"Looking for connoisseurs of 25mm Chinese figures?" Topic

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Paskal	09 Feb 2024 12:03 p.m. PST
Hello everyone, For what dynasty are these Chinese figures? link Thanks
JimDuncanUK	09 Feb 2024 12:09 p.m. PST
broken link
GrumpyOldMan	09 Feb 2024 1:14 p.m. PST
I had a look and they are very old sculpts, don't even correspond with the old WRG book (available on the web). Some of the helmets sort of look like early Tang but the cavalry has me bamboozled. If I had to use them I'd be looking at earlier than Tang. If I remember rightly I had these two in the 70s and they were described as Han then.
Paskal	10 Feb 2024 6:14 a.m. PST
@JimDuncanUK It's weird because for me it works… Now if that still doesn't work, you will see them on the Caliver Books website. link or link @GrumpyOldMan Yes, these are very old sculptures, which do not even correspond to the old WRG book that I have in its 1975 edition. I have just looked again and I cannot find them there? Which is unfortunate, in fact, some helmets resemble those of the Han, as well as the shields (Drawing n°14 – page 65) but their turbans are missing, but as for the Tang, then I don't see it. I'll have to look into the Osprey, you never know , but these books are too recent to have any connection with the 25mm minifigs for which the WRG works could serve as models. As for their Mongolian range, I also find them odd. link
JimDuncanUK	10 Feb 2024 12:20 p.m. PST
Nope, neither work for my Kindle.
Paskal	11 Feb 2024 12:38 a.m. PST
@JimDuncanUK It's weird because for me it works… Now if that still doesn't work, you will see them on the Caliver Books website.
Dexter Ward	11 Feb 2024 10:43 a.m. PST
Those links don't work for me. They look like typical 1970s fantasy Chinese based on who knows what. Best to use newer more accurate figure.
Paskal	12 Feb 2024 1:57 a.m. PST
@Dexter Ward These are figurines of a historical character in one of the many historical ranges of MiniFigs and I only use my 25mm MiniFigs.
Dexter Ward	12 Feb 2024 5:58 a.m. PST
I know they are Minifigs. Like a lot of the older Minifigs ancient ranges, but particularly the Chinese, they are not an accurate representation of any historical soldiers.
Paskal	13 Feb 2024 2:22 a.m. PST
@Dexter Ward I understood you and that's exactly what GrumpyOldMan and I were wondering! If you know someone passionate about medieval Chinese armies, could you ask them for their opinion? Thanks

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