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Ming army project (Battle of Byeokjegwan,1593)

Posted by CliosPaintingBench on 05 Aug 2023, 03:10

Fantastic work on the brigandine as always!
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Posted by PatrickJ71 on 06 Aug 2023, 09:21

Champion's league level of painting, Lirui.
You are a true master of the brushes.
Thanks for sharing
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Posted by Crynsminiaturen on 28 Aug 2023, 07:47

Dear Lirui,

Incredible good work again! Both in designing, painting as in photography. I love it.
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Posted by lirui on 21 Sep 2023, 05:52

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‘Five-color flag’, another use is to indicate orientation
One troop was divided into five sections, East, West, South, North and middle
For example, the north team of the troop (Alpha team),its troop flag used black background, west team of the troop(Beta team) should use white color for their troop flag. Alpha or Beta team it also includes five squads. Yellow flags for each central squad, red for each south squad.
Even the smallest unit had five color flags, and had the flag of its superior unit depending on where the unit was located at that time. So the army looked like countless colorful flags stretch as far as eye can see.

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Commander in chief's banner
I chose the central orientation, so I used yellow, the text above’三军司命‘was three group's marshal.

On Dec 25, Ming’s  offensive Japanese army commander-in-chief Li Rusong(李如松1549 -1598.5.8) ordered deputy general Yang Yuan (杨元 15??-1598) as central group commander; deputy general Li Rubai (李如柏 1553 - 1619 younger brother of Li Rusong) as left group commander; deputy general Zhang Shijue (张世爵 15?? - ????) as right group commander, led thirty thousand troops mighty crossed the Yalu River opened the journey to rescue Korea.


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Commander in chief's signal flag
The color was random to prevent giving away secrets beforehand


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Banners in a museum in South Korea.
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Posted by C M Dodson on 21 Sep 2023, 08:13

Absolutely wonderful work.

You set the bar for research and realisation.

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Posted by lirui on 21 Sep 2023, 16:56

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No.2 flag ↓

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Posted by lirui on 21 Sep 2023, 17:00

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Commander in chief Li Rusong(李如松1549 -1598.5.8 ) and his flag bearers 8)
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Posted by Bessiere on 21 Sep 2023, 17:44

Work from a master in their prime. Sublime perfection.
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Posted by Minuteman on 22 Sep 2023, 19:12

Beautiful figures, and an awesome level of artistry. Magnificent :yeah:
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Posted by MABO on 23 Sep 2023, 06:40

Fantastic work on the flags and the horsemen who carry them. But handle the big flags with the long pol must have been tricky, I think.
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Posted by CliosPaintingBench on 24 Sep 2023, 14:40

The detail on the commander, particularly the freehand on the quiver, is lovely! Inspirational.
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Posted by Santi Pérez on 26 Sep 2023, 12:05

Every time I see your masterfully painted figures, I feel a healthy envy of your talent for it, lirui. As always, spectacular work. :love: :notworthy: :love: :notworthy: :love:

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Posted by Kekso on 30 Sep 2023, 19:29

Great work on banners.
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Posted by lirui on 22 Oct 2023, 15:07

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Posted by k.b. on 22 Oct 2023, 16:27

As usual - brilliant! Although to be honest am not too keen on your bow strings! I know, I know …….. it’s impossible to please everybody. Which is why I believe we should primarily work to please ourselves……..
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Posted by C M Dodson on 22 Oct 2023, 18:55

Superb painting as always.

You might like to replace the bow strings with fine horse hair.

At this scale the thickness looks more like rope which detracts from your fantastic skill set on display.

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Posted by PhilC on 22 Oct 2023, 19:43

Wonderful as always. The red leather on your men at arms is a delight to see.
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Posted by Bessiere on 23 Oct 2023, 01:38

Excellent as usual. I think your bowstrings are fine if a tad thick which all depends on the average viewing distance as to how it is perceived. They are nicely twisted and loop over the end of the bow. Honestly the first time Ive seen it done right at this scale and knowing how hard it is to do the even thicker reigns I can't imagine the difficulty you overcame. Very well done.
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Posted by Peter on 24 Oct 2023, 12:01

C M Dodson wrote:You might like to replace the bow strings with fine horse hair.

I use the hair of my daughter in law! :mrgreen:

Nice work on those figures Lirui! :thumbup:
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Posted by lirui on 24 Oct 2023, 14:57

Peter wrote:I use the hair of my daughter in law! :mrgreen:

Nice work on those figures Lirui! :thumbup:

:shock: :shock: :shock: awesome :yeah: you would set a trend
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