Author Topic: Water Dragons and Sea Devils (Read 21591 times)

fatgoblin · « **Reply #45 on:** June 18, 2007, 05:48:09 AM »

btw, are you familiar with eureka's chinese? I painted a few of them and they are awesome figures.
http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_170&sort=3a

Hammers · « **Reply #46 on:** June 18, 2007, 08:03:30 AM »

I particularely like the guy with war maraccas.

fatgoblin · « **Reply #47 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:08:08 AM »

appologies for the intrusion but here was my attempt
http://napnuts.smugmug.com/gallery/2767902/1/147307624/Original

Hammers · « **Reply #48 on:** June 18, 2007, 03:25:48 PM »

Excellent, excellent work, Fats! Your miniatures look everything I want mine to look. You obviously have a very good eye for natural colours and subtle hilite/shadow scales.

Operator5 · « **Reply #49 on:** June 18, 2007, 03:33:51 PM »

Death by maraccas! Next thing you know we're going to have figures of Carmen Miranda plugging people with fruit. :

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Plynkes · « **Reply #50 on:** June 18, 2007, 03:50:15 PM »

If we're to have fruit-related minis of singers, then can I have Josephine Baker and her bananas?

Hammers · « **Reply #51 on:** June 18, 2007, 04:25:22 PM »

Is there a kung-fu initiate arround the forum who knows what those balls actually are?

Malamute · « **Reply #52 on:** June 18, 2007, 05:29:37 PM »

fatgoblin - You have a great collection there.

Soem beautifullypainted miniatures.

revford · « **Reply #53 on:** June 18, 2007, 05:55:20 PM »

They are Maces, the twin mace style is taught as part of Wushu.

fatgoblin · « **Reply #54 on:** June 18, 2007, 09:17:16 PM »

thanks!

Just think of them as maces and you won't be too far wrong.

Hammers · « **Reply #55 on:** June 18, 2007, 11:15:08 PM »

Yes of course, I have seen them before, I just wonder what the hell is the close combat benfits of wielding two watermelon sized balls of iron. Are they like mythological weapons?

revford · « **Reply #56 on:** June 19, 2007, 07:20:20 AM »

I think it's mostly a traditional thing over a practical one, where that comes from I'm not sure but I should be seeing the man I know who learned the forms tonight so I'll ask him.

Lots of Martial Arts weapons are descended from farming tools, the idea being that these will be things that monks or peasants would have to hand, so they learn to defend themselves with them.

Wushu students are expected not just to wield them, but to perform acrobatics while doing so. It's all a bit mad that Kung Fu.

Banderium · « **Reply #57 on:** June 19, 2007, 07:34:46 AM »

Hi all,
i'm a new member from the biggest plain of Italy.
As a long time lurker, there is full of inspiration in this friendly forum.
First of all: the "black" chinese pirates... I will copy them!!! :roll:
Ciao

Hammers · « **Reply #58 on:** June 19, 2007, 07:41:49 AM »

Welcome! The biggest plain, that's got to be the Po plain, right?

Plynkes · « **Reply #59 on:** June 19, 2007, 09:28:22 AM »

Nah, one of those Caproni bombers from the Great War, I reckon:

You did say plane, didn't you?

Hi there!

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