Kensei’s Undead Samurai Army Lurches Onto The Tabletop
December 1, 2015 by brennon
Zenit Miniatures have popped up on Kickstarter with another big campaign to bring a Fantasy army to the world of Kensei. This time around they have an Undead Samurai Army lurching and stumbling its way out of the grave to start slaughtering foes on the tabletop...
If you were interested in the core set then you can see the many parts of it attached above and below. You get a whole bunch of interesting models with swords, spears, bows and more. Of course they have also dropped in some nasty creatures like the Jikininki.
Zenit had done some amazing work when they bought out a whole bunch of fantastic models from the mists of Japanese mythology and so it's good to see them working towards this again with the recent addition of this army. I had to hunt around to find out what some of these creatures were based on!
A whole bunch of interesting characters and other monsters are also planned and you can find them over on their Kickstarter page. So far they have unlocked another weird zombie creature called the Kensei Undead and there are plans for the spooky Yuki-Onna.
What do you think of their newest project?
"I had to hunt around to find out what some of these creatures were based on!"
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Yeah, I’m a backer on this. Undead + Samurai = Win! as far as I’m concerned.
I really dislike kickstarters and I am on record as saying so. However the more I looked at the figures the more bitten I was. You are only showing the core set there but the expansion set is also eye opening. So far the core set is unlocked and an additional figure has been added at that stage. It broke the 20k barrier within days adding another Kensei figure to the package and announced today rewards for numbers of backers to add 5 Yumi ashigaru to the package when it hits 150 backers. It is currently spit distance from that… Read more »
These are beautiful minis. Backed both the core and expansion sets. With my L5R models and other assorted undead Japanese figures from other companies, I’ll finally be able to field an entire undead medieval Japanese army!
Just need to get them to over 100,000 euro so we can get all the stretch goal models!
I would really love it if all the goals were hit but with only 17 days left I think the mad rush has hit the buffers. If we get the Snow woman and the 5 extra Yumi Ashigaru I will be content. Anything beyond that goal wise will be a real plus. Then the looooog 9 month wait to delivery….I am sure I will have enough to paint until then but….
Yes, I know. I’m hoping for a rush at the end. But I *really* want those undead ninja!
I’m also hoping that things like the standard bearers, onmoraki and mekurabe might show up at some point anyway since it seems they’ve already sculpted the models.
That is a tasty looking set of models. Undead asian models are a good theme for the table.
Great to see a new sub-theme for that Samurai and these models look stunning. 😀
The Kensei models are really outstanding. They are some of the very best sculpts I’ve owned. The idea of an army of undead samurai is too good to pass up, and the core set is very generous for what you pay.
Anyone knows the size of these miniatures? I was thinking of adding some of them in the future for my gw undead army (nippon samurai grave guards ftw!!)
They’re 28mm true scale. 🙂 I have a few Kensei Models myself and they’re not much different to most human minis size-wise.
Great! Thanks! I will wait until they hit stores then.
Just announced. Two upgrades unlocked. The 5 yuri Ashigaru and Yuki Onna added to the bag. Not bad and still more than two weeks left. There are still early starter pledges left pegged to ship Sept 2016 and cheaper than the standard pledges too. No idea when the production stuff hits the shelves in shops though. Got my fingers crossed for more to be unlocked yet.