For those that's interested of recent announcement of "Akaoni Samurai Predator" by Hot Toys. 🗣【Hot Toys x Takayuki Takeya 】💬 ᴀᴋᴀᴏɴɪ ꜱᴀᴍᴜʀᴀɪ ᴘʀᴇᴅᴀᴛᴏʀ: “ꜱᴋᴜʟʟ” ᴄʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴏɴ ꜱᴀᴍᴜʀᴀɪ ʜᴇʟᴍᴇᴛ 𝐌𝐫. 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐚, 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞! 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭? 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞? After the initial release of the “Samurai Predator” figure, I was excited to be invited back to revisit this project. For this second version, I’ve introduced new elements to the helmet and drew inspiration from the “Akazonae(赤備え),” a unique military unit in Japan, which influenced the crimson red color scheme. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 “𝐀𝐤𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐞(赤備え)” ? “Akazonae(赤備え)” refers to a style of attire characterized by being covered entirely in crimson. It was commonly used by brave warriors and elite troops during the Sengoku period(戦国時代) and the Edo period(江戸時代). 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐟 "𝐀𝐤𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐞(赤備え)" 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧? I’ve imagined a scenario where a Predator landed in Japan during the Sengoku period and fought against an alien army controlled by the Oda Nobunaga(織田信長) clan, with human allies crafted a crimson red-armored samurai suit for him. 𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐢 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐭. 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝? The Japanese character on the samurai helmet crest is Doku (髑), which means “skull”. The crest is a decorative fitting mounted on the front of a samurai helmet, and it could represent a specific family or clan, unit, rank, personality trait or mythical symbols to invoke divine power, bravery, cunning, and more. Similarly, the Predator is known for collecting the skulls of their most worthy opponents as trophies, making the use of a skull crest particularly fitting as it symbolizes both honor in battle and the recognition of formidable foes. Photo by Keiko Takeya https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=hottoys&set=a.932722232225123&__cft__[0]=AZUDHC5CdvDt831AyJNv2hkQS7kH8MZdks3aJRSkroZAJCT7wHs4AK60Ia_jYB7PXG1ZhXE13esdfVKAKZfrCyh61QL-R4mhFT1Nm-yS_Yiboie6hNy_3f4wOXa62OroH7oM6caACbyx5bCeC3vC7XNk6CMCn1agjLdnzEx9lhLnrq8gXFz88wrTOH86dvh_9YA

Posted by Art_of_Ronin at 2024-09-24 18:53:48 UTC