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Hello, I am currently in the middle of starting a 2nd army, and decided to go with Tau. I would like to go with a more "Samurai" theme for my more elite troops (special characters/ commanders), so not everyone in the army will be "Samurai". However I am not sure in how to obtain Samurai bits that would fit a Tau, without sculpting it for I am not experienced in that. I did find out about ASHIGARU stuff from Wargames Factory, but I don't know how they differ in size to a Tau model. Any help in this endeavor would be most appreciated.

Urban Mammoth has a future Japanese faction:
http://www.urbanwarthegame.com/acatalog/copy_of_Triad_metro_boxes.html

I use this one as the battle suit of my old Tau general:


Infinity has an Asian faction with a Japanese sub-faction:


Kromlech has a few cyber samurai bits, but intended for Space marines:


Hoard o'Bits sells Wargames Factory Ashigaru bits.

And you might also be interested in some bits by Zealot Miniatures that can be used for female Tau:
http://www.zealotminiatures.co.uk/#!__zealot-store

You could try these
http://wargamesfactory.com/webstore/rising-sun

 Greyguy13 wrote:
I did find out about ASHIGARU stuff from Wargames Factory, but I don't know how they differ in size to a Tau model. Any help in this endeavor would be most appreciated.

You have found one of the better sources of stuff for what you are looking to do - IIRC, there is a thread in the projects area here showing a Japanese themed IG army to give you an idea of how things would match up with Tau (both IG and Tau are comparable in size).

The short though - is that they will work well enough.

In addition to those - you have lots of different Japanese styled miniatures which are not historical. Mutant Chronicles, Metropolis, L5R and a couple of other game systems use samurai in a sci-fi or fantasy setting. Kroothawk linked to the bits from Kromlech - you can also find bits from other companies as well (think Paulson has some).

A lot of Tau stuff isn't too hard to sculpt. Because of the style used - you can get away with a lot of geometric shapes that are easy to "machine" as opposed to actually sculpt. Plasticard, a ruler and a steady hand can get you a good way down the road.
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http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/476182.page#4765472 - One of the threads using the Wargames Factory bits with GW bits.

You can also hit up the Perry brothers for some of the samurai bits like back banners and stuff.
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=23_38&products_id=2324