Wargaming The Last Samurai Charge

This is probably outside the range this group is interested in,
however I seem to have run out of steam charging my samurai up and
down the foam hills and refighting the battles leading up to the
formation of the shogunate. I'd like to try to do something else for
a change of pace.

In 1877 Saigö Takamori led his remaining 40 samurai (which once
numbered over 12,000) against the new Japanese Imperial army and
into the movies in 2003.

The Japanese Imperial army of that period was dressed in French
Garde Mobile style uniforms. Japanese infantrymen wore a dark blue
kepi, a short jacket with French style field pack, and dark blue
pants. The cavalry wore red kepis with a small white plume in the
front, dark blue jackets, red pants with a yellow stripe, and black
boots. Their lance pennants were red over white.

What would you recommend for 28mm figures to represent the Japanese
Imperial army? I'd like to build this army to fight against my
existing samurai army. It would be an interesting game.

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:53:24 -0000, martinisword9さん wrote in message <c69pe4+tjk8@...>

>In 1877 Saig�Takamori led his remaining 40 samurai (which once
>numbered over 12,000) against the new Japanese Imperial army and
>into the movies in 2003.

Useless trivia:

It appears that his real name was not in fact Saigo Takamori.
Takamori was his father's name; his name was Takanaga.

There are at least 2 versions of the story as to how this came about.
My preferred version of the story goes that he was going to obtain
some rank and was to be sent a certificate by the emperor. He was
unavailable and a friend of his was asked to confirm the name that
should be used on the certificate. The friend misremembered the name
and gave the father's name instead: "Saigo Takamori". This was
probably due to the fact that given names were hardly used. If a
"name" was used at all (instead of a title) it was probably a
nickname. Saigo's nickname was "Kichi-no-suke".

When Saigo got the (incorrect) certificate, he apparently just went
with the flow and from then on used "Takamori" instead of his given
name, Takanaga.

--
Jay Kelly
oyakata@...

Message: 3
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:53:24 -0000
From: "martinisword9" <fabros1@...>
Subject: Wargaming The Last Samurai Charge

This is probably outside the range this group is interested in,
however I seem to have run out of steam charging my samurai up and
down the foam hills and refighting the battles leading up to the
formation of the shogunate. I'd like to try to do something else for
a change of pace.

In 1877 Saigö Takamori led his remaining 40 samurai (which once
numbered over 12,000) against the new Japanese Imperial army and
into the movies in 2003.

The Japanese Imperial army of that period was dressed in French
Garde Mobile style uniforms. Japanese infantrymen wore a dark blue
kepi, a short jacket with French style field pack, and dark blue
pants. The cavalry wore red kepis with a small white plume in the
front, dark blue jackets, red pants with a yellow stripe, and black
boots. Their lance pennants were red over white.

What would you recommend for 28mm figures to represent the Japanese
Imperial army? I'd like to build this army to fight against my
existing samurai army. It would be an interesting game.




--> My first thought would be to suggest some of the foundry ranges, to see
if anything can be converted but Old Glory would also be well worth checking
out. I am sure its possible to convert the miniatures if no range is aleady
available.

There has been "talk" from several companies of them doing a range and there
may be other companies who have something more suitable availalbe already,
check the internet or wargames press.

I have a book on the period at home which is excellant and contains a lot of
detail so the reference material is available if a company decided to do a
range, and I am sure someone will, movies tend to have that knock on effect!

Apologies that the information is not that helpful but I will do some more
investigation as I get time during the week, and see if I can find out if a
specific range is out there.

What manufacturers do you use for your existing Samurai army?

Cheers

Rob

Rob Broom
Warhammer Historical General Manager
robb@...
www.warhammer-historical.com