Ming Chinese Command Stand (North Star And TAG Figures)

Needing a command stand for the Ming contingent for the Imjin War project, ordered a pack of North Star Ming "Buntai". The mounted guy and the two halberdiers are from this pack, which also includes another halberdier and two bowmen. The guy with the animal skin cap and large axe is a TAG figure - listed as a Sui Dynasty figure. The Sui were several hundredyears earlier than the Ming, but he looked too cool not to add to the stand.

They were blocked painted, followed by Minwax staining, and then a few highlights added afterwards.

The Sui axeman has more traditional lamellar armor. The North Star guys seem to be in mail, which wasn't very common. I was thinking of grinding the mail down and using Green Stuff for lamellar or scale, but decided it wasn't worth the effort - as well as chance of making it even worse.

The helmets are pretty accurate for what Ming supposedly wore at the time; however, I wish the mounted guy had a helmet a bit more fancy.

So much for now - have some Old Glory Janissaries with muskets in the painting queue, but not in any rush to paint them at the moment. Until next time, thanks for stopping by and for your earlier well-wishes. Hope you all are doing great!

I'm Back - Sort Of

Just making a quick post to let you know where I've been the last few weeks. I know my last post said I was about to host an Imjin War game, but was side-tracked soon after the post. The week after that last post I went into the ER with severe stomach pain. After an agonizing wait in the ER for several hours, it was determined my gallbladder needed to be removed. The surgery was not until the next afternoon. Soon after they started what they had hoped to be a normal 1 hour procedure turned into a 3 hour-plus surgery. Seems my gallbladder had hardened to the point they needed to do a 6" lateral incision on my stomach to properly get the offending organ out. It had also attached to my liver so they had to leave part of it there so as not to damage the liver. Good news is my liver is in great condition! Well, here I am going on 3 weeks after the surgery and feeling very good, but the healing will take a few more weeks - a few months for full recovery. I do plan to stop by our annual game day at Fort Steilacoom next Saturday. In the meantime, picked up a North Star Ming Buntai pack, as I wanted to do a commad stand for the Ming contingent.

Until next time, wishing you all the best - and apologies for not checking out your blogs these past few weeks.