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Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/15 23:17:08


Post by: Kroothawk


Thanks to Brother Loki on Warseer for bringing this to my attention. Here his post:
Hi all

Last weekend at UK Games Expo I came across the launch of a new oriental fantasy skirmish game called Bushido, which was being launched at the event. It's from a new British company called GCT Studios. I was really impressed with some of the models, so I picked up a couple of starters - there are currently 4 faction starters containing the rules, stat cards, dice and 5-6 minis each. They're quite similar to the starters for Infinity or Warmachine.

The factions are:

The Temple of Ro-Kan - Shaolin-style kung-fu monks, led by an ancient master riding a turtle.
The Savage Wave - Creatures from Asian myth, like Bakemono (goblins) and Oni (ogre/demons)
The Prefecture of Ryu - Fairly standard samurai and Ashigaru
The Cult of Yurei - Necromancers, undead Geisha and zombies animated by porcelain masks.

I haven't played it yet, but the quickstart rules seem fairly straightforward and the models are gorgeous and very evocative, although a couple of them were tricky to assemble due to quite small points of contact with arms to shoulders etc. There's some quite neat and innovative mechanics to do with dice pools in attack and defence for combat, and each model has a stat card with its own abilities - much like Warmachine.

I picked up the Temple of Ro-Kan and Cult of Yurei starters, based purely on them having the most unusual models. Once I've got them painted I'll play a game or two and report back. In the meantime you can see pics of the models and download the quickstart rules at:

http://www.bushido-thegame.com/

Pete


Here some pics of the starters:

The Temple of Ro-Kan
http://www.bushido-thegame.com/rokanbox







The Savage Wave
http://www.bushido-thegame.com/savagewbox



The Prefecture of Ryu
http://www.bushido-thegame.com/ryubox





The Cult of Yurei
http://www.bushido-thegame.com/yureibox






Future releases:

WIP for temple:


Concept Nezumi for cult:


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/15 23:32:28


Post by: Chaplain Pallantide


Looks interesting, when I have more time I will have to check out the quick start rules. I wonder how much each starter will cost?

I am drawn more toward skirmish games now more than ever and this one looks pretty cool.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/15 23:41:37


Post by: Wolf


Is that an old guy, riding a tortoise ?

That's pretty sweet !


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/15 23:48:53


Post by: augustus5


Cool, here is another place my would-have-been GW dollars can now go to.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/15 23:53:52


Post by: Grot 6


Those look like some really high quality miniatures there.

LOVE that old master on the turtle thing, and the game looks cool!

Great find!


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 00:00:55


Post by: kenshin620


I've seen their site, they got some really nice things

Although it makes me wish there was a bit more popularity with eastern style wargames. Especially in the plastic department


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 00:01:57


Post by: cpt_fishcakes


Brilliant looking minis they got there, looks like a possible future purchase to me.

The skirmish market is certainly booming at the moment.

One down side is this guy

http://www.bushido-thegame.com/kairai

He gives me childhood flashbacks to Noseybonk, the single most sinister creation ever unleashed onto a TV screen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_1QyOQDx6w





Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 00:07:48


Post by: Platuan4th


cpt_fishcakes wrote:

He gives me childhood flashbacks to Noseybonk, the single most sinister creation ever unleashed onto a TV screen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_1QyOQDx6w


Jesus, dude. That's horrendous and would definitely terrify me as a child.

And to think, at first I thought you were linking to something like Candle Cove.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 00:12:53


Post by: Grot 6


cpt_fishcakes wrote:Brilliant looking minis they got there, looks like a possible future purchase to me.

The skirmish market is certainly booming at the moment.

One down side is this guy

http://www.bushido-thegame.com/kairai

He gives me childhood flashbacks to Noseybonk, the single most sinister creation ever unleashed onto a TV screen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_1QyOQDx6w



What has been seen can never be unseen.

That guys going to give me nightmares, NOW.




Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 04:38:40


Post by: porkuslime


I wonder if this has any tie-in to the old RolePlayingGame Bushido? Me and my brother spent hours playing that game..

Fantasy Games Unlimited ftw!

Edit: Heck, I remember when White Dwarf had Bushido RPG articles.. lol


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 04:47:09


Post by: Aerethan


At $45 per starter set it would cost $90 to get a 2 person game going. Seems steep, but if the full rules are included in that price then I'll end up playing it with my wife.

As someone already stated, this is money that GW could have earned from me, but they haven't and now I'm looking into branching out to other companies and will likely discontinue my GW purchases and simply play warhammer with what I already own.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 05:56:45


Post by: AvatarForm


If they scale correctly, these would be awesome for Malifaux "counts as" proxies in a Kirai crew...

Otherwise, dont play the game with them and simply paint them for enjoyment and display purposes.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 06:51:36


Post by: Ventusgermany


They really got problems with the faces, I don´t like them.
What looked good at the concept art is a mess in the minis!


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 06:59:10


Post by: Kilkrazy


A lot of that is the painting. For example the Kung Fu girl has been painted with really heavy eyebrows.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 07:11:05


Post by: MightyGodzilla


Looks interesting. There aren't enough good samurai minis out there. Old dude on the turtle is pretty sweet.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 15:59:08


Post by: Rymafyr


I like what I see so far of the range...I'm just hoping that you'll have some more variety in the figures instead of only one of each


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 23:00:25


Post by: Wehrkind


I rather like theses, especially the ashigaru gobbos. Very nice little guys


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Definitely want to see unpainted models though, as some of the faces look really ham fisted as is.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 23:13:53


Post by: AesSedai


This game looks AWESOME!

The models look great, especially the Cult of Yurai faction. I'm seeing a lot of Rackham Confrontation influence...I'm mean ashigaru goblins?! Don't get me wrong, I think it's great considering nobody has touched that IP. Even the game mechanics seem similar, like the comabt system:

There's some quite neat and innovative mechanics to do with dice pools in attack and defence for combat, and each model has a stat card with its own abilities


Being a huge confrontation fan and collector, I'm totally excited by this news...


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/16 23:36:24


Post by: Kroothawk


AesSedai wrote:I'm seeing a lot of Rackham Confrontation influence...I'm mean ashigaru goblins?! Don't get me wrong, I think it's great considering nobody has touched that IP. Even the game mechanics seem similar, like the comabt system:

Ashigaru goblins are also part of Legend of the 5 Rings



and Eberron (D&D, 2004). At least the first should predate Rackham's Ashigaru Goblins.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 01:02:01


Post by: AesSedai


Yeah, I played L5R. Good game. I remember the goblins being involved. AFAIK, the first of Rackham's Asian goblins also came out in 2004. I don't know who got there first in terms of minis.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 02:20:44


Post by: Sarrazon


I'm a biiig fan of the Savage Wave and the Cult. The Temple looks like it could be interesting, but I'd like to get some unpainted shots, and that part of their website is down. The Prefecture is honestly just kinda visually uninteresting, despite being decent models.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 02:36:59


Post by: Clang


Sudden crazed urge to use that gorilla for a counts-as Thunderwolf for a really original Space Wolves army


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 03:41:21


Post by: Noisy_Marine


I like the Nezumi concept art. Hopefully they'll release more of those models so you can play a rat army.

As is I kinda like the undead army. The Oni in the Savage Wave isn't scary enough for my tastes.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 04:24:06


Post by: greenskin lynn


Not gonna lie, i want to pick up a copy of the oni model to paint, the goblins remind me of the movie gremlins though


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 13:25:05


Post by: Pael


This game looks really cool can't wait to pick up a starter set.

The rules seem pretty solid being easy to pick up but still having a few innovative concepts


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 14:24:17


Post by: Platuan4th


AesSedai wrote:Yeah, I played L5R. Good game. I remember the goblins being involved. AFAIK, the first of Rackham's Asian goblins also came out in 2004. I don't know who got there first in terms of minis.


L5R. Clan War(released in 98) stopped printing years before Confrontation was released.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 14:44:32


Post by: JOHIRA


Ventusgermany wrote:They really got problems with the faces, I don´t like them.


I agree with some of them, but some are okay.

More worrying to me about the Kung Fu girl is not just face. I could deal with the panty flash on its own. But it appears that she also has nipple tips moulded into her outfit. The combination just really looks a bit classless and out of place compared to the rest of her faction. In fact, I'm having trouble with her clothes in general. I'm no expert, but I don't recognize her outfit and I'm not convinced it ever existed. Which bothers me because they otherwise appear to have done their homework pretty well. I would hope the sculptor didn't just invent an anachronistic outfit just to have an excuse for fan-service. I'd rather they just put her in some pants or if they must go the titillation route, a qípáo.

It's an unfortunate blemish on an otherwise solid line.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 14:54:34


Post by: Morathi's Darkest Sin


Platuan4th wrote:
AesSedai wrote:Yeah, I played L5R. Good game. I remember the goblins being involved. AFAIK, the first of Rackham's Asian goblins also came out in 2004. I don't know who got there first in terms of minis.


L5R. Clan War(released in 98) stopped printing years before Confrontation was released.



The CCG released in 1995, hasn't stopped, it had a brief pause, where for a sec it seemed it was going to fold, but bang, kept on going. So Lot5r has pretty much been solid since its release, coming up to 16yrs ago. The Miniature game Clan War not so much, but the RPG still releases something now and again. Lot5r RPG has got to 4th edition.

To be honest had a small company contacted Alderac and set up a Skirmish game using Lot5r as a basis, I'd be all over it. The number of characters and storylines the CCG has followed over the years have been amazing and I love the Clans set up and the Shadowlands as the big bad.

This looks nice, but probably not for me.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 14:58:34


Post by: thesilverback


Looks interesting so may have to give it a try.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 15:03:32


Post by: Platuan4th


Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Platuan4th wrote:
AesSedai wrote:Yeah, I played L5R. Good game. I remember the goblins being involved. AFAIK, the first of Rackham's Asian goblins also came out in 2004. I don't know who got there first in terms of minis.


L5R. Clan War(released in 98) stopped printing years before Confrontation was released.



The CCG released in 1995, hasn't stopped, it had a brief pause, where for a sec it seemed it was going to fold, but bang, kept on going. So Lot5r has pretty much been solid since its release, coming up to 16yrs ago. The Miniature game Clan War not so much, but the RPG still releases something now and again. Lot5r RPG has got to 4th edition.


Yes, I know. Hence why I said Clan War stopped printing, not L5R. Clan War was released in 98, like I said.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 15:04:54


Post by: Saldiven


Has anyone given the free starter rules a try yet? I've tried reading through them a couple of times, but I keep getting interrupted.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 17:03:25


Post by: Calvinus


Old kung fu grand master on a tortoise FTW!!

If nothing else, I will at least get that one mini. Maybe give it a tied-died hippy paint job.

Also, I hope this doesn't start a big debate but...

...It's a tortoise not a turtle.

Turtles live mostly in water and have webbed feet or fins. Tortoises have "normal" feet without webbing and often have claws for digging.

Turtles have flat shells for better hydrodynamics. Tortoises have domed shells for added protection from things falling on them and supporting the weight of kung fu grand masters.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 17:11:22


Post by: winnertakesall


You had me at 'riding a turtle'


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 17:12:19


Post by: filbert


Riding a *tortoise*


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 17:58:42


Post by: Platuan4th


filbert wrote:Riding a *tortoise*


Don't waste your fingers. We had this argument(well, the monkey vs ape version) with the Jokaero and people STILL call them monkeys.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 19:32:03


Post by: agnosto


Kroothawk wrote:
AesSedai wrote:I'm seeing a lot of Rackham Confrontation influence...I'm mean ashigaru goblins?! Don't get me wrong, I think it's great considering nobody has touched that IP. Even the game mechanics seem similar, like the comabt system:

Ashigaru goblins are also part of Legend of the 5 Rings



and Eberron (D&D, 2004). At least the first should predate Rackham's Ashigaru Goblins.


Gnoblars!!!



Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 22:27:35


Post by: Kroothawk


Clan Wars miniatures are available again: http://www.veltd.net/28mmclanwar.htm

On topic, here another preview, this time of a Kitsune (werefox):


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/17 22:34:20


Post by: lord marcus


don't you mean were-fox?


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/18 11:42:25


Post by: AvatarForm


Kroothawk wrote:Clan Wars miniatures are available again: http://www.veltd.net/28mmclanwar.htm

On topic, here another preview, this time of a Kitsune (werefox):


Furries rejoice...


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/18 11:46:14


Post by: Morathi's Darkest Sin


Platuan4th wrote:
Yes, I know. Hence why I said Clan War stopped printing, not L5R. Clan War was released in 98, like I said.


When you put a full stop in front of L5R I assumed you meant the whole line, not everyone pays much attention to the CCG market, so I assumed you where one of those. No worries.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/18 12:49:39


Post by: Platuan4th


Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Platuan4th wrote:
Yes, I know. Hence why I said Clan War stopped printing, not L5R. Clan War was released in 98, like I said.


When you put a full stop in front of L5R I assumed you meant the whole line, not everyone pays much attention to the CCG market, so I assumed you where one of those. No worries.


It's cool. I only relatively recently stopped playing L5R when they dropped Nezumi as a playable clan in the current organized play(which is all anyone plays here).


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/18 13:21:21


Post by: derek


I want that monkey. Also, neat Kitsune. Hope that concept art doesn't translate 100% to mini though, I hate the robe off the shoulders look.

Edit- Oh neat, after some reading it looks like both the Monkey and Kitsune are for the same faction, and the one I am interested in at that.

Also there are pics of unpainted mini's in the Factions section of their website. At least for Temple of Ro-Kan.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/18 14:24:59


Post by: Morathi's Darkest Sin


Platuan4th wrote:

It's cool. I only relatively recently stopped playing L5R when they dropped Nezumi as a playable clan in the current organized play(which is all anyone plays here).


Ouch, didn't realise they'd pulled the rug out from under the Ratlings. Did the same to Naga for a long time when I was a big fan of that faction.

On a side note, started a Lot5r thread for any old fans. Lot5r


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/19 10:18:14


Post by: Kroothawk


Guess it best fits here:
AEG is releasing a L5R boardgame in October called Ninja:
http://www.l5r.com/ninja/





Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/19 15:18:12


Post by: Anpu42


AvatarForm wrote:
Kroothawk wrote:Clan Wars miniatures are available again: http://www.veltd.net/28mmclanwar.htm

On topic, here another preview, this time of a Kitsune (werefox):


Furries rejoice...

Darn Tootin!!!!


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/20 11:22:00


Post by: Mad4Minis


I love the goblin dudes...they look like the ones from the movie Gremlins, just with a Japanese twist.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/23 14:01:44


Post by: Kroothawk


More previews: Nezumi WIP and rat swarm:





Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/06/23 14:15:19


Post by: Pael


How did the convention where they released the game go?

Also those minis look amazing!!


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/07/19 18:21:02


Post by: Kroothawk


Some more previews:











Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/07/19 18:36:09


Post by: gicks30


Ooooo, great ninja sculpt!

Edit: Just notice the ogre thing has 3 eyes! cool


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/07/19 20:07:33


Post by: Ahtman




I am excited about both this and the LFR board game.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/07/19 22:01:25


Post by: Gavin Thorne


Yes, very nice! I showed this thread to the wife when it first posted and even She-Who-Does-Not-Wargame gave it consideration, if for nothing other than the models.

The price tag is a little high for our budget, especially given the shipping to get it from the UK, but if a US distributor picks it up I'll be on it like white on rice. (rimshot, please)


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/07/19 22:35:16


Post by: kendoka


Any news on when they will start selling individual miniatures?

Not so thrilled by their generic samurai but I will probably buy:
- Peasants of the Ro-Kan
- Kairai
- Kato Kubiashi, the Puppet Master
- Ninja
- Kitsune
- Nezumi
- Rat swarms
- ...
- and many other "not silly looking" miniatures (I'm no fan of comic relief-miniatures and want my monsters looking evil).

BTW:
I highly recommend buying Clan War minis from
http://www.veltd.net/28mmclanwar.htm
The best source for fantasy-ish samurai on the web.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/07/20 05:44:04


Post by: spartan059


Gavin Thorne wrote:Yes, very nice! I showed this thread to the wife when it first posted and even She-Who-Does-Not-Wargame gave it consideration, if for nothing other than the models.

The price tag is a little high for our budget, especially given the shipping to get it from the UK, but if a US distributor picks it up I'll be on it like white on rice. (rimshot, please)


Warpath games is the US distributor for the bushido game and as far as i know are selling the stuff as of july 11,


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/07/20 21:35:45


Post by: kendoka


Kitsune green


Nezumi


Oni Bobata


Still no way to buy individual minis though :(


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/07/20 22:31:16


Post by: Gavin Thorne


Still no way to buy individual minis though :(


I can see the appeal, especially if you just want the one model for another system, but they come out to around $7-10 a miniature which is very comparable to, say Reaper's pricing scheme. I imagine the resell market for breaking the group packs would be pretty decent as a result, ala Heroscape.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/07/28 08:35:39


Post by: kendoka





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Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/07/28 08:41:55


Post by: A Black Ram


Furri-

I won't go there. I like the oni, possible Ogre Kingdoms alternate minis.

These are really good sculpts.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/07/28 13:59:14


Post by: Extinction Angel


Man, I'd love to use these for an eastern themed D&D game. I actually really like the "plain" looking samurai, especially the guy with the rifle.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/07/28 14:34:44


Post by: His Master's Voice


The Oni is actually much better than the Dai Bakemono, which isn't a small feat...


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/08 23:41:53


Post by: kenshin620


Theres a painted Oni now, it'll be released I think on the 12th



Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/09 06:58:18


Post by: DustGod


Garbage... this stinks of L5R Knock off with uninspired yuck sculpts....

we all have an opinion...

Mine is Bushido is garbage, best thing they have is the gorilla. The rest is rehashed L5R/furry/gremlins…

Oh the porcelain masks of Doom group… with morbid puppets…umm I mean plain old undead puppets.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/09 07:06:41


Post by: kenshin620


Because we all know L5R invented japanese folklore right?


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/09 07:55:50


Post by: DustGod


kenshin620 wrote:Because we all know L5R invented japanese folklore right?


Did I say ANYTHING.... about Japanese folklore??? was the word Folklore in my post? did I say Mythology? Or Japanese mythology?
Oni, Bakemono, Amanojaku, Tengu, Kappa? Nope Not one single solitary word Kenshin
I said it looks Like crap, weak at best sculpts, and it looks like L5R…

Goblin samurai, rat samurai, maybe a little bit of the super weak models make me think of L5R’s old Junk models….

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Reds8n
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Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/09 08:01:36


Post by: Aerethan




hostile much? Someone has forgotten rule #1...


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/09 10:17:00


Post by: Mad4Minis




Agreed, and totaly unnecessary. No positive contribution there at all. perhaps it warrants MOD attention...


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/09 10:30:22


Post by: reds8n


... I think we can move along now folks. take a breath, count to 10 etc etc


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/09 10:34:40


Post by: Kroothawk


5deadly wrote:Garbage... this stinks of L5R Knock off with uninspired yuck sculpts....

1.) L5R had acceptable sculpted minis but not as nice as these.
2.) Oni, Ghosts and Katsune never played a major role in that game, so Bushido is using Japanese folklore as inspiration, not L5R IP.
3.) Everybody is allowed to have his opinion and post them within forum rules that include politeness.
4.) Seeing that you seem to work for Infinity or at least advertise that game in your signature, I can understand why you attack other skirmish games that way.

BTW the Ninja Boardgame has been presented and sold on GenCon, now waiting for a major release.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/09 13:43:59


Post by: Grot 6


Seeing as Legend of the 5 Rings is pretty much out of print...

It's an Oriental game with ninja's demons, zombies, and the like. I'm not seeing the reason for the over the top spastic comments, You don't like it- thats noted, so move on and continue.

I'd like to see more of this stuff before i commit, though- Based on my own personal experience with L5R. I picked it up right before it went south, so I was left holding the bag with a boxed set that I couldn't continue to support. I noticed that someone else took it over, but at the time, it was pretty much done.

There was another game of similer makeup to this one that seems to have disappeared, even before it continued to move forward- Does this game have anything to do with that one called "OKKO"?

http://www.okko-thegame.com/

I could see some interchangeability in this train of thought- L5R minis included with this game, with some sort of additional addentums.

I agree with the one other guy's sentiment that there are not enough "Oriental Adventures" miniatures lines, so to me as well, any are a good thing.

Would like to see more, because butterface or not, I'm realliy digging the miniatures so far, though I agree that that dress on the chick looks kinda crazy...

I'd like to see more Chun- Lee (Streetfighter) or House of Flying Daggers influenced. The one so far just looks like a train wreck.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/09 15:06:37


Post by: Kroothawk


Okko, based on a French comic of the same name, still has a boardgame, but the metal miniatures seem OOP, also the company making some terrain for this.

The L5R miniatures are currently rereleased by Valiant Miniatures http://www.veltd.net/28mmclanwar.htm .

And while we are at it:

Other Fantasy range:
MSB Toyz http://www.msbtoys.com/MSBShop/category.php?id_category=14
Japanese Dwarfs, Orks and Goblins: http://www.cavalcadewargames.com/cavalcade/Fantasy_Armies_of_the_East_-_Orcs.html
Malifaux (has one Japanese undead fraction



Best Japanese terrain: http://www.johnjenkinsdesigns.com/28JAP.htm
Cheaper alternative: http://www.hovelsltd.co.uk/oriental25.htm



Historical:
Perry Miniatures http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index2.html (Age of Wars: Samurai Armies")
Alternative West Wind http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/index.php?infoBox=1&cPath=182


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/09 19:09:42


Post by: DustGod


Now I won't retort with negs to others opinion about L5R models or what not
But to make things clear for kroothawk...
I don't work for infinity or even represent them...
Just a huge fan and it in no way effects my opinion of other games . If a game and its models are good then I'll support it.
I dont like anything about bushido... I can say that... Also once again... What I did mention about L5R was goblins, rats, undead...
Its cool if you want too attack back... Im not mad. ; P


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/09 22:38:54


Post by: Grot 6


Kroothawk wrote:Okko, based on a French comic of the same name, still has a boardgame, but the metal miniatures seem OOP, also the company making some terrain for this.

The L5R miniatures are currently rereleased by Valiant Miniatures http://www.veltd.net/28mmclanwar.htm .

And while we are at it:

Other Fantasy range:
MSB Toyz http://www.msbtoys.com/MSBShop/category.php?id_category=14
Japanese Dwarfs, Orks and Goblins: http://www.cavalcadewargames.com/cavalcade/Fantasy_Armies_of_the_East_-_Orcs.html
Malifaux (has one Japanese undead fraction



Best Japanese terrain: http://www.johnjenkinsdesigns.com/28JAP.htm
Cheaper alternative: http://www.hovelsltd.co.uk/oriental25.htm



Historical:
Perry Miniatures http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index2.html (Age of Wars: Samurai Armies")
Alternative West Wind http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/index.php?infoBox=1&cPath=182


Great looking list so far. +1on the sentiment.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/10 03:12:33


Post by: AesSedai


Lovely stuff from these guys.

I can say that I like almost everything that they have come out with.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/10 07:25:30


Post by: Agamemnon2


The oni is quite nice. Might buy one just to paint it, that is to say, if I can buy just that one figure and not forced to get half a dozen at once.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/08/12 23:39:54


Post by: kendoka


CLAN WAR
As I person who was sponsored by AEG Clan War (L5R) when the game was in print I just want to say that the Bushido line looks *very* promising - and in no way inferior to the Clan War range (of which I have owned every single mini...). Sure there is Clan War sculpts that are better than these - but some parts of the Clan War range were actually rather poor.

Any wargamer interested in Fantasy-ish Japan ought to support Valiant Miniatures and buy a few (of the better) Clan War miniatures at:
http://www.veltd.net/28mmclanwar.htm


BUSHIDO
Yes, some of the Bushido miniatures could have been sculpted better (mostly the Ryu faction, probably due to goofy art work) - but most look really good.
I, personally, have a problem with their "comic relief" monsters - but I cannot argue the quality of sculpting.

I fully intend to support this line by buying lots of minis (as soon as they start selling singles.


Finally I would like to promote two things:

1. Upcoming plastic 28 mm samurai range from Wargames Factory.
Could be great or suffer from their "Strange Pose Syndrome" due to being computer designed instead of greenstuffed.
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/announcements/preview-samurai-figures
(note the sculpts pictured has *nothing* to do with the upcoming range besides sharing the same sculptor)

2. Kenjiro, the Ronin
Probably one of the coolest heroic samurai minis available.
http://www.taleofwar.com/shop/product.php?id_product=70


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/09/03 10:18:32


Post by: kendoka





Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/09/05 07:20:55


Post by: DustGod


OMG that Sumo figure is the best Sumo I've ever seen...
so dynamic I like the way the fingers rest on his thigh...
Like little Sausages of Mucho lucha Sumo Death.

Guess what Daddy wants for Christmas.

Bushido!!!! Bushido!!!! Bushido!!!!

I hope they release more Feral Skaven soon...

Killer work... Keep up the good work... GCT you guys are the best


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/09/05 08:36:36


Post by: Aerethan


5deadly wrote:OMG that Sumo figure is the best Sumo I've ever seen...
so dynamic I like the way the fingers rest on his thigh...
Like little Sausages of Mucho lucha Sumo Death.

Guess what Daddy wants for Christmas.

Bushido!!!! Bushido!!!! Bushido!!!!

I hope they release more Feral Skaven soon...

Killer work... Keep up the good work... GCT you guys are the best


sarcasm doesn't translate well in text...


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/09/05 09:43:26


Post by: Kroothawk


Some people miss their somersaulting Sumo ringers


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/09/05 19:59:56


Post by: lord marcus


kendoka wrote:CLAN WAR
As I person who was sponsored by AEG Clan War (L5R) when the game was in print I just want to say that the Bushido line looks *very* promising - and in no way inferior to the Clan War range (of which I have owned every single mini...). Sure there is Clan War sculpts that are better than these - but some parts of the Clan War range were actually rather poor.

Any wargamer interested in Fantasy-ish Japan ought to support Valiant Miniatures and buy a few (of the better) Clan War miniatures at:
http://www.veltd.net/28mmclanwar.htm


BUSHIDO
Yes, some of the Bushido miniatures could have been sculpted better (mostly the Ryu faction, probably due to goofy art work) - but most look really good.
I, personally, have a problem with their "comic relief" monsters - but I cannot argue the quality of sculpting.

I fully intend to support this line by buying lots of minis (as soon as they start selling singles.


Finally I would like to promote two things:

1. Upcoming plastic 28 mm samurai range from Wargames Factory.
Could be great or suffer from their "Strange Pose Syndrome" due to being computer designed instead of greenstuffed.
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/announcements/preview-samurai-figures
(note the sculpts pictured has *nothing* to do with the upcoming range besides sharing the same sculptor)

2. Kenjiro, the Ronin
Probably one of the coolest heroic samurai minis available.
http://www.taleofwar.com/shop/product.php?id_product=70


The thing i don't like about that Ronin is that he seems to be sculpted with a western-like face.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/09/06 03:17:21


Post by: CT GAMER


lord marcus wrote:

The thing i don't like about that Ronin is that he seems to be sculpted with a western-like face.


Agreed, you stole my post.



Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/09/06 10:14:49


Post by: Kroothawk


In Mangas, all heroes have Western like faces, so it fits the theme.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/09/09 05:26:33


Post by: sennacherib


I really like the Oni too. I hope for the best for this system. It looks like its got great flavor. Cant wait to see how the rules measure up.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/09/09 16:18:03


Post by: kendoka




Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/09/10 04:21:26


Post by: sonofruss


That is a cool paint job someone knows tats well for that paint looks real.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/09/10 04:51:30


Post by: Guildsman


Those tattoos are unbelievable. The guy who painted that deserves a medal.


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2011/09/10 05:05:04


Post by: AesSedai


Brilliant paint job!


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2012/05/15 20:50:42


Post by: xoddsx




Check out Bushido's Indiegogo campaign; indiegogo.com/bushido

@ $20,000 The 'I want I-TWO' Perk ($100) gets you -

12-14 models AND (6) Ito faction dice AND Free worldwide shipping.

OR

13-15 models AND Free worldwide shipping.

It's a brilliant deal!



Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2012/05/15 22:46:59


Post by: MeanGreenStompa


I have only recently discovered this range and I'm really, really impressed.

Big thumbs up from me. Very flavorful and I couldn't disagree more with '5deadly' (who should have said his piece and left the thread...)



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Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2012/05/15 23:06:51


Post by: RiTides


Wow, the last pic of the smoking figure is really cool!

xoddsx wrote:

Check out Bushido's Indiegogo campaign; indiegogo.com/bushido

@ $20,000 The 'I want I-TWO' Perk ($100) gets you -

12-14 models AND (6) Ito faction dice AND Free worldwide shipping.

OR

13-15 models AND Free worldwide shipping.

It's a brilliant deal!


Everybody's doing it . It looks like they'll definitely hit $20k, probably go well beyond (almost there with 17 days left to go). Unfortunately that page takes forever to let me scroll down... large pics, I guess?

Direct link:
http://www.indiegogo.com/bushido


Bushido - New Oriental Fantasy Skirmish Game @ 2012/05/15 23:18:23


Post by: spiralingcadaver


Kroothawk wrote:
Best Japanese terrain: http://www.johnjenkinsdesigns.com/28JAP.htm
Cheaper alternative: http://www.hovelsltd.co.uk/oriental25.htm




Thanks for those links! Some cool stuff, there.