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Miniatures Adventure => Back of Beyond => Topic started by: werekake on 23 April 2015, 05:24:59 AM

Title: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: werekake on 23 April 2015, 05:24:59 AM

Hello, new to the forum - thought I'd post some of my Chinese Warlord force, which I use to play some BoB/Pulp games with friends.

General Guan Yu and his handy umbrella.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IaynbEHFfe0/VThwBMw-ESI/AAAAAAAADm0/fkHYn-hSC9Q/w875-h200-no/20150423_140557.jpg)

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: werekake on 23 April 2015, 05:26:47 AM

Guan Yu's Artillery - field gun, HMG, and a platoon of trenchsweeper smg's

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-162bgGXrQHo/VThqjIJh9WI/AAAAAAAADmg/IW-DoI95WFc/w878-h275-no/20150423_134246.jpg)

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: werekake on 23 April 2015, 05:28:13 AM

The Cavalry Wing - platoon of horse, a Rolls-Royce armoured Car and Laundry Truck
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yfXrpPejIP4/VThHYFjWuOI/AAAAAAAADmM/8bSnh5aMxy4/w878-h282-no/20150423_110955_20150423111313832.jpg)

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: werekake on 23 April 2015, 05:29:45 AM

Dare to Die Troops, led by Lt 'Baby' Ma
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Y0C8RGNEfGg/VThx2AfglOI/AAAAAAAADnE/zmp2IWW_fho/w878-h332-no/20150423_141400.jpg)

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: blacksoilbill on 23 April 2015, 07:27:37 AM

All extremely well done. I especially like the tats on the dare to die guy.

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: Mike Blake on 23 April 2015, 09:32:03 AM

Far from contemptible, they are excellent! I always like it when a whole force is presented like this. Nice one werekake.  :)

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: marianas_gamer on 23 April 2015, 12:11:44 PM

Good looking troops there  :-*
LB

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: coggon on 23 April 2015, 01:43:56 PM

Those look really nice, and I would echo the comment on the tattoo.

And I've not seen too many Chinese in green uniforms, but it's an excellent choice, and you executed it very well.

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: werekake on 24 April 2015, 12:19:29 AM

Thanks for the kind words, guys - much appreciated!

I'm surprised the tattoo was noticed, you guys have eagle-eyes. It's the scales of a dragon, much like a koi, going up the arm and then the dragon itself is on the back of the trooper's head.

As for the green uniforms, more of a stylistic choice - inspired by modern PLA.

Cheers.

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: Freelancer on 24 April 2015, 10:53:26 AM

Fine work sir!

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: SiamTiger on 24 April 2015, 12:51:34 PM

Really nice Warband you got there. Those are copplestone casts, are they?

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: von Lucky on 25 April 2015, 12:14:26 AM

Welcome werekake; a nice little army you've got there.

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: werekake on 25 April 2015, 12:56:58 AM

Thanks everyone.

Yep they're Copplestone miniatures - paint up so nicely, almost felt like they were painting themselves!

Von Lucky - time for you to get your interwar germans painted, so we can have some german mercenaries operating in the Back of Beyond. ;)

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: 88D on 27 April 2015, 07:28:57 PM

Looking good.

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: Golan13 on 28 April 2015, 09:00:15 PM

Very nice...chapeau...

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: olyreed on 30 April 2015, 05:20:49 PM

I like a lot  :-* :-* please post more

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: Arrigo on 03 May 2015, 12:18:47 PM

Well, the green uniforms were not unheard of in the warlord period even if khaki and gray-blue were more common. I have seen a couple of colorized period photo of people in greenish hues, it appears that there were some sales of surplus American field tunics and trousers after 1919.

(PS: modern PLA is camoed for combat and the Class A uniform is a mixe between green and a bluish thing... they switched from the old green sometime ago, I think before my friends got in because they complained they have to change Camo but not class A).

Arrigo

Title: Re: Warlord Guan Yu's Contemptible Little Army
Post by: joekano on 09 May 2015, 07:29:58 PM

The troops look great and welcome!

Chris