, and its cheaper.

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 4:32 am

I have about 20 of those black armors. They come from the Samurai Warlord fig.

Post by **Robin Hood** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 4:38 am

twe...twen....twenty! Golly.

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:10 am

Robin Hood wrote:I agree, buying the real one might be more, I don no official? Anyway, I would just by some gray and paint em. It looks about as good, you can't tell the differnce except really close up, and its cheaper.

I was checking bricklink, but I couldn't find any - how much do they go for now? The gray samurai armor actually seems to have a reasonable price, though - I've never been a great believer in paying a huge premium for the exact same piece that is simply a different color.

wlister · Post by **wlister** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:17 am

JP is really good at spending money.

I have five of the black armor and I wish I had had a little more foresight and bought a bunch more. I wouldn't paint over a dark gray one though, even though I have 160 of them. I just can't bring myself to paint over any. Could be that I am a terrible painter.

Will

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:30 am

wlister wrote:JP is really good at spending money. I have five of the black armor and I wish I had had a little more foresight and bought a bunch more. I wouldn't paint over a dark gray one though, even though I have 160 of them. I just can't bring myself to paint over any. Could be that I am a terrible painter.

Will

I think I have 30 or so black ones, and I've always been tempted to try and get the lamellar color vs. lacing color multi-tone effect, but even I haven't been willing to paint a black one yet. Perhaps I'll try on one of the gray ones, which I have a lot of and can acquire more of a lot easier than black.

Sir Garth · Post by **Sir Garth** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 9:20 am

160

?
I only have two

I've never seen that fig before, looks a little weird to tough...

Jehkar · Post by **Jehkar** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 11:54 am

The black armor is my favorite of the 2. They were the best armor for black knights before KK2. I think I bouht about 15 of them when they came out, and 5 when I went to the Florida Lego store. I wish I had more...I have at least 7 B. Knights without armor
The dark grey was the easiest to come by-there was a 5 dollar set that came with a Shogun, horse, armor, gold plume, and a sword. Best set value after Black Monarchs Ghost IMO.

Post by **Robin Hood** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:18 pm

Yup, that was a great set.

Linus · Post by **Linus** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 7:46 pm

160 ?
I only have two

Well, I have zero

, so you are better off than me.
And if I did own some samurai armor in any color, I'd never paint them!