Ninja Warrior Wearing Elaborate Samurai Armor Coloring Page

Armor is the whole appeal of this sheet. The warrior fills the page from the waist up, and almost every surface carries its own pattern: square scales across the chest, woven bands down both gauntlets, overlapping plates stacked along each shoulder. A curved helmet rises into two horns with a crest between them, and the face below is covered except for a narrow band at the eyes. Behind the figure sits an oval of curling filigree, loose enough to leave white paper showing through. Coloring it rewards a plan. Pick one metal tone for the helmet and shoulder plates, a second for the gauntlets, and let the cloth beneath take something warmer, and the layers separate the way real armor does. Working the other direction also looks good: fill every small scale on the chest with a different shade and let the rest stay quiet. The filigree ring is the place for a light hand, since heavy color there swallows the figure. Fine tip pens and pencils suit this one better than markers, which bleed across the narrow gaps between plates. Older children and adults will get the most from it.