Ch'in Emperor's Guard

Straight from Emperor Shi Huang Di's tomb come representatives of his elite "Garde du Corps" comes a selection of his troops.

Infantryman and officer,

halberd man,

and crossbow man.

These are resin copies of Shi Hurang Di's famous terracotta warriors that I painted as statues for my Asia themed games.

Warriors of Qin

Ranks of 1/3rd scale warriors of Qin (Ch'in for those over 50) Shi Huang di stand in the positions their full scale brethren occupied as they guarded the tomb of their emperor.  Qin Shi Huang di was the 1st Emperor of China and to protect his tomb he ordered more than 7000 life size terra cotta warrior's created.  These copies are located at the China pavilion in Epcot Center in Walt Disney World.

Han Tomb Warriors

More than 20 centuries old, these Han warriors were at one time protectors of the tombs of the Han emperors.  They are baked ceramic and are from a Chinese touring exhibition at the Bowers Museum.

Han Warrior

A contempary of the Roman Empire was the Han Dynasty of China.  Streaching from the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE, the Han were the successors to the Ch'in (Qin) Empire of Shi Huangdi (the first emperor of China).

This lone warrior mans a watch tower on conastant guard for the ever present danger of barbarian raiders.

I painted this 25mm metal piece in the 1980's.

Cavalry of the Han

From tombs almost 2000 years old come a troop of Imperial Han cavalry miniatures.

Made of baked clay, these horseman each stand about a foot tall.

These are from a touring exhibition at the Bowers Museum.

The Dragon Lady

The dreaded Dragon Lady controls much of the underworld crime and vice in pre-war China.

She is a work in progress, metal 28mm figure.

Imperial Heavy & Light Cavalry

Squadrons of cavalry & charriots of Shi Huang Di, the 1st Emperor of China, ready to do their masters biddng. Circa 220 BC the king of Ch'in ended the centuries long chaos of the Warring States period and formed the firt Empire in Chinese history. The Qin/Ch'in Dynasty he established is credited with completing the Great War(later enlarged and improved by several later dynasties), formalizing the Imperial style of government,and making social-economic changes that formed the basis of every Chinese dynasty until the 1900's. And yes China is named for him.


These models are 1/72 scale plastics much smaller than the 28mm & 25mm metal pieces I normaly paint.