For the palace and the river, I'm using vynil strips (cut from a placemat), Seirawan Elephants for the Chinese Elephants, Orthodox Bishops as the Guards, and homemade Cannons.
For the Cannons I used drilled beheaded Rooks (I used the Rook tops to glue on Knights to make Chancellors).
Below is my actual rendition of this idea:
For the palace and the river, I'm using vynil strips (cut from a placemat), Seirawan Elephants for the Chinese Elephants, Orthodox Bishops as the Guards, and homemade Cannons.
For the Cannons I used drilled beheaded Rooks (I used the Rook tops to glue on Knights to make Chancellors).