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Author Topic: 20mm ninjas?  (Read 1699 times)

Offline Mr. White

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20mm ninjas?
« on: February 14, 2021, 03:04:30 PM »
Anyone know of a good source for ninjas and samurai in 20mm?

Offline Yuber Okami

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2021, 03:58:51 PM »
Zvezda 1/72 plastics?

Offline Yuber Okami

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2021, 07:41:19 PM »
Definitely, Zvezda is a great option, but you have other manufacturers too:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/PeriodList.aspx?period=8#Japan

I don't know if there are any metal miniatures manufacturers out there, though


Offline Mr. White

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2021, 04:33:52 PM »
Good call on this line!
Any chance you know of appropriate buildings and terrain features for this setting and at 20mmish scale?

Offline Lowtardog

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2021, 05:36:46 PM »
B&B wargames had a big range, think Dixon miniatures in style

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2021, 05:44:35 PM »
Denizen has a few "true 25" ninjas that will probably be OK with 1/72 (the dwarfs in the same range look fine as dwarfs next to 1/72 humans, and ditto the orcs). They might be a little big, but it'll chiefly concern their heads rather than their height, and the masks will help.

At worst, I suspect they'll be slightly "heroic scale" next to regular 20mm.

Offline Szary

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2021, 05:34:59 AM »
Few MDF terrain makers have lines in 20mm, most notably https://sarissa-precision.com/collections/japan-20mm?page=1

Offline Hang Tuah

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2021, 07:37:24 AM »

Offline Mr. White

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2021, 02:24:55 PM »
B&B does indeed do a pack of ninjas: https://www.bandbminiatures.com/store/sam30-20mm-samurai-ninja-s

I can't get anything to come up for this site. Anyone else?

Offline cree1978

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2021, 03:13:00 PM »
I can't get anything to come up for this site. Anyone else?

Looks like the site only have listings but no pictures.  I have a lot of the B&B mini's painted and unpainted i would like to shift, message me if your interested

regards

Craig
« Last Edit: February 26, 2021, 06:16:18 AM by cree1978 »

Offline cree1978

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2021, 02:06:25 PM »
A few pictures of the B&B Samurai including the Ninja set, seems I had painted more than I remembered.

Offline Yuber Okami

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2021, 01:13:30 PM »
One of the Zvezda battle sets contained some terrain (i think they were wooden towers or something akin). The same company said they were going to produce a 1/72 Japanese castle but I think they never did

Offline Golgotha

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2021, 08:58:48 PM »
That is a lovely little collection of B&B miniatures.

Unfortunately Zvezda seem to have  discontinued this set http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=888 so it is now either hard to find or expensive.

Offline Mr. White

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2021, 02:38:43 PM »
Thanks all for the suggestions. I ended up ordering a set of the Zvezda Ninjas as well as the Caesar Minis Samurai & Ninja set. I think my little project is covered!

Offline Golgotha

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Re: 20mm ninjas?
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2021, 07:15:00 PM »
Look forward to seeing the results.

 

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