Ming Dynasty miniatures in 28mm?

[clibinarium]

Yes, but they are some seriously odd figures. I am not sure what their headgear is supposed to be, and while the armour is not too far off what I've seen, its not of a common sort (perhaps it was early in the dynasty, I mostly study the later part). The Sung figures are arguably more like what the Ming looked like. The other period figures look off in many cases too, I suspect the range is done from the old WRG Chinese armies book, which was probably the best thing available when it came out, but its be superseded many time over by more accurate material.
That said its still very difficult to get reliable information on Chinese armies; there's a few Ospreys that are definitely wobbly too.

NB I still think Irregular are a lovely company.

[FierceKitty]

I use quite a lot of Sung figures in my Ming army, perforce.

[clibinarium]

Indeed, there's a fair amount of Sung gear continued by the Ming, or perhaps resurrected might be the term.

[Fig-man1]

Hi Clibinarium, how goes the progress on the Ming?

[clibinarium]

Hi Fig-man1,

Honest answer; slowly 

I've been chatting it over with the friend who's advising me on the history. At the current rate the project is too big to be realistically do-able in a reasonable time frame. So I think the solution is to boil it down to its essential elements and run a kickstarter to get the basics done. Then if the core kiskstarter shows there's interest I'll run a second campaign to flesh the range out.
We were thinking of the core being about 10 packs of infantry (of 4 sculpts each) and 4 of cavalry (3 sculpts each). That would cover the essentials, but more interesting stuff like artillery would have to go into the second phase. In fact the fist four packs of foot are already sculpted.

I'm really enthusiastic about the project, and we've done a lot of research. Its just finding the time to do it (by which I mean getting enough stuff worked up and painted to make an attractive package to launch) and still pay the bills is the tricky part.

[88D]

If you need any help painting them I'd be happy to help 

[Fig-man1]

Thanks for the reply. I'm really looking forward to these to add to my Koreans. In the meantime I'v been working on this slightly earlier command to keep me busy!

[clibinarium]

Wow Fig-man1, those are superb!

I'll see if I can post up the basic figure list a bit later on, as I'm away from the computer with it on it.

[clibinarium]

As mentioned above this is the list for the "mini" version of the kickstarter, it covers only the essentials (you'll notice that some numbers are missing for instance). There is a long list that includes the less essential stuff like artillery, cavalry armour variants, infantry in various armours like paper and rattan, high command and so on. Those are not essential, but its not to say they aren't important; they are not included so that the project is not one big "go for broke" gambit that might prove unmanageable. That stuff would be covered by a second kickstarter if the first one was to be successful.

MI1   Unarmoured, swords, advancing.   Cloth turban/futou cap,puttees
MI2   Unarmoured, swords, attacking.   Cloth turban/futou cap,puttees
MI3   Unarmoured, two handed, advancing.   Cloth turban/futou cap,puttees
MI4   Unarmoured, two handed, attacking.   Cloth turban/futou cap,puttees
MI5   Armoured, swords, advancing.   Kettle helmet,knee length brigandine,scarf,boots
MI6   Armoured, swords, attacking.    Kettle helmet,knee length brigandine,scarf,boots
MI7   Armoured, two handed, advancing.     Kettle helmet,knee length brigandine,scarf,boots
MI8   Armoured, two handed, attacking.      Kettle helmet,knee length brigandine,scarf,boots
MI11   Armoured archers, nocking.   Cavalry/Metal helmet,knee length brigandine,scarf,boots
MI12   Armoured archers, loosing.   Cavalry/Metal helmet,knee length brigandine,scarf,boots
MI15   Armoured handgunners, loading.      Cavalry helmet,Split brigandine,vambraces
MI16   Armoured handgunners, firing.    Cavalry helmet,Split brigandine,vambraces

MC1   Northern, bows
MC2   Northern, swords   
MC3   Northern, polearm 
MC4   Northern,command   

Cavalry outfitted as per the "Depature Herald" scroll "Ping Fan De Sheng Tu".

[Fig-man1]

Excellent!! I'll look forward to seeing the Kickstarter. 

[Codsticker]

Yes, I will get on board as well.

[clibinarium]

Cheers guys. I had the chance to paint up one of the test figures (MI2), here's a pretty ropey photo. Figure is subject to revision (there are certain things I am not quite happy with.

[Svennn]

Oh yes, that will do nicely.  I had better start selling my soul as it is pretty obvious yourself and Gringo are going to bankrupt me

[Fig-man1]

Oooooo....very nice! Can't wait for these. 

[Siaba]

Very nice. It can also be used for later period in a Taiping or Manchu army