Saturday 21 September 2013

Imperial/Shogunate troops greens

Bac Ninh Miniatures extends its catalog with two new references, once again brilliantly sculpted by Paul Hicks. 
These new packs have separate heads in order to achieve a greater number of variations. Each of the references represent a side, but they have been designed so that the can be used for both sides, as there was not such a big difference regarding uniforms between both, except for some cases as the battle of Toba–Fushimi where some troops follower of Shogun wear armors or the Shinsengumi, who wore traditional clothes. 
The figures with battle hat (nirayamagasa) represent the Imperial troops. Whereas those which wear headband represent the Shogun side, take into account that they wear a pair of swords (daisho) typical of the most traditional pro shogunate clans. It's possible to swap heads from one reference to the other without any problems. In this sense Paul, besides the sculptures, has done a great job. 
The greens have been sent to the caster, so they will be available in a few weeks if there's no problem.







11 comments:

  1. I have read all your posts this morning and am very excited by the whole project.New figures look great by the way!
    Alan

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  2. Great figures but bit confused about the jackets,did they really wear them? I got the book of Japanese Military Uiforms 1841-1929 full of information on the uniforms but no jackets for the infantry, can i ask where you got the information from

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    1. Hi,
      I have that book and others of Ritta Nakanishi, they are great!
      For the design of the figures I have used several sources, as paintings of Jules Brunet (a French officer who played an active role in Japan during the Boshin War), pictures of the period, historical reenactment, and some books:
      - Illustrated Boshin & Seinan War by Gakken (Japanese text)
      - Armies of the 19th Century: Asia: Japan and Korea by Ian Heath (English text)

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  3. Very nice figures, an useful adition to your range, with the separate heads. Have you planned more irregular types of troops?

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    1. Many thanks Juan! Possibly the following releases will be Imperial/Shogunate troops charging or maybe Shinsegumi.

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  4. Amazing! great work
    Nice skills is what i can say

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  5. Any news on when these will be ready to order?

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    1. They are available at thise precise moment. ;-)

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