Water Dragons and Sea Devils

[fatgoblin]

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]

I particularely like the guy with war maraccas.

[fatgoblin]

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

[Hammers]

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]

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

[Plynkes]

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

[Hammers]

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

[Malamute]

fatgoblin -  You have a great collection there.  Soem beautifullypainted miniatures.  

[revford]

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

[fatgoblin]

thanks!

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

[Hammers]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Plynkes]

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

You did say plane, didn't you?

Hi there!