I did a search, without results, of what uniform a Chinese sailor would wear in ca. 1880's, or specifically, during the Battle of the Yalu River. All I found was a sentence which stated the Chinese didn't wear Western-style uniforms until around 1910. Did this mean they wore civilian-style clothing, or a traditional Chinese uniform? Details are irrelevant, just general colors, as this is for 1/350 scale figs.

Peasant style clothes with leggings from the photos I have seen. No specific colours as the pictures are all sepia, black and white.

look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chih_Yuen

greetings from Shanghai

Hi,

don't know about the accuracy but apparently the guides at the Ting Yuen replica wear the uniforms of the 1880s. There's a photo of one here

That's great. The B/W original photo looks like light grey, or blue-ish grey, with maybe black turbans or head wraps. I'm doing Bronco's 1/350 Chih Yuen. Really excellent kit with TOTAL P/E included. No A/M neccessary at all. I would rate this kit as good as, or even better, than any Dragon ship model.