Hello All!
I just completed a 25mm. Warring States army for the Kingdom of Chu. Although I originally started with a 1/72 plastic set, the curling shafts of the dagger axes and the superior detail of 25mm figurines caused me to abandon the completion of a 1/72 scale army.
Pictured here is the Chu camp which features a watch tower. A senior officer with a Chu bannerman and drummer are on the top level. A government councilor with a lower ranking officer is on the lower level. At some point I will probably add a couple of guards on the ground level. The officer in the red armor is from Grendel's line of Chinese heroes. The soldiers were produced by 1st Corp. I found the councilor on eBay. I don't know who produced this particular miniature.
The tower was hand crafted using modeling clay, bamboo skewers, popsicle sticks, cardboard, and glue.
Here is the commanding general. These were produced by 1st Corp.
The DBA army list for "other kingdoms" included a heavy chariot element. Here is my chariot. The chariot, driver, and dagger/ax man were produced by 1st Corp. The kneeling crossbowman was produced by Watchful Studio.
While I initially thought to integrate miniatures from Watchful Studio with Grendel,1st Corp miniatures, and other manufacturers, I belatedly learned that these figures were a bit larger than the others. Aside from the kneeling crossbowman, I decided to create an opposing army using Watchful Studio miniatures. Instead of a thicker plywood base, I'll mount them on tin to help minimize the disparity in heights.
I found these guys on eBay. They look to be Han Dynasty but since the Han Dynasty started 15 years after the establishment of Qin, I incorporated them into the Chu army. I don't know who made these figures.
This is my heavy close-in fighting unit which consists of 4 elements of heavy swordsmen.
Here is a 2 element sword unit.
The DBA listing included a choice of a lighter single element of swordsmen or bowmen. I deiced to produce both.
Since the Warring States period featured warring feudal kingdoms, I painted these swordsmen and bowmen in different colors. The round shields for these swordsmen came from 1 1/72nd scale set of plastic miniatures.
Although I had a lot of fun with these bowmen, I had a dickens of a time attaching the bow strings.
Here is a 2 element unit of heavy crowssbowmen.
These are my rebels. I misread the DBA list as rebels and later realized that these are supposed to be PEASANT rebels. Most of the figures are from Grendel. The bannerman is actually a Japanese ashigaru.
I like the look of this element and am debating whether to leave them as they are or to switch out the 4 warriors as officers for another DBA army.
I now plan to begin work on a 2nd DBA army using miniatures from Watchful Studios. Pictured below is an example of these miniatures (taken from the store's website).
