Citadel and Tom Meier's DG-1 "Oriental Dragon" is one of the iconic Nippon monsters who never received its own ruleset beyond the generic dragon rules in WFB.  Here is my DG1 painted in the colors of the Oriental Heroes artwork in White Dwarf magazine.   In April of 1986, White Dwarf magazine number 78 put out this full-page ad for the new Oriental Heroes line from Citadel Miniatues.  This same artwork would also serve as the background art for the blister packs in that same line.  The DG1 is clearly the inspiration for the dragon who is about to get a facefull of shuriken from the ninja.  That green hand of that ninja has always befuddled me.  A goblinoid ninja?  Never saw the stories or rules for that anywhere. Here is my unopened DG1 in its original Citadel "Monsters" line blister box.  A diorama with the DG1 Oriental Dragon confronting a group of adventurers.  The house is Armorcast's Terraform "Small Japan House."  In the adven...

The Warhammer Nippon Mercenary Contingent. From the moment I saw it on p. 156 of the 3rd edition Warhammer Armies book, I was obsessed with this single page of fabled lore.  With the briefest of backgrounds about the "inscrutable Eastern Empire known as Nippon," I was determined to acquire enough miniatures to field a complete 28mm army full of +1 Shock Elite Samurai, loyal Ashigaru foot troops, and a Level 20 Hero Samurai Lord Mercenary Commander mounted on a mighty Temple Dog.  Little did I know that it would take close to 30 years to put together a 2,000 point Warhammer Nippon army with all Citadel slottabase models. The left and right front units of +1 shock elite Samurai are armed with 30" range long bows, double handed weapons (katana swords), and heavy armour while the center front unit is armed with double handed weapons and heavy armour.  In front of the Samurai units are four Nippon Rocket Crew Skyrockets with 1 Rocket Kamikaze each.  The Warhammer Nippon R...