1644-1912 westernisation of the Qing (last) Dynasty

[cheng]

my Qing army grows.....not possible without those beautiful stickers from Cowabounga!
Anyone can guess (except you, Arnaud) what the oriental character on their chest means?

and happy holidays my Playmofriends!!

[skypurr]

Great customs Cheng 
Out of curiosity and after a long search on Google I finally found out what the character means, but I'll leave it open for someone else to guess 
From the images I saw, the customs are very authentic.   

Elaine

[cheng]

thanks Elaine!
just curious, what were your search words? (I dont have enough historical drawings for reference....I dont feel comfortable relying on photos from movies  )

and how can one find a translator without typing in chinese characters, to find the meaning, say for example, this one? (maybe you can and please teach me..I've been hoping to translate this one below)

[skypurr]

Cheng, I just typed "Qing soldiers" into Google images and partway down the page was a T shirt with what looked to be the same character on it.  It said that the character meant 'soldier' - is that correct? 
I had previously typed something else (sorry, can't remember what  ) which gave me images of figures (presumably soldiers) in costumes who looked to me very much like the ones you had created.
Sorry I can't be of more help.

Elaine

[cheng]

Thanks elaine...yes i saw those t shirts....i have soldiers wearing the other character also....i thought you managed to get the pinyin translated as "bing" :-)

[cowabounga]

Even though I'm not allowed to play, I find these customs very accurate, cheng! 

[cheng]

Away with limited internet now but thanks to your extra trnsfers, i,ve another small troop of blue shirted qing bannermen in mind already.....not as attractive as1 red ones but not any less accurate

[playmofire]

Great work again, cheng.  Keep them coming!

[Georgeag1972]

Excellent job for one more time cheng. I like them and the red hats are awesome!!!

George.

[larryhohoho]

Wow! These customs are excellent and very historically correct as Playmobil gets. I'm Singaporean Chinese who Loves Chinese history. I was thinking of customing some Generals from the Three Kingdom Period but finding the right parts have been proving difficult...

thanks Elaine!
just curious, what were your search words? (I dont have enough historical drawings for reference....I dont feel comfortable relying on photos from movies  )

and how can one find a translator without typing in chinese characters, to find the meaning, say for example, this one? (maybe you can and please teach me..I've been hoping to translate this one below)

This one is "Xun Bu" meaning they are the those who makes arrest for the local judge.