Warring States and Qin Dynasty
These are some models from my Qin Dynasty army. The army is almost completely made out of figures from Essex Miniatures and have been based for DBM.
The colour scheme was taken from a National Geographic magazine article about Qin Shi Huang Di's terracotta army in Xi An. Tests had been done on fragments of paint left on and around the terracotta warriors and a uniform scheme was derived.
Since the main state colour for the Qin was black, I used a lot of it in the scheme as well.
Here are my two generals on chariots. One is the Emperor himself, Qin Shi Huang Di. I took the colour of his gown from an ancient painting of him. His chariot has was picked out in yellow as it is the Imperial colour. His horses all have tiger skins drapped over their backs.
The other general is also dressed in black, as described by a contemporary article. His horses have leopard skins drapped over their backs. The Chinese character for "Qin" has been painted on the banners in an ancient script.
The models come with a fourth crewman, a driver, but due to the limited space, I did not include them. Both chariots are based 40mm x 50mm because the usual basing of 40mm x 40mm would not fit them properly. I have painted the rear part of the bases brown to mark the length of the base for gaming purposes.
The chariot contingent. Warring States chariots were manned by nobility. Essex Miniatures has sculpted a special archer and spearman for the chariots, which is a nice touch.
Later in the period, the Warring States began to give up their heavy chariots for heavy cavalry. They were armed either with polearm dagger-axes or crossbows. They can be dismounted to fight as infantrymen.
Although many states in the Warring States period used tribal mercenary horse archers, I decided to use these ones dressed similar to the rest of the troops. Well, because Essex had them. Since the riders are moulded together with the horses, there are actually four different sculpts here.
The multiple-bolt shooters are from Chariot Miniatures. The artillery pieces themselves are pretty basic, but usable. However, the crewmen that came with the pack are completely horrendous. They are hideously deformed and hardly looked the part. Essex has sculpted a set of crewmen, but do not have a suitable artillery miniature to go with them.
Yurts used as field tents during the Qin dynasty period against the Hsiung-nu. These are Baueda models.
I have painted these figures with a mixture of Citadel and Vallejo paints. The main green uniform is painted with Citadel Jade Green.
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