I've been painting up some 28mm Samurai figures I got from Perry Miniatures. This is for Osprey Wargames new title Ronin:
The rules read through easily in a couple of hours and have frequent examples. I like the simplicity and the requirement in each combat to gamble on how much effort to put in your offense versus your defense, a bit like SAGA and the battle board dice allocations.
The mini's I got are decent quality and arrived very well packaged. Each component of the order is individually packaged in a jewelry box with layers of cotton wool. It's a level of protection usually only afforded to Johnny Wilkinson but I am impressed how Perry Miniatures care for what really becomes yours as soon as it hits the post:
There is some flashing which is unavoidable, although I was disappointed by this samurai's helmet missing a horn on the left:
I put together two teams of Bushi warriors, each with 3 Samurai and 6 ashigaru. Painting has started which some people say means half the job is done, but the second half is taking much longer.
Ashigaru:
Samurai:
