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Started by urofpersia , Oct 20 2005 10:21 AM

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Posted 11 July 2006 - 01:22 AM

I've got a set in my office. Part of the deco for my waterfountain-feng-shui-thingy. ;) (a bit strange, someone once remarked for a feng-shui-thingy since they are originally funeral objects). :P


:g: I guess if it does not get up and do a walkabout, I reckon, it is fine to have it there.

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Posted 11 July 2006 - 01:45 AM

Hahahaha! Frankly I'd love to see that happen. I'd film it and make a fortune! Or better still, bring them on a roadshow tour and charge money for people to see animated pottery funeral figures. I'd be rich in no time and don't have to spend all this time working my a** off with no time to spend playing and chatting.... errr....
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 02:52 AM

Hahahaha! Frankly I'd love to see that happen. I'd film it and make a fortune! Or better still, bring them on a roadshow tour and charge money for people to see animated pottery funeral figures. I'd be rich in no time and don't have to spend all this time working my a** off with no time to spend playing and chatting.... errr....


Nice to know another dreamer ;)

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Posted 11 July 2006 - 03:24 AM

:g: I guess if it does not get up and do a walkabout, I reckon, it is fine to have it there.



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Posted 11 July 2006 - 10:12 PM

Well if they're good enough to guard Qin Shihuang, their good enough to guard LJM.
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 10:46 PM

Thats true. Well said. :clapping:
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Posted 15 July 2006 - 01:27 PM

Something I think you might be interested in Ur,

Boxer Rebellion Figures http://www.angelfire...MIESINPLST.html
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Posted 15 July 2006 - 01:42 PM

Something I think you might be interested in Ur,

Boxer Rebellion Figures http://www.angelfire...MIESINPLST.html


Hehe
Naturally I already brought in many boxes of that. :P In fact I am in the process of converting a box of that for a team in a fantasy violent-football game called Blood Bowl. I have got the name of the team all figured out, just finished basing, will be doing the basecoat tomorrow. Watch this space!

Correction, I just realise my figures are different, they are from Orion, which are much better. Will post pictures soon.

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Posted 16 July 2006 - 07:18 AM

Were their shields really that small?


That was the standard size and shape for infantry shields in both the Warring States and Western Han, based on archaeological finds (including actual shields and tomb figurines). In the Age of Fragmentation, infantry shields became much larger.

As far as I know, no Qin shields have been found. There were none with the terracotta army.
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Posted 16 July 2006 - 07:44 AM

Check out JJDesign's (link from Chris) Warring States 28mm figurines! Cavalry, Chariots & Infantry!

http://www.johnjenki...gns.com/AUH.htm
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Posted 16 July 2006 - 07:46 AM

Those are pant stainers right there. :icon15:

I used to play a figurine game called Heroclix & had a horribly painted Electra, so we dubbed her manlectra. :D

Also after a while don't the swords (on all figure) or spears droop?
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Posted 16 July 2006 - 10:50 AM

Also after a while don't the swords (on all figure) or spears droop?


Hmm, why would they?

If you are referring to the metal figures, well they more or less stay that way unless you accidentally bend them.

For the plastics they stay that way unless you accidentally left them out in a place where its cooking hot.
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Posted 16 July 2006 - 11:10 AM

Check out JJDesign's (link from Chris) Warring States 28mm figurines! Cavalry, Chariots & Infantry!

http://www.johnjenki...gns.com/AUH.htm


Yup, very nice figures, I actually like the zombie warriors. Hmm... maybe I can do a conversion one of these days...

Just in case some folks are unfamiliar, figures do not come painted. You have to slop on the paint yourself.
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Posted 16 July 2006 - 11:33 AM

Hmm, why would they?

If you are referring to the metal figures, well they more or less stay that way unless you accidentally bend them.

For the plastics they stay that way unless you accidentally left them out in a place where its cooking hot.


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They slowly start to droop over time, have other figures that have pretty thick swords (pointing vertically) and they look like they need viagra.

I leave these plastic figures in a cold moldy box. :)

Ur how many different sets of figures do you have?
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Posted 16 July 2006 - 11:44 AM

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They slowly start to droop over time, have other figures that have pretty thick swords (pointing vertically) and they look like they need viagra.

I leave these plastic figures in a cold moldy box. :)

Ur how many different sets of figures do you have?


That's because those figures are made from Vinyl. Most plastic soldiers are made from polyethlene, some from Polystyrene (PE and PS respectively for technical folks out there). So they don't droop.

Vinyl is used for those mass-produced ones because its cheaper more so in tooling rather than material cost.

I have lots of different sets, I will get to updating my Yahoo auctions been too busy lately.
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