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I have been considering starting playing some 15mm Samurai stuff. I have the Hail Caesar rulebook, but someone told me that the Field of Glory rules were pretty decent. Does anyone have experience with both of these? I have been a Warhammer player for about a decade so I am ready to just paint an ocean of tiny little men (history style).
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Jan 23, 2014 05:32
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lilljonas posted:Hello fellow samurai collector. I've written a bit about it, but never with 15mm in mind. However, I have painted up a bunch of Peter Pig for a customer, and those were lovely. You could also go with the 1:72 kits from Zvezda (not the small kits for Samurai Battles, but their "normal" ones) if you want to do it on the cheap. I play a ton of different 28mm games, so I am really just looking for something different. I really like the idea of playing a really large scale army game, so 15mm seems like a more reasonable step that going straight to 6mm. I am mostly looking for a fun, simple game where huge colorful waves of men bravely die. Historical accuracy is something that would be nice, but I don't plan on taking the game super seriously. Hail Caesar seems good but there not being points is a strange transition to make as a non-historical guy. Thanks for the input. Peter Pig seems to be pretty popular, so I might try and pick up a pack of samurai and see how that paint up. I have some of the multi-part plastic samurai from Wargames Factory, but at 28mm I realize I just don't really have the space to do the huge sprawling samurai battles I want at that scale.
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Jan 23, 2014 14:25
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Just ordered several 15mm samurai gentlemen. Hopefully this is not the beginning of a long slide into madness.
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Jan 26, 2014 19:57
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After a month and a half of waiting I have finally received a packet filled with tiny metal samurai. They look really good, but seeing this many little soldiers is a bit intimidating.
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Mar 11, 2014 12:48
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Commissar Kip posted:
I got my stuff from here http://www.miniaturefigurines.co.uk/Catalogue.aspx?ScaleID=17&CategoryID=58 I guess this company bought the old Two Dragons(?) molds, which were well received. After getting them I can certainly see why. I am planning on getting a batch of Peter Pig samurai next to see how they compare.
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Mar 12, 2014 04:22
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I have been reading over the Sharp Practice 2 book, and only the War Store being out of stock of plastic Perry Brothers AWI guys has slowed my fall down a dangerous grog hole. Who knew reading about uniforms could be so good! 
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Apr 27, 2016 16:25
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Mr.Booger posted:On a whim I priced up a bunch of Perry stuff directly from their site vs warstore...uhm, the pound is down, if you can wait a bit longer it is actually cheaper through Perry themselves atm (including the +25% for shipping even, still cheaper). Oh wow. Thanks for the tip! I just placed an order for a box of British and a box of Colonial guys. The wait will just give me more time to decide how to paint them up. 
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Apr 28, 2016 03:06
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Came home from work tonight and found that both my physical copy of Sharp Practice 2 and my Perry Miniatures AWI guys arrived. Now I just need to research North Carolina regiments and start painting.
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May 6, 2016 00:50
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How do you go about painting 6mm guys? Do you prime and paint them individually then base them, or base them first and then paint? I have a bunch of 6mm samurai I have been meaning to get around to for years now.
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Jul 1, 2016 04:56
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I am painting up some Revolutionary War miniatures and the official uniforms for the South late in the war is blue faced with blue. Was it generally the same shade or should I do something lighter so it stands out?
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Aug 6, 2016 05:20
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Colonial Air Force posted:Well, my sourcebooks unfortunately don't have much in the way of the 1779 regulations, which is where the blue-on-blue comes from. Most of the Southern units that reenact wear blue faced with red, or they wear hunting shirts. I think I will try to do some in blue and blue. They are just for Sharp Practice so it is not like I will be doing hundreds of guys. It is hard to believe that there is so much information about all this stuff at all. Thanks for all the help.
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Aug 8, 2016 22:39
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lilljonas posted:Nah, I'm just in a group that can't focus. On the current list of things people want to do in 2017: Is this really a thing? I have always wanted to do some kind of post apocalyptic gaming, but never considered this possibility.
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Dec 5, 2016 14:50
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muggins posted:I should be done editing our second episode of our podcast, combined arms podcast, this weekend. I just finished listening to the first episode, and I liked it a bunch overall. I looked into the pirate game that you guys talked about, and drat a game with 28mm ships looks incredible. Going to have to get some of that.
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May 13, 2017 01:23
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Talking briefly about Blood and Plunder today has gotten me rowdy for the new Kickstarter to launch. Counting down the days 
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May 24, 2017 18:36
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:Can I interest you in a little genre called Napoleonics? Dad games have never seemed so grand!
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Jun 26, 2017 05:58
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lilljonas posted:I'm getting close to being able to field a 1:1 line company with my French Napoleonics. I am sure you probably went with God's Own Scale, but I secretly hope you mean 54mm
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Jun 28, 2017 21:47
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That is still a really impressive amount of guys in 28mm though! I am having enough trouble doing two armies for Sharp Practice.
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Jun 28, 2017 22:26
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This is what pretty tempting. How is Black Powder for doing big Napoleonic games? I am really excited about Sharp Practice because of the manageable scale... But maybe a totally massive 28m game will be worthwhile...
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Jun 29, 2017 18:03
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tallkidwithglasses posted:Yeah, this. Black Powder plays great at the division/corps level, especially when you have enough table space to give the armies plenty of countryside to maneuver in. I love it at 6mm on a normal sized table, I feel like you'd have to play on a 12x8 table or something with 28mm armies. I was planning on doing this in 6mm at some point, so I might as well pick up the books on sale. As long as it is a pretty simple and quick system I am down. I have Hail Caesar so I assume this is basically the same thing.
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Jun 29, 2017 19:35
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tallkidwithglasses posted:Played some 6mm black powder on a 6x4 table this weekend. Jealous of all these tiny Confederate Patriots. Do you find having to find 6mm terrain to be difficult. Differing scale from 28mm has definitively kept me from branching out in the past.
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Jul 10, 2017 22:42
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This seems like the most appropriate thread for this question, so has anyone played any Blood and Plunder? I am backing the new Kickstarter and was wondering what people's opinions were on it. Just wondering if this will be a cool pirate painting project, or if I should lie to myself and pretend that someone will play a Historical Game with me.
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Jul 14, 2017 21:04
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Dirt Worshipper posted:http://jayswargamingmadness.blogspot.com/?m=1 Thanks!
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Jul 15, 2017 03:15
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:I think more people here aren't as hot on Black Powder because it needs a billion models and a lot of table space to play at 28mm. Just play God's Own Scale if you want Black Powder. https://www.baccus6mm.com
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Aug 2, 2017 05:07
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COOL CORN posted:Thanks for the tips, all! 6mm looks so good when it comes to showing huge battles, but painting 28mm sounds like so much more fun.  I am planning on ordering a bunch and doing Italy vs Prussia/Russia in 6mm. I have enough Redcoats to do for my Sharp Practice Revolutionary War stuff.
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Aug 3, 2017 03:19
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Colonial Air Force posted:The uniforms changed a ton between the AWI and the Napoleonic Wars. Well sure, but doing a red guys army in two different scales is not very thrilling. At the end of the day England is too important NOT to do, but I imagine anyone else I find that plays this kind of stuff will probably have it covered.
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Aug 3, 2017 12:17
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Phi230 posted:How do you guys store your armies. Not for transport but just like around Tons of clear plastic stackable boxes from Wal-Mart. You can store an insane amount of stuff in any area that way. Most of my decently painted stuff I keep in a jewelry transport case that I added magnetic bottoms to from https://www.gemsondisplay.com
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Aug 7, 2017 01:41
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COOL CORN posted:6mm is so cheap that it gives me crazy ideas. Building both armies is pretty standard for historicals
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Aug 11, 2017 01:45
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Aug 22, 2017 16:32
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DiHK posted:Saga is going to release a new set of books in 2018 I was planning on looking into saga, so this is perfect!
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Sep 17, 2017 05:48
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lilljonas posted:Hold my beer
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Nov 7, 2017 14:19
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Fish and Chimps posted:If this is true, this might push me over the edge to start 28mm Napoleonics. It is the abyss that calls to us all.
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Nov 8, 2017 20:07
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I really hope I can get my Sharp Practice stuff ready by 4th of July this year. Want to run some Revolutionary War games, and the Perry Brothers plastics are so nice.
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Nov 9, 2017 05:15
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Frobbe posted:you napoleonics post too much! 
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Nov 10, 2017 19:30
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Peter Pig's website is just the most beautiful thing. Shopping here is when you know you have finally embraced the historical madness!
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Dec 27, 2017 12:59
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Any word on the new edition of Saga? I want to do something with a gang of rowdy Byzantines and I know they are a faction in that.
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Dec 28, 2017 04:21
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Playing any scale that isn't 6mm or 28mm seems wasteful.
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Jan 3, 2018 18:23
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Cessna posted:That's going to be tough for WWI Dreadnoughts. 28mm seems like the best scale, honestly. Just look at Blood and Plunder.
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Jan 4, 2018 02:09
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Has anybody been able to take a look at Gangs of Rome? I love the idea of it but am wary of buying the book sight unseen. Historicals are a fickle mistress.
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Jan 16, 2018 20:23
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Oh poo poo, free rules. I will have to give them a look. Thanks, all.
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Jan 16, 2018 22:58
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Phi230 posted:Just played the first game of CoC and boy is the rulebook a mess God Bless Historicals
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Jan 22, 2018 00:19
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