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Creative => Customs Gallery => Topic started by: cheng on November 10, 2011, 04:23:58
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while the huge Samurai armies had arquebuses, the outnumbered Koreans relied on composite bows which had a maximum range of 500 yards (in comparison to the 350 yards of most standard Japanese bows)
Luckily the Japanese weren't good musketeers, while it is said that Koreans were good archers, they feared the Japanese swords and ran when they approached.
Diaries of the famed naval commander Yi Sunsin are replete with references to almost daily archery practice....so this klicky is a tribute to these important men in the field
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Wow! Nice headband and outfit! Is the trim light blue in color? It looks great! Pgal
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Wow! Nice headband and outfit! Is the trim light blue in color? It looks great! Pgal
thanks Pgal!
(they are white but the flash photography didnt similarly make his arms look bluish...different materials and different whites I suppose :P
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Looks great Cheng! :) What are you planning on using for the composite bow?
Gaetano
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thanks TTrooper!
I do have problems with both japanese bows and korean bows but for now, just the simple shorter indian bows for koreans and the longer ones for japanese :P
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Nice work, cheng.
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thanks Gordon! have a nice day!:wave:
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Good one again Cheng! When I see your customs I immediately check some korean history.
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Great job Cheng! :wow:
It is very interesting to hear that the Korean archers were so proficient,
Surely the Japanese archers were more skilled though? :hmm:
Either way, an extremely impressive and symbolic custom. :clap:
Will you trim the extra white belt pieces sticking out from his tunic? ???
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Wow, great looking figure again, Cheng! :camera: :)9
the outnumbered Koreans relied on composite bows
They already used composite materials back then?! Pretty advanced people, the Koreans! ;D ;)
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@conniefrere: do tell us if you fiond anything relevent/interesting(in fact I learn all these through our customising) :P
@WOT & Hadoque:
thats what wiki says about korean vs japanese bows and bowmen during the lop-sided Imjin War
Yes,I will trim the extra white belt pieces sticking out...for now, it serves as a loose end of a 'judoka's belt
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nice custom cheng! the shoulder pads are a nice touch to this one!!!
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Really nice custom !!!! look forward for more of your creations !!! :love: :love:
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thanks guys..and finally, the instructor leading his charges to their live targets, his bodyguard on his right, a step behind :P
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cheng: Love the variety of the Asian faces!!!
Now if we just had a few more Asian face and clothing options, especially for females, we could make a huge Asian crowd.
And guys could model a scene with the Terra Cotta soldiers, etc., as each is supposed to be different from the others. We spent a lot of time looking at the ones you can visit in Xi'an, and it is amazing how they tried to change each guy. The body parts piles were interesting because you could see how they attached different parts to make each soldier vary a bit.
Very nice work, Pgal :wave:
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...you could see how they attached different parts to make each soldier vary a bit.
glad you appreciate them too, Pgal, there is a slightly new chinese face in Fi?ures 2 next year but I'm not in favour of Fu-man-chu moustage because they are not common except for making more kublai khans :lol:....and those terracotta artisans were already playing with their terra cotta dummies while we have just started talking about maybe customising 'lifesized' klickies klickies ;D
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Cheng: Too bad there are no female Klickie Asian heads....getting very tired of using the generic one from the Asian family set. Girls lack personality without any additional facial features like the non-Asian ladies are getting these days.
And you are correct about the mustaches limiting the use of the male heads...they do get old if one is trying to build normal looking modern Asian men.
An assortment of Geisha women would be great with several different outfits, etc. Ditto for Indian Indian ladies. And we could certainly use more modern women of color...all colors.
I guess that this is the season to wish for something, isn't it? Pgal :wave:
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I'm still full of patience, Pgal :P
maybe after the olympics, we'll see more Asians? ;D
I'm at least glad that they didnt start a yellow(like the jaundiced Fi?ures witch) skin tone for Asians :lol: otherwise i'll have a tough time replacing all my Asian's hands
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Awesome custom, Cheng! I love that last shot of the entire army together!