Muromachi Samurai Shieled Archers

Dlauerman · Post by **Dlauerman** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:30 am

I'm working on rebasing my Muromachi Samurai for EoD, and came to the line about Retainers behind shields. These look like useful troops, but I'll be hornswoggled if I have any idea what the standing shields ought to look like. Does anyone have any idea here? Rectangular? Round? What?

zoltan · Post by **zoltan** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:29 am

Think wooden pavises proped up on a stick.

http://www.sierratoysoldier.com/ourstor ... oduct=2228

ravenflight · Post by **ravenflight** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:04 am

zoltan wrote:Think wooden pavises proped up on a stick.

http://www.sierratoysoldier.com/ourstor ... oduct=2228

Good site, however the one's I've seen in historical documents are about half that size. The ones shown there are more seige sized pavises.

richafricanus · Post by **richafricanus** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:29 am

Dlauerman wrote:I'm working on rebasing my Muromachi Samurai for EoD, and came to the line about Retainers behind shields. These look like useful troops, but I'll be hornswoggled if I have any idea what the standing shields ought to look like. Does anyone have any idea here? Rectangular? Round? What?

Hornswoggled hey? Does that hurt? Where can I buy some?

Spartacus · Post by **Spartacus** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:09 am

Unsure where you are but Samurai Pavises are available here :-

http://www.dixonminiatures.co.uk/dixonc ... aintype=33

Piccie of them from website :-

caliban66 · Post by **caliban66** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:54 am

Interesting. How are they represented in FoG. Portable defenses?

Spartacus · Post by **Spartacus** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:00 am

They are under "Detached followers fighting behind standing shields"

Mine are mounted on supplementary bases which are placed in front said units.

nikgaukroger · Post by **nikgaukroger** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:40 pm

Couple of Japanese illustrations:

Dlauerman · Post by **Dlauerman** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:41 am

Thanks for the responses- I think those are doable.

timmy1 · Post by **timmy1** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:27 pm

Nik

Where did you find those? Very interesting as I was thinking about these today (for another reason).

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:40 pm

nikgaukroger wrote:Couple of Japanese illustrations:

http://www.endoftime.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Jap1.jpg
http://www.endoftime.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Jap2.jpg

Quote the image to find the source Tim, unfortunately the source is one of Nik's pages. But he has other info @blue yonder

nikgaukroger · Post by **nikgaukroger** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:11 am

timmy1 wrote:Nik

Where did you find those? Very interesting as I was thinking about these today (for another reason).

Scanned them out of Karl Friday's Samurai book.

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