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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.

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

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

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.

Because we all know L5R invented japanese folklore right?

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Lovely stuff from these guys.

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

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.

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

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

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...

Some people miss their somersaulting Sumo ringers

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Brilliant paint job!

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!