| Darby E | 05 Jun 2009 2:56 p.m. PST |
I know that several companies make Samurai and Ninjas in 28mm, but do any make them in 20mm? I've seen the plastic Ceasar 1/72 scale minis, and I'm not all that impressed. Should I go with the flow and get 28's? Who makes "everyday dress" samurai? (Perrys perhaps?) |
| Connard Sage | 05 Jun 2009 3:01 p.m. PST |
Perrys certainly do one set of 'undress samurai' – SAM43 Dixon do some chunky 25s. They're a bit 'old school', but I like them. |
| John Armatys | 05 Jun 2009 4:19 p.m. PST |
In 20mm B&B Minatures have some:
link The choice is far better in 28mm. I particularly like the Museum Minatures ones (the ladies in kimonos pack is very useful for skirmish games): museumminiatures.co.uk (the web site is a bit odd, and I can't open the links to individual packs, but the photos on the main samurai page give a good idea of the style of the figures). |
 Extra Crispy  | 05 Jun 2009 4:38 p.m. PST |
Black Hat and The assault Group both make a variety of armored and unarmored Samurai (and the Black Hat are on sale in my web shop): link Mark "Extra Crispy" Severin
Owner, Scale Creep Miniatures
ScaleCreep.com
DeepFriedHappyMice.com |
| Sturmpioneer | 05 Jun 2009 6:06 p.m. PST |
We'll have some unarmored samurai in a few months as well as ninjas in 28mm. I must update the site too!
David
kingsfordminiatures.org
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| leidang | 05 Jun 2009 7:08 p.m. PST |
Darby E, If you decide to go with the 28mm Ninja's I have a pretty good collection of unpainted ones from a variety of companies that I've been thinking about getting rid of. Contact me at Leidang at mchsi dot com if you are interested. |
| Pictors Studio | 05 Jun 2009 9:03 p.m. PST |
I'd go with the Perry ones. I did a bunch of each for a game at historicon a number of years back. They are great figures. You can't go wrong with them. picture
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You can get them from Age of Glory in the states. |
| Pijlie | 05 Jun 2009 10:00 p.m. PST |
The Zvezda 20mm samurai are very good. The Redbox ashigaru look less attractive unfortunately. |
| setsuko | 06 Jun 2009 3:34 a.m. PST |
Zvezda 1:72 are nice if you like that kind of soft plastic miniatures, but I don't think they have unarmoured samurai. In addition the other good tips in this thread you could check out Old Glory, as they have a pack of various unarmoured samurai and townspeople in 25mm. |
| The Gray Ghost | 06 Jun 2009 4:27 a.m. PST |
You can still get Clan War and West Winds Edo Street Thugs. |
| Norman D Landings | 06 Jun 2009 8:08 a.m. PST |
Dixon do some excellent unarmoured figures in their 'Ronin' range. Packs SR1 – SR4 are all unarmoured figures with bows, swords, polearms, & mixed weapons respectively.
These are new sculpts, & way better than their original, 'chunky' figures. And eM-4's pre-painted 'Oriental Blades' range is worth a look, too. Some of the nicest pre-painteds available, & well-priced. Quite a few unarmoured characters there. |
| Darby E | 08 Jun 2009 7:54 a.m. PST |
Thanks all. My hope is to go 20mm, as I have a ton of terrain, etc, already. But if 28mm seems the best…
…sigh… decisions, decisions… |
