Black Qin archers

[cheng]

The Qin soldiers and armies were very successful, leading to the unification of the first great Chinese empire, the Qin, from which the name China is derived. (Qin dynasty 221 - 206 BC)
it would have been interesting to see how they could match a Roman army of the same size.

[tahra]

What's the neckpiece, master cheng? A cut v-shaped fixed one? 

it would have been interesting to see how they could match a Roman army of the same size.

The romans would win?  

(based on... nothing, really )

[cheng]

What's the neckpiece, master cheng? A cut v-shaped fixed one? 

i cut off the 'tails' of the (removable)loosely tied white scarves, as though they are tucked under their armor

[playmofire]

i cut off the 'tails' of the (removable)loosely tied white scarves, as though they are tucked under their armor

And hey look just as if they are.  Clever work there.

[cheng]

thanks Gordon! (and Tahra  )

[Macruran]

Great work! I like how the helmets suit them so well.

it would have been interesting to see how they could match a Roman army of the same size.

If you and I ever meet we can put our collections head to head and find out!

[cheng]

Great work! I like how the helmets suit them so well.

If you and I ever meet we can put our collections head to head and find out!

I read in a probably biased chinese forum on historical wars where they argued about pitting these 2 great armies together....finally the parties who argued for the terracotta forces, 'won'.....one of them also quoted amongst many other comparisons; the new Roman recruits trained for 6 months only while the terracotta ones had to undergo 12 months of training...best way still is to test it out when we meet one day

[Pynedor]

Cool figures!

[cheng]

thanks Pynedor!

can anyone explain to me why my attached photos sometimes instead of just enlarging when i click on them, they open in a new pop-up window which I feel is too large and grainy? how can i amend or prevent that from happening?

[Basie10]

A mean looking quartet - good work