Shogun...errrr...Ronin Showdown 18mm

Autumn is just about here at HQ and I've been plodding away on a few projects. Lots of Russian Civil War and 2nd Boer War painting/planning going on and a couple of new ones in the breech as always. Here is brief spotlight on some cool albeit odd Ronin miniatures.

These miniatures (Blue Moon manufactured?) technically may fall under 18mm as they are a bit larger than 15mm but hardly noticeable to the eye. Nice proportions and overall details though some had some wonky and misshapen bits. This was a discount lot on eBay so I didn't ask any questions.


Most of these miniatures have a mix of swords, long or mid size. No ranged combat to speak of. A huge chunk of my inspiration for this set came from the crazy talented Sidney Roundwood, who was nice enough to send me some files relating to his 28mm Ronin/Samurai miniatures.



For a ruleset I've thought about homebrewing one page rules or using Osprey's ruleset for Ronin, but have yet to decide. Terrain pieces manufactured and painted by Oshiro Models in the UK. Oshiro's stuff is very nice and its hard not to buy a whole tabletops worth.


Duel to the death at the dung cart o' doom!


Stay Frosty..
 -15mm Dieter


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