Originally Posted by
The_Nord
Btw, regarding the Date-clan Hatamoto ashigaru unit we've discussed, the osprey book actually states they wear a samurai kabuto, with golden lacquer for the papier machié that makes it look like a traffic cone. Since we can't mod in that particular helmet, how about having the Hatamoto Ashigaru wear (to make them distinct and more elite looking) a golden samurai kabuto? Other than that they should have normal ashigaru armour, and in my opinion the extra long yari.
Yes, a gold zunari kabuto (because it was a cheap kabuto easy to produce) and a long yari.
But I disagree with the armor, they have to wear the yukinoshita-do, it's a design specific to the Date clan and Masamune ordered his men to wear it. In fact it was the first "mass-produced" bulletproof armor and it became a symbol of the Date clan.
But they should wear ashigaru clothes though.
The officer could be based on Katakura Shigetsuna.
Yukinoshita-do, Masamune's kabuto in gold with this maedate, maybe.