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lego: Ambush From All Sides
A member of The Order Of The Four Red Dragons is surrounded by a couple of axe wielding gangsters from the infamous Axe Gang after he made a entrance in one of their many warehouses during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The title of this photograpgh is based on a music piece called ''Ambush from ten sides, it's a clasical piece written for the Pipa instrument. it's about the circumstances of which General Xiang Yu in 202 BC was defeated by Liu Bang. It's considerd to be a masterpiece in Chinese classical music and only the most skilled can play this piece. A version of this classical piece was used in the movie ''Kung Fu Hustle'' Where the Axe gang that appears in most of my brickfilms were based on.
A short introduction. The Axe gang is a triad (Chinese Maffia) located in China in a time of social unrest and disorder (Mostly in the 1930s but they still operate in modern times) They were one of the largest and most notorious of all triads and they were active in almost every major city in China and outside of it. Those branches were under control of the ''Brothers'' the head of the Axe Gang was called; ''The Dragon Head''. The Axe Gang became this large by converting smaller gangs into their ranks by either killing their Dragon Heads our bribing them.
One of their actions were figthing agianst the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War, because the Japanese supressed Gang activity harder than the nationalist goverment, while some of the triads worked along side the Japanese. The Axe gang helped the Chinese Army in exchange of that they were left alone and continue their gang activities without any trouble. The Chinese army needed man with skills and weapons and cash.
Even the Japanese military feared the Axe Gang once their name was dropped in a conversation. Their brutality earned them a reputation that some people believed that they were even more ruthless than the Chinese nationalist army and the Japanese Imperial Army combined.
They broke their ties with the goverment when the Civil War started since the goverment had other worries than supressing gang activity.
About the Order Of The Four Red Dragons is a entire lore written, wich can be found here:
www.flickr.com/photos/147647726@N06/36443967583/in/datepo...
I like how this picture turned out because of how the lone assasin didn't reveal hit face and is ready to fight, while surrounded by the Axe Gang.
But then agian the title is really about how you see the picture. Is the Assassin going to be ambushed or is the Axe Gang?
Custom Tommy gun/ BAR: Brickarms
Link to the Axe Gang stop-motion:
lego: Ambush From All Sides
A member of The Order Of The Four Red Dragons is surrounded by a couple of axe wielding gangsters from the infamous Axe Gang after he made a entrance in one of their many warehouses during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The title of this photograpgh is based on a music piece called ''Ambush from ten sides, it's a clasical piece written for the Pipa instrument. it's about the circumstances of which General Xiang Yu in 202 BC was defeated by Liu Bang. It's considerd to be a masterpiece in Chinese classical music and only the most skilled can play this piece. A version of this classical piece was used in the movie ''Kung Fu Hustle'' Where the Axe gang that appears in most of my brickfilms were based on.
A short introduction. The Axe gang is a triad (Chinese Maffia) located in China in a time of social unrest and disorder (Mostly in the 1930s but they still operate in modern times) They were one of the largest and most notorious of all triads and they were active in almost every major city in China and outside of it. Those branches were under control of the ''Brothers'' the head of the Axe Gang was called; ''The Dragon Head''. The Axe Gang became this large by converting smaller gangs into their ranks by either killing their Dragon Heads our bribing them.
One of their actions were figthing agianst the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War, because the Japanese supressed Gang activity harder than the nationalist goverment, while some of the triads worked along side the Japanese. The Axe gang helped the Chinese Army in exchange of that they were left alone and continue their gang activities without any trouble. The Chinese army needed man with skills and weapons and cash.
Even the Japanese military feared the Axe Gang once their name was dropped in a conversation. Their brutality earned them a reputation that some people believed that they were even more ruthless than the Chinese nationalist army and the Japanese Imperial Army combined.
They broke their ties with the goverment when the Civil War started since the goverment had other worries than supressing gang activity.
About the Order Of The Four Red Dragons is a entire lore written, wich can be found here:
www.flickr.com/photos/147647726@N06/36443967583/in/datepo...
I like how this picture turned out because of how the lone assasin didn't reveal hit face and is ready to fight, while surrounded by the Axe Gang.
But then agian the title is really about how you see the picture. Is the Assassin going to be ambushed or is the Axe Gang?
Custom Tommy gun/ BAR: Brickarms
Link to the Axe Gang stop-motion: