Lu Meng, Gan Ning

Gan Ning (left) and Lu Meng (right) are both officers of the kingdom of Wu and Pillars of the State of Wu during the 3 Kingdoms Era

Gan Ning is formerly a pirate lord under the service of Huang Zu, grand general of Jing Province under the control of Liu Biao. In the Battle he killed Ling Cao, Ling Tong's father. He joined Wu after Huang Zu is defeated. However he's always at loggerheads with Ling Tong. Then finally all the misunderstanding was solve in the Battle of He Fei when Gan Ning save the latter from Zhang Liao, Cao Cao's General. He participated in so many battles and had been considered the strongest general of Wu. He met his death in theBattle of Yi Ling when Liu Bei's officer, Sha Mo Ke shot him with an arrow. However, Ling Tong avenged his death after that.

A man of both valour and courage. He succeeded Zhou Yu and Lu Su to become the strategist for the Kingdom of Wu. He's greatest achivement would be the Battle of Fan Castle where he successfully capture and kill Guan Yu and Guan Ping. He feigned illness and asked Lu Xun to take over him as Commander. Since Lu Xun is young, he did catch Guan Yu's attention. Guan Yu went forward and attack Cao Ren in Fan Castle. Lu Meng then took this opportunity to attack from behind. Lu Meng died of illness shortly after that.

Overall it is not a very interesting model to build. It seems that the focus is more on the battleship rather than the models. Lu Meng is ok, but I find Gan Ning a bit too plain. It took me half a bottle of metallic blue to make sure it does not look too boring. The ship on the other hand is quite impressive as it can be organised into many different battle formation (something like transformer)