We're at Day 4 of the '10 Days of Shiny' and it's a big one! We know that a lot of you have been eagerly awaiting this release so we're very excited to have our new Feudal Japanese range now available!
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/slideshow/NewJapanese.jpg)
We've replaced and expanded our old Samurai range with more codes, more poses, more equipment... more everything really. We've got infantry and cavalry, monks and ninjas, guns and drums, casualties, banners, civilians and more. Everything you could possbly want for your Japanese armies...
Renaissance
Feudal Japanese - https://pendraken.co.uk/renaissance/16th-c-feudal-japanese/
FEU1 Foot command (20) £3.75
FEU2 Ashigaru with naginata £5.50
FEU3 Ashigaru with longbow £5.50
FEU4 Ashigaru with yari upright (15) £2.75
FEU5 Ashigaru with yari angled (15) £2.75
FEU6 Ashigaru with arquebus £5.50
FEU7 Samurai with longbow £5.50
FEU8 Samurai with naginata £5.50
FEU9 Samurai with katana £5.50
FEU10 Samurai with yari £5.50
FEU11 Peasants with longbow £5.50
FEU12 Peasants with arquebus £5.50
FEU13 Peasants with improvised weapons £5.50
FEU14 Sohei monks £5.50
FEU15 Ikko-Ikki monks £5.50
FEU16 Ninjas £5.50
FEU17 Mounted Samurai with longbow £5.50
FEU18 Mounted Samurai with naginata £5.50
FEU19 Mounted Samurai with yari £5.50
FEU20 Emplaced gun with crew (2) £5.50
FEU21 Foot generals group (4) £1.00
FEU22 Mounted general and bannerman (2) £1.00
FEU23 Taiko drum and drummers £1.00
FEU24 Takeda Shingen £0.55
FEU25 Uesugi Kenshin £0.55
FEU26 Tokugawa Ieyasu £0.55
FEU27 Oda Nobunaga £0.55
FEU28 Ashigaru casualties (10) £1.85
FEU29 Samurai casualties (10) £1.85
FEU30 Civilians £5.50
FEU31 Sashimono banners, small (10) £1.85
FEU32 Sashimono banners, large (10) £3.50
FEU33 Uma Jirushi banners (5) £1.00
FEU34 Horse hair banners (5) £1.00
FEU35 Pavise (10) £1.85
FEU36 Bamboo palisade (10) £4.00
FEU37 Kuruma Date mobile shield (3) £4.50
FEU38 Bamboo bundles (10) £1.85
Feudal Japanese Army Pack - Contains 1 pack each of FEU1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 21, 22 £34.00
And of course some pics:
FEU2 - Ashigaru with naginata
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/5008/FEU2.jpg)
FEU9 - Samurai with katana
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/5015/FEU9.jpg)
FEU16 - Ninjas
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/5022/FEU16.jpg)
FEU20 - Emplaced gun with crew
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/5026/FEU20.jpg)
FEU23 - Taiko drum
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/5029/FEU23.jpg)
Day 5 will see us back over to Minibits for something MDF-y...
Have to get a few of those, alas.
That's a very nice range and they should make some very colourful looking armies 8).
Wooo!
These look great. A very comprehensive range too. Now to work out what I want!
Superb! Definitely on the Todo list.
Very tempting 🤨😃
🐵
Lovely
Quote from: mmcv on 04 June 2020, 07:16:04 AM
Superb! Definitely on the Todo list.
Is the Todo a minor but significant clan?
Nice stuff !
QuoteIs the Todo a minor but significant clan?
You beat me to it :D!
Just to get everyone in the mood, here's a link to Little Wars TV's video on 4th Kawanakajima game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn2_1PZgKsY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn2_1PZgKsY)
Quote from: FierceKitty on 04 June 2020, 08:16:46 AM
Is the Todo a minor but significant clan?
:D Reminds me of the time I first saw Sushi for sale on the shelves at Harrods; when I read the packaging I initially thought that
Togo was the name of the food manufacturer ..... (!) :-[
Those are awesome!
My compliments to the chef ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil
Not yours then Phil ? :d
Very nice indeed
Well done all
Mark
I do not need a new project ...
I do not need a new project ...
I do not need a new project ...
I do NOT need a new project ...
I am not going to look over to the Japanese book shelf ...
I am not going to look at the Tale of Genji ...
I am not ....
I am not ...
I am ...
I am doomed ...
Leon - you complete and utter ..... :o
;) well done on another great range of figures ;D - I'll have to get a second job at this rate !
Does anyone have any links for good info on Japanese clans/warlords/armies please ?
Quote from: fsn on 04 June 2020, 04:28:39 PM
I do not need a new project ...
I do not need a new project ...
I do not need a new project ...
I do NOT need a new project ...
I am not going to look over to the Japanese book shelf ...
I am not going to look at the Tale of Genji ...
I am not ....
I am not ...
I am ...
I am doomed ...
Don't fight it.
Give in to the inevitable.
There's already another tab on my spreadsheet. :(
Lovely Figures, but fortunately for me not my period. Mind you I said that about the peninsular Napoleonic's and ended up buying the village, mules and civvies.
Tell me about Sashimino banners, please peeps.
Large or Small?
Who carries them, just Samurai, and what proportion of a unit?
The other banners, are these just a preference thing?
Do the rolls of bamboo have any particular purpose, or are they just useful decoration?
Quote from: rangerdad on 04 June 2020, 05:06:35 PM
Does anyone have any links for good info on Japanese clans/warlords/armies please ?
https://www.samurai-archives.com has good info, as does http://gunbai-militaryhistory.blogspot.com/?m=1.
Quote from: fred. on 04 June 2020, 10:18:27 PM
Tell me about Sashimino banners, please peeps.
Large or Small?
Who carries them, just Samurai, and what proportion of a unit?
The other banners, are these just a preference thing?
Do the rolls of bamboo have any particular purpose, or are they just useful decoration?
They tended to be worn by everyone, especially by the Sengoku Jidai (16th century civil war period). Larger ones tended to mark commanders, but even the commoners wore small ones and the tall varieties (often requiring a couple of men to maneuver) tended to be used as signal devices to tell a unit where to go.
The bamboo rolls served a similar roll to sandbags, creating barricades and something to absorb all the lead flying at you. At one point the Japanese were producing more guns than anywhere else in the world by some accounts so defensive emplacements were common. Combined with the palisades this would produce some deadly kill zones, as the Takeda cavalry found out at the Battle of Nagashino.
Quote from: fred. on 04 June 2020, 10:18:27 PM
Tell me about Sashimino banners, please peeps.
Large or Small?
Who carries them, just Samurai, and what proportion of a unit?
The other banners, are these just a preference thing?
Do the rolls of bamboo have any particular purpose, or are they just useful decoration?
Sashimono would be worn by both Samurai and Ashigaru. Not necessarily all of a unit would be wearing them as they are pretty big and could get in the way. Not sure if I've seen an estimate of actual numbers worn and I'll have to dig up my books to see if any of them give a clue.
Large or small would depend on the actual clan and its heraldry, so if you are using historical ones you would need a bit of research.
Thanks both. Very helpful.
Any suggestions on a good intro book?
They weren't only flags, either.
Extremely handy to supply Irregular Wars eastern lists:
* Japanese (obvs)
* Figures for Eastern Pirate raiding fleets.
Quote from: fred. on 04 June 2020, 10:18:27 PM
Do the rolls of bamboo have any particular purpose, or are they just useful decoration?
As mmcv says, they were used as improvised defences in a variety of ways. Our sculptor had made a single one for us to duplicate for the Kuruma Date shield, so we thought we might as well pop it in the range as well. I've attached a picture our sculptor sent us of a selection of defences (ignore his writing on it!)
This is a useful resource for sashimono and other banners. Sadly marred by Photobucket's stupid overlays, but still useable because if you follow the link to Photobucket itself you can see the image without it.
http://www.samurai-archives.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1638
For example, my favourite clan (the "Red Devils") the Ii.
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/k145/evalerio0160/Samurai/IINaomasaNEW.jpg)
Thanks Leon, great picture
And Ithoriel what a great if somewhat overwhelming resource.
Fred, it is searchable, I used it for my Uesugi
Quote from: Leon on 04 June 2020, 11:29:58 PM
As mmcv says, they were used as improvised defences in a variety of ways. Our sculptor had made a single one for us to duplicate for the Kuruma Date shield, so we thought we might as well pop it in the range as well. I've attached a picture our sculptor sent us of a selection of defences (ignore his writing on it!)
The stacked bails of bamboo in bottom right hand corner also look interesting.
As does that mobile siege platform ... but I'd like a Portable Shrine before either please :D pretty please :D
I also like the Horo -tsukaiban standard from the resources sheet - very interesting.
Cheers
Mark
Little Wars TV has a very nice Battle of Kawanakajima Scenario: http://www.littlewarstv.com/members-only/category/e108-kawanakajima (http://www.littlewarstv.com/members-only/category/e108-kawanakajima)
Leon, a very small niggle in the face of such a great new range but I believe FEU33 should be "Uma Jirushi banners (5)" not "Uma Jinushi banners (5)" as listed currently.
#Seppuku is the only way out from this :o
Quote from: Big Insect on 05 June 2020, 11:12:40 AM
... but I'd like a Portable Shrine before either please :D pretty please :D
Is that the big gold box carried by about 16 blokes?! I'll see what we can do...
Quote from: Ithoriel on 05 June 2020, 01:25:47 PM
Leon, a very small niggle in the face of such a great new range but I believe FEU33 should be "Uma Jirushi banners (5)" not "Uma Jinushi banners (5)" as listed currently.
Good spot, I've updated that.
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,10187.0.html
Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 June 2020, 05:47:50 PM
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,10187.0.html
Yeah, that's what I'd seen elsewhere. It's not a difficult piece to do, a bit fiddly but we can talk to one of our designers about it.
A portable shrine would be cool
Some mounted ikko ikki / monks would be cool too...
Simply superb range of figs, and surely should prove popular for an authentic mass effect of the later Samurai period. Plus one for a portable shrine, and can we have a pack of Nobori banner bearers, these were the tall household banners of the elite Daimyo. Please see third figure from left below:
https://twitter.com/KingsfordMinis/status/1043626807604346880/photo/1 (https://twitter.com/KingsfordMinis/status/1043626807604346880/photo/1)
Outstanding resource of Samurai Heraldry
http://www.johnstuart.biz/historical_artwork_of_samurai_ba.htm (http://www.johnstuart.biz/historical_artwork_of_samurai_ba.htm)
Nobori are effortless conversions. Just use a pikeman.
Quote from: Leon on 05 June 2020, 05:41:18 PM
Is that the big gold box carried by about 16 blokes?! I'll see what we can do...
You got it Leon - ideal for scenarios with belligerent monks - forcing local villagers & townsfolk to knee and respect it - thanks :D
I'd also like a lot more Ikko Ikki type fighting peasant variants if possible - I'll have to do a search for images - but I remember seeing some contemporary wood-cuts of the Ikko Ikki in a rag-bag mix of looted helmets (no armour) and assorted bits of armour such as just a breast plates or just the arm armour (the bag type mail sleeves - tied across the shoulders) - or even just the armoured tasset-skirts off a harness. Those without helmets with headbands. All in smock type tops and bear legs - running with a mix of long shafted polearms, yari and just sharpened bamboo sticks. It's an army I have always wanted. And you'd need a heck of a lot of figures.
Careful. Check the dates. I've got a lot of woodblock prints (not woodcuts) that are no more contemporary with Sengoku battles than I am with the Crimean war.
Quote from: Big Insect on 06 June 2020, 03:55:27 PM
All in smock type tops and bear legs
Talking of bears legs :) (nice typo btw)... and the rest of the bear .... any chance they're included in 10 Days of Shiny? One can hope!
That was masterful Ithoriel, absolutely beautiful.
You are the Master.
(http://i.imgur.com/a0xJKJR.png&key=b1b7d6c8fe64571bfe4a60001d25b162b24ac6d307422041ddcb3fdc9e7b7e9a)
Wonderful to see these released. Doing my research on what I need for a few big armies.
I need to ask then ..... how are the Castle Arts buildings going? Maybe has been mentioned but I couldn't see it.
Thanks
Richard
Quote from: rct75001 on 07 June 2020, 02:45:55 AM
I need to ask then ..... how are the Castle Arts buildings going? Maybe has been mentioned but I couldn't see it.
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,19837.0.html
;)
Quote from: Leon on 08 June 2020, 01:20:49 AM
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,19837.0.html
;)
Excellent - thanks
Really pleased to see these figures released. Castle Arts buildings as well ! Almost
sounds like it was planned :D
>>Outstanding resource of Samurai Heraldry
http://www.johnstuart.biz/historical_artwork_of_samurai_ba.htm
Excellent find - thank you !
Phil
Thats a great resource - they do look like they are from the same artist as linked to earlier, but here they are all together in one place.
If I didn't have a lot of 15mm Samurai in the lead pile, I'd have been buying a lot of these.
Those resources linked will be a great help with finally getting those 15mm ones painted and I might be after the buildings.
A link to a some great 6mm armies over on LAF http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=102281.0
You will see that FK and myself have seen the progression of these. Interesting that he has used the Castle Arts buildings
Great blog on the period: https://tenkafubu608971038.wordpress.com/
Anyone know what the middle Sohei monk is wielding?
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/5020/FEU14.jpg)
I suppose what really matters is, is the top part is metal or wooden?
I've just tried a google query 'Sohei Monks' and most are shown wielding a naginata.
From Wikipedia:
"The most traditional weapon of the monk, however, was the naginata, a weapon much like the
Chinese guandao or podao European glaive..."
Metal blade and either wooden or metal pole.
Phil
Yeah I was going to say naginata, so metal.
Thanks both - I'd wondered that, but thought it seemed a bit straight compared to naginta on other figures
Really great range, lovely figures. Any chance of some more character figures and some ammo carriers.
Quote from: YORSTONS on 08 August 2020, 07:09:35 PM
Really great range, lovely figures. Any chance of some more character figures and some ammo carriers.
Ammo carriers would be great.
Potentially, we'll see how the sales go and then we can look at some additions next year.
Oooohhh.
Great¡¡
Quote from: fred. on 01 July 2020, 09:18:02 PM
Anyone know what the middle Sohei monk is wielding?
(https://pendraken.co.uk/_img/products/5020/FEU14.jpg)
I suppose what really matters is, is the top part is metal or wooden?
Looks like a straight bladed Naginata to me fred - so top part would be metal (steel) - shaft would be wood or could be painted.
You could probably curve the tip of the blade slightly to more emphasis the shape of the naginata blade.
That was some time between question and answer!!!
Yes I went with a Naginata style weapon, and may well have bent some too!