20mm Samurai - for Skirmish Gaming Recommendations please

[Billythefish]

Hello

Can anybody recommend 20mm Samurai manufacters, I have been looking at Newline who have a very small range, there is also BandB miniatures but the photos on the website are not great and they are in very big bags for games of 20 figures aside. BnB does look like a very flexible range to be fair, two bags totalling 40 figures of their unarmoured Ronnin and bandit types would be almost there if not overkill, though i would need some ranged chaps and a few armoured types as well, who only come for the main part in bags of 20.

Whilst in 28mm I love the Perry stuff and what you have, might end up buying some just to paint! I find 28mm housing and scenary depressingly eats into my storage space, 20mm seem alot more bomb proof too re the rigours of tabletop gaming!

Are there any other manufactuers out there for 20mm, got to get me Ronin warbands on the go

kind regards Billy

[gregmita]

If you don't mind soft plastic, Zvezda's samurai sets are excellent.

http://plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=448

http://plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=685

http://plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=888

Caesar also has a set, which you might be able to find on eBay.

http://plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=728

[Mr. White]

I second the recommendation for Zvezda's samurai. Fantastic little minis.
They also show up on ebay with very affordable prices.

[ichwillauch]

Beside the excellent Zvezda plastic series there is the boardgame Shogun. The older versions came with large amounts of plastic models in the same size like 1/72 models.

http://plasticsoldierreview.com/ShowFeature.aspx?id=36

[OSHIROmodels]

I think Tumbling Dice used to do some but I didn’t find them on their website. Might be worth a quick email?

[EnclavedMicrostate]

https://tumblingdiceuk.com/collections/25mm-1-72-c1250-the-crusades-early-japanese

Seems like you may be referring to these, which are confusingly grouped in his Crusades range...