Master list for the revamped Feudal Japanese range!

[FierceKitty]

Kato Kiyomasa. A real son-of-an-oni, this one.

[FierceKitty]

Kuroda Nagasama (aka Damian, after he was baptised). The helmet is a reference to the precipitous cliff down which Yoshitsune attacked at Ichi no Tani.

[FierceKitty]

Date Masamune. Cresent in gold; personal followers had the same in silver.

[FierceKitty]

Ii Naomasa. His son, Naotaka, wore much the same.

[FierceKitty]

Takeda Shingen, in the pose when he fought off Kenshin's raid on his HQ.

[FierceKitty]

Tokugawa Ieyasu, glumly wondering if he can do anything with the town of Edo which his boss has just given him as a present.

[FierceKitty]

And Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

There are a LOT of others, but I shouldn't become a field marshal too quickly.

[Sandinista]

How about adding Miyamoto Usagi to the personalities?

Cheers
Ian

[Ithoriel]

How about adding Miyamoto Usagi to the personalities?

Cheers
Ian

Would we need 46 more ronin? Or just four heroes in a half shell?

[John Cook]

Ashigaru pikemen could follow the lead (not pb ) of your Hellenistic open-handed phalangites. I prefer pikes of a sturdier metal anyway.

Most of this thread is in a foreign language to me - Japanese probably!  Anyway, I agree with you that open hands cast to receive pikes are a much better solution.   All my miniatures' pikes, spears, lances and staffs for flags are carefully removed and replaced with .5mm (.020") K&S brass rod the ends of which are easy to beat into the appropriate point.   Cast metal ones are always far too over-scale, more like telegraph poles, and often too short. 

[Westmarcher]

[Peace to you, Mr Cook]

Me, too.     Do you use the 0.5mm exclusively for 10mm? Wondering if you are lucky enough / had the foresight to collect in "the one true scale" OR collect in other scales so may have concluded a different thickness of rod is appropriate for these scales (and, if so, what for 15mm?).

[Dannyboy]

Have to say I'm no expert here but I agree, pose variety is essential here, perhaps not so much for Ashigaru who might benefit from a more uniformed stance, but Samurai and Monkish Units would really benefit from more variation and active posing. Ikko Ikki were a crucial opponent and major force, and appear a little under represented here, might I suggest some horde packs for armed peasants to bulk them out, with bamboo spears, farm implements and mallets etc, preferably charging forwards chanting as they go.

Likewise more Warrior Monks, with No Dachai, Naginata and Katatna's please as well as a portable shrine and attendees.

Big ask here but any chance of a really great range of Koreans, think Perry Miniature's range in 10mm.


Really looking forward to this.

[Dannyboy]

Also looking ahead, any chance of a quality decal range for the various Mon, banners etc?

[Leon]

Thanks for the feedback, we'll have a chat with the sculptor and see what we can do about some extra poses.  It's a difficult one to judge as the current Samurai range has never been a big seller so is that because there's not a great deal of interest in this period or is our limited range holding back the potential sales?  We don't want to go too heavy on the sculpting costs for extra poses on a range that might not be a popular seller in the long-term.

Also looking ahead, any chance of a quality decal range for the various Mon, banners etc?

We're going to look at a few options here so we'll be giving the option of buying cast on banners, or buying just the bare poles.  We'll then have a look at doing some paper designs for people to attach to the empty banner poles, or they can have a go at painting their own designs onto the cast banners.

[jaztez]

No more big projects again I said.

10mm ww2 my last I said.

Now you tell me you're releasing new samurai sculpts.

[quasar42]

The list looks fantastic.

[rct75001]

It's a difficult one to judge as the current Samurai range has never been a big seller so is that because there's not a great deal of interest in this period or is our limited range holding back the potential sales? 

Leon

I had not given much thought to collecting a Samurai army until I saw the wonderful line of buildings that you  acquired in January.  To me the spectacle is so much of my hobby.

Now I am eagerly awaiting both their release and the release of this new range of figures.

Much of my gaming is visually led - something I see grabs me and then takes me to learn about the period history which then means I buy the figures.  Well it is meant to happen in that order but sometimes wires get a little crossed. 

Richard

[rct75001]

Think you have just about all I would need to make one of these settings.  Mind you, this also had a line of decapitated heads being presented to the general.  (15mm Essex I think)



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[Paper]

Missing bandits / ronin
Unarmored or poorly equipped samurai types.

Only need mixed melee weapons

[FierceKitty]

My baggage includes a presentation of severed heads (I really can't see how one could decapitate a head). Can I refer people to Japanese railway model companies for other extras? Somewhere in the files here you should find my 10mm mikoshi and bearers, and two sets of sumo matches.