'Hordes of the Things' List for Sakura Taisen (a.k.a., Sakura Wars)
Sakura Taisen takes place on a steam dominated Earth in the early 1920's. World War 1 never happened. Instead, there was the Great Demon War, in which mankind emerged victorious. But the demons did not go completely away and the humans knew it was only a matter of time before they return. To prepare for that eventuality, a special unit of steam-powered mechas (called ubas or spirit armor) was formed and based in Tokyo. (In fact, they are specifically tasked to defend Tokyo above all else.) This unit is the elite Imperial Floral Assault Unit. The ubas are crewed/directed by the spirit energy of their pilots, and, apparently, this sprirt energy is strongest in young women. Currently, there are only 7 ubas in existence - each uniquely colored - and all but the commander's is crewed by women. Now on to the list
Stronghold: The Imperial Theater (okay, at least the front of the theater. And yes, that is their HQ in the show)
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1 Knight General @ 2AP |
Ichiro Ohgami's Uba (white) |
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6 Knights @ 2AP |
Ubas piloted by Sakura Shinguji (pink) Maria Tachibana (black or very dark blue) Sumire Kanzaki (bluish purple) Iris Chateaubriand (golden yellow) Ri Kohren (green) and Kanna Kirishima (red) |
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1 Airboat @ 3AP |
The armored airship Shogei Maru |
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3 Shooters @ 2AP |
Regular Japanese infantry (1920's style uniforms) |
Options: The Aerial Battleship Mikasa (airboat @ 3AP), the armored Bullet Train Goraigo (behemoth @ 4AP), very large steam powered cannon (artillery @ 3AP), additional Japanese infantry (Shooters @ 2AP), Japanese infantry in steam powered trucks (riders @ 2AP).
Note: All of the Ubas are going to be based 1 figure per base.
Figure availability: The easiest figures to get will be the Japanese infantry. Use figures from the Boxer Rebellion period or the Russo-Japanese War. The trucks could be WW1 vintage trucks converted to steam power by just adding tall exhaust stacks. The aerial battleship, armored airship, armored Bullet Train, and the steam cannon all have to be scratchbuilt.
Finally, the ubas themselves. I have actually seen small hard plastic ones on the ends of keychains in anime shops, so that is the first place that I would look. My own army will be a 15mm one.