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Saturday, May 11, 2013

II/4a Waring States Chinese, Ch'in

Another Waring States Chinese army. Heck, I might build them all eventually. I motivated myself by building the camp first. Not the normal way for me...but I needed the kick in the shorts. The miniatures are all Museum from the Chinese chariot line. Originally, I bought two army packs off ebay. One was Shang and the other a waring states army. The packs...well were DBA 1.1 packs, great. I mixed and matched since I already have a Shang Chinese army.

The Chariots barely hang onto the back of the stand. Not an issue really, just inconvenient when making columns. I made the banner in my typical way with paper glued together. The image is from a t-shirt....you figure it out. The Generals Dagger-axe man would not fit in the chariot no matter how much I cut his stand down...he no longer has a stand and is pinned into the base. The Umbrella is made from a stick pin glued to a 28mm Viking Shield with a strip of paper glued around it for he tassels. Worked awesome. No the tassel look is all paint vs. cutting it.

Because of the mixing packs, I did not have enough CB to make a third stand. These guys just have not recieved thier weapon upgrade and armor...outlying province :)

OK, well....again mix and match. I was cool with the Dagger-axe men but did not like the Spear guys. I almost stopped painting the army on Friday since I was unhappy. Then the Emperor, me, made a choice. I dictated that the extra Bowmen lay down their bows and pick up spears...They refused. Their were many be-headings that sad day. The heads were removed and re-mounted on the Spearmen's bodies. Guess it was easier to switch heads then weapons.