Author Topic: 10mm Terracotta Army (Read 1429 times)

Evil Dave · « **on:** May 19, 2019, 12:31:51 PM »

I met the guys at Dancing Yak Miniatures earlier this year at Cold Wars and we talked about the possibility of a project together. These are some early WiP shots for it: a 10mm Terracotta army. They're going to be my alternate take on undead, instead of skeletons the souls of these warriors are bound to terracotta statues by their masters. These are the spearmen, I'd like to do crossbowmen, calvary, chariots, artillery and maybe some big monsters s well. We're looking for feedback at this point, so thoughts?

Tim Haslam · « **Reply #1 on:** May 19, 2019, 12:39:36 PM »

Looking good!

A few in our group have discussed this idea.
But in 28mm using standard Chinese models, just painted in a terracotta colour!
I think the ‘hook’ needs to be having the figures looking a bit old and bashed up?

It may be a slightly rubbish film, but the last of the Mummy films (forgot its title) has this theme, so may be worth a watch?
I’m one of the suckers who actually bought it on Blu-ray

fred · « **Reply #2 on:** May 20, 2019, 08:41:40 PM »

Interesting idea Dave. I've been half-considering a Chinese 10mm army for some time.

I'm not sure if personally I would go for terracotta warriors - though painting would be easy! But it is an interesting idea.

Evil Dave · « **Reply #3 on:** July 08, 2019, 02:38:26 PM »

YPU · « **Reply #4 on:** July 08, 2019, 02:45:08 PM »

That is some nice broken stone texture there, if that translates to the finished models that is going to look great with a bit of wash and drybrush!

Maniac · « **Reply #5 on:** July 08, 2019, 04:46:36 PM »

Quote from: fred on May 20, 2019, 08:41:40 PM

Interesting idea Dave. I've been half-considering a Chinese 10mm army for some time.

I'm not sure if personally I would go for terracotta warriors - though painting would be easy! But it is an interesting idea.

The terracotta warriors were originally fully painted when manufactured, so they could be in any state really. You could have a mix of painted/unpainted terracotta.