Chinese 3d Wood Puzzles

if you are looking for buildings for your Chinese centered games, have you found these. Amazon and Alibaba (especially, at very low prices if you look carefully), carry these. Some I payed as little as 6-7 dollars!

Don't even need glue in most cases!

Great for ships as well:

And if you decide to paint:

Historical Temples:

Which paint up very nicely:

Initially very tricky to assemble as there are virtually no instructions, only a one-page chart showing the numbered pieces. You put in together in numbered sequence. They fit well with 28mm best. I have completed over two dozen now and I've used them to make a Forbidden City setup I will be adding to this blog soon. Enjoy

Europeans retake Tamil

After the Moro destroyed the Japanese garrison, they enslaved the Indian natives. But soon a large multi-national force (US/Russian/Belgian) bore down on them. The small Moro force was destroyed but the last remaining juramentado (Moslem fanatic that historically caused the US all kinds of difficulty in the Philippines). took down more than his share of enemies:

Japanese lose Tamil

Back in May, the Moro attacked the small Japanese settlement at Tamil but were defeated. They returned with a much larger force and the weakened Japanese were overwhelmed. Unfortunately I only have the setup photos as I got to caught up in the vicious fight! There were only 12 surviving Japanese to fight off scores of fanatical Moro bent on their destruction!

Indian Embassy

Early in our Colonial Adventure, a powerful Prince paid a visit to a neighbor

Americans in Afghanistan

Just as the Belgians were seeing their colonial capital overrun, the US decided to abandon their newly constructed fort. The infidels had been successfully driven from the Pathans lands!

The Portuguese aid the Abyssinians at Birtarin

Located far to the north of the German assault at Tamayya, the Abyssinians are faced with a Taureg assault, where months earlier, the present Raj saw his father butchered by the 'Blue Men'

The Raj (seen on roof left of center), and a Portuguese explorer (seen on roof to right of center) prepare their defense

Closeup of the Raj and his bodyguard

Two more Portuguese (on roof to right) planning on selling their lives dearly

The first Taureg get over the wall

They also take the first house

But the Abyssinians fight back and destroy the first Taureg to have climbed their wall

The brave militia is overwhelmed at the gate

Now the Taureg expand their attack along another wall

The Abyssinians prepare

More Taureg get over the wall and drop the first Portuguese, but are met by heavy fire

The Taureg secondary assault carries the gate and first house

Exchanging fire with militia in another house

The Taureg are beginning to fall back!

The last Taureg within Birtarin are shot down

The Portuguese have made staunch friends

The "Mad One' plays host to an Italian delegation

A small group of Italians have arrive at Mobuto to talk to the Head Chief of the Ngoni. The Italians have been very successful in making friends with numerous sub-tribes but now they are attempting to befriend the big chief himself. But he's not called the "Mad One' for nothing. In league with his slave trading partner, Tippu Tib, they creep up on the huts (without the roofs) housing the sleeping Italians

Fortunately for the Italians (at least at first) their sentry is alert and fires a warning shot that awakens his compatriots

Sadly for the visitors and their Askaris, they are slaughtered to the last man