| Rank and file Night/Gutter Runners; screams to me samurai and ninja | |
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| Ratmaster Rex | 22nd October 2009 - 12:02 AM Post #1 |
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I see lead people
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I read that the 7th edition forces us to field night runners in a ranked unit. So I'm thinking of modeling all my Night Runners as Samurai and my Gutter Runners (still skirmishers I hope) as Ninja. I don't know much about samurai though, I'll have to google it. I might draw inspiration from the Confrontation Rackham minis I've seen. Question is, how many do I need in a unit now? Should I field them as clanrats, 25+ or in 15? I'm not sure. I have 2 boxes to work with. I want to replace the monkey hands with either the new clanrat hands or plaguemonk hands, or model my own around weapons. Anyone know what weapon types the new NR and GR can have in 7th? I assume, sling, star, sword. |
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| mrtn | 22nd October 2009 - 12:15 AM Post #2 |
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I don't see Night Runners fitting as samurai at all. Samurai usually had heavy armour (for Japan) and swords, spears and polearms and stuff. They were the Japanese equivalent to knights. The only unit I could see fitting as samurai would be Stormvermin. Just don't take any shields. |
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| Ratmaster Rex | 22nd October 2009 - 12:17 AM Post #3 |
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I thought they had like padded leather and bamboo armor, not really heavy. I been looking at these for tips so far: http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index2.html Do you think there will be muscians and standards in the unit too? Mutate:
They studied Nippon and came back with some of their skills right? So they could *look* like samurai but not be as disciplined or masters of the sword that are samurai. Right? I especially like the look of these guys: ![]() http://homepage.mac.com/antallan/images/minifigs/samurai.jpg |
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| mrtn | 22nd October 2009 - 12:24 AM Post #4 |
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The point is that the samurai were elite. They were the best, something Night Runners have never been. If you want samurai Core, just take stormvermin instead. |
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| carcharoth | 22nd October 2009 - 12:38 AM Post #5 |
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I agree with mrtn, samurai were heavily armoured, elite nobility, NR's dont resemble them in the slightest. |
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| Decker_cky | 22nd October 2009 - 01:03 AM Post #6 |
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Master of the Deamonic Leash of Numbers and the Armor of Updates
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I will counter with the rule of cool. If it looks cool, it's worth giving a shot. Samurai Night Runners ftw. |
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| outbreak | 22nd October 2009 - 03:11 AM Post #7 |
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night runners seem like white belt ninjas or whatver. The guys aspiring to be the samurai but only the best of the best survive. |
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| MonsterZero | 22nd October 2009 - 03:36 AM Post #8 |
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Carpe Cerevisi
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Plus samurai armor would take so much time to model, way too much time to invest for a cheap(ish) rank and file unit. Yeah, I'm hoping to use the new clanrats or maybe the plague monks for night runners, I really don't want to have to rank up the monkey-rats again. <_< MZ |
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| Ratmaster Rex | 22nd October 2009 - 04:37 AM Post #9 |
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I see lead people
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Well I dont want someone to look at my army, think its really cool, then see the Night Runner samurai unit and turn their opinion all around to 'ick! What is this guy thinking... Maybe I'll piecemeal them, bits of scavanged samurai armor/cloth maybe a backbanner or two. |
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| Niz'tizi'ihack | 22nd October 2009 - 11:21 AM Post #10 |
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Mad Harbringer of Mutation
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The Night Runners are more likely to be Ashigaru, peasent soldiers. but they normally used spear and bow, I guess you can change that.
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| Ratmaster Rex | 12th November 2009 - 02:35 AM Post #11 |
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I see lead people
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In case you all were wondering what it might look like:![]() The GS came out a bit messy mostly because it just didn't want to stick to the model (stuck to my tools alot) but I think with a good painting it will still turn out ok. |
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