One cute but unpainted 28mm metal miniature.

This singing and clapping village girl shares her cheery disposition to raise morale; inspired by the wartime song “Aire Kawaiya (Aire is Cute)”. Painted example is a resin prototype for illustrative purposes.

Painting Suggestions

Since monpe were homemade from material you had available, these could be painted in many different color schemes with or without decorative patterns. For more variety you can mix and match the pants, tops, hoods and bags as all items were homemade. Having one with a grey top next to another with grey pants could imply friends or family that borrow clothes or made them from the same material. It’s another small way one can tell stories with miniatures.