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Miniatures Adventure => Adventures in the Far East => Topic started by: cheetor on January 27, 2016, 03:43:39 PM

Title: Samurai/Ninja town planning: advice requested.
Post by: cheetor on January 27, 2016, 03:43:39 PM

I recently started putting together a fantasy Samurai/Ninja force for playing Frostgrave with mates. The specific thread for that project is here in the Frostgrave section (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=86456.0)), but I will repeat one of the images just for the sake of context.

(https://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/shonenknivesninja7.jpg)

As a result Im looking for a handful of suitable terrain pieces to back up the samurai theme but without breaking the bank.  A handful of buildings, maybe some sort of shinto or pseudo shinto shrine, anything else that you experts in this part of the forum may be able to suggest as useful to back up the theme.

I dont need to cover an entire table.  For now, I just need a few pieces the add some flavour (and to photograph some miniatures in front of).

Can any of you suggest some straightforward shopping options to an "Adventures in the Far East" newb?

Thanks for looking!

Title: Re: Samurai/Ninja town planning: advice requested.
Post by: jon_1066 on January 27, 2016, 04:04:37 PM

I like building the 4Ground buildings and they do a range of Japanese houses, walls, gates, etc.

Aquarium decorations are also a good place to look for scatter terrain - quite a few come with a far eastern feel.

Title: Re: Samurai/Ninja town planning: advice requested.
Post by: cheetor on January 28, 2016, 11:49:11 AM

Thanks for that link.  The 4ground items might be exactly what I am looking for :)

Title: Re: Samurai/Ninja town planning: advice requested.
Post by: pocoloco on January 28, 2016, 11:57:29 AM

There are also the Fukei buildings for Kensei game:

http://www.plastcraftgames.com/en/fukei-designed-for-kensei/628-fukei-building-3.html

Title: Re: Samurai/Ninja town planning: advice requested.
Post by: cheetor on January 28, 2016, 02:36:22 PM

Quote from: pocoloco on January 28, 2016, 11:57:29 AM

There are also the Fukei buildings for Kensei game:

http://www.plastcraftgames.com/en/fukei-designed-for-kensei/628-fukei-building-3.html

Those look nice too, I prefer the tiled roof to the thatch for my plans.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Samurai/Ninja town planning: advice requested.
Post by: SotF on January 29, 2016, 08:43:53 PM

Quote from: cheetor on January 28, 2016, 02:36:22 PM

Those look nice too, I prefer the tiled roof to the thatch for my plans.

Thanks!

It's actually rather easy to modify the 4Ground ones for a tiled roof. Either take some corrugated cardboard, cut it to the roofs shape, and peel the cladding off one side before gluing it down...or you can buy some of the textured plasticard sheets that already have the shape.

Another thing to look for is some of the wooden "puzzles" and architectural models out there, several of them are Japanese or other asian building styles from the area that can work well enough...especially since your minis seem to be more fantasy inspired in appearance from the start, so the mix isn't something that would look that off, just not accurate. There are a few builds of them by the Storm Table on youtube that you can look for that he did a long while back.

Not buildings, but there used to be a video by, I believe, the Emperor's Canaries, that did a great bamboo tutorial using straws that I've used.

Title: Re: Samurai/Ninja town planning: advice requested.
Post by: OSHIROmodels on January 31, 2016, 12:09:04 PM

http://www.oshiromodelterrain.co.uk (http://www.oshiromodelterrain.co.uk)

 ;)

cheers

James

Title: Re: Samurai/Ninja town planning: advice requested.
Post by: cheetor on February 01, 2016, 08:42:30 PM

Thanks for all of the help folks.  Food for thought :)