Imperial Qing Guards in winter uniforms circa 1900, Peking

[cheng]

not an entirely new custom...but further customised to depict 2 layers of clothes for winter..
wearing their shorter blue outer coats over their longer inner white cotton shirts....
folded back over their shorter blue sleeves (depicetd by those Santa-claus type of cuffs or those used by the new olympic tennis klicky)
and their front white shirt tails hanging out under their heavy blue coats.

I also completed the gold printing around their necks using gold PVC stickers

their conical hats(old customs from PVC sheets) and shoes(sprayed) are not new customs.

[Ismene]

I love the details 

[playmofire]

Wow, cheng, your customs and ideas and detailing just get better and better.  I can see Geobra now scrapping their plans for a Chinese theme and saying, "We can't equal cheng's work, let's just give up!"

[mike1003]

i hope those hats comming out soon.. or malone does them

[cheng]

adding this photo to more clearly explain what I meant about the gold print around their necks (what do we call these?    they are not collars but an edging sort of, needled together 

[cheng]

....I can see Geobra now scrapping their plans for a Chinese theme and saying, "We can't equal cheng's work, let's just give up!"

thanks guys!
...and NOOOOO....my chinese kungfu shoes and the thin PVC hats are only temporary and like mike says, I'm sure they will one day make a Chinese Fi?ure (Fisherman/rickshaw-puller/labourer)with this hat if not launch a whole new Chinese Theme

[playmofire]

adding this photo to more clearly explain what I meant about the gold print around their necks (what do we call these?    they are not collars but an edging sort of, needled together 

"Edging" sounds good, or "trim".

[cheng]

"Edging" sounds good, or "trim".

thanks Gordon....perhaps 'trim' is a better word then, especially if its a broad/wide trim  

[cowabounga]

Excellent job, Cheng! Once again, the way you enhance the details of basic clickies is impressive.

I can see Geobra now scrapping their plans for a Chinese theme and saying, "We can't equal cheng's work, let's just give up!"

More like "We can't equal cheng's work, let's just copy it!" 
A.

[Lynx]

They're wonderful again, cheng! I wonder if you would make a diorama/ battlefield with all your chinese soldiers how it would look like..  And if Geobra ever goes oriental, they should hire you as a creative director!