Inspired by this I think it's time to go all in for the Dogs of War.


Nippon Rocket Crew at the Stuff of Legends

Much like my buddy clam and his at Chaos Dwarfs Online Marauder Mini Quest(s) over at CDO I think this will start out as a collecting quest. My goal is practical as well because right now almost all my warhammer stuff is packed up in preparation for a move.

So with that said I'll be chronicling my adventures here. First off is eBay as I want at least two of the war rockets and their crews. This will work well as I plan on using my force as a "count as Empire" for those times that I can't field them as Dogs of War for whatever reason.

The force is going to be built from Perry Miniatures Age of War Samurai Armies range along with the old Nippon range from GW via eBay or Bartertown. I think this will be the better way for me to go as it will look more GW in it's style. I have a good number of Legends of the five rings minis but don't like most of them; we'll see on that front.

For "pikeman" I'm going to use these guys from Perry Miniatures: http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index2.html

As noted in the marketplace the basic idea is a core of Ronin samurai that have left Nippon and are now mercs. Regiments of Renown possibilities are endless too.

The paint scheme won't be decided until later obviously but the idea is they are a bunch of for pay soldiers now with all that entails.

I've not given much thought to the paymaster yet... Perhaps a wagon full of Koku? (Rice). It would be a nice in joke for me personally as I love rice... open to suggestions here.

Another great thought I had is replacing Asarnil with a oriental dragon as a fine centerpiece.

Anyways time to start watching for old nippon minis on eBay.

Just hit on another idea: the old Citadel range from GW had a boatload of Ninjas. I'm thinking the could make great, or at least characterful stand in for Duelists.

However these guys could work too: http://www.perry-miniatures.com/images/sam/SAM%2031.jpg Especially for detachments when used as "Count As" for Empire.

Depending on the style you want to go for, the Hasslefree Martial Artists may be a decent fit. Am using them in my Dogs of War as Duellists.

Thanks but I think I'm going old school as in something like these guys for Samurai (Ronin) and heroes:
Oriental Heroes at the Stuff of Legends

Then these guys for Ninja:
Ninjas at the Stuff of Legends
Ninjas at the Stuff of Legends
Ninjas at the Stuff of Legends

Older Oriental Heroes:
Older Oriental Heroes at the Stuff of Legends

Another interesting thought is this for Heavy Cav:
Temple Dog Riders! http://www.solegends.com/misc/east89flytemplex.jpg

Damn these might be better then the Perry Minis:
http://curteysminiatures.co.uk/

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Looks like I have 3 crew out of the 4 secured and the rocket itself! Huzzah! My plan is a good one as I only need three crewman. Why you ask? Because I plan on using the Rocket as a "Count as" Halfling Hot Pot...

It appears I have 700 posts, huzzah again!

Sounds like you've got a pretty awesome plan Willmark.

I do. For my mounted wizard I'm going to model a Geisha along the lines of the Legendary Geisha from Shogun: Total War!

i have an entire army of perry samurai, they fit better than curtheys!

(02-23-2011 03:35 PM)TheBorderPrincessPrince Wrote:  i have an entire army of perry samurai, they fit better than curtheys!

Really? How so? Scale? Any photos I can take a look at?

Also just secured these from my buddy Baggronor from Chaos Dwarfs Online.







I should also be lining up the fan guy and the lighter guy to make it a crew of three and thus my stand in (Count As) for a Halfling Hot pot is complete.

Have you tried the Kingsford line? They're closer to the current GW scale.

http://www.kingsfordminiatures.biz/

SMc.

"Hey guys, have you ever had a dream where you show up to a battle in your underpants?"

"Uh, Akeno, i uh, don't know how to tell you this..."

Cool theme for a log Looking forward to seeing how it progresses

Guys pictured above have been secured. Now need to get two more freemen for the rocket launcher.

Sounds like a cool idea!

And I just happened to win a few hundred figs on Ebay a month or two ago....

The old Clan War ones, I'll have to go look through them! Is the Nipponese rocket launcher expensive on Ebay, due to its age?