I have been looking at some theme chess sets, and while I think I've looked at pretty much any well-known chess equipment website, I thought I'd see if anyone here knows of any I might not have seen.  Here is one set I'm leaning towards, but honestly I'd be interested to look at any Oriental/Warrior/Chinese/Japanese etc style sets.

http://store.shop72.com/chineseqin.html

Edit: I lean toward Metallic pieces and away from painted/colored pieces.

This set is also definitely one I've considered, It's not exactly what I described, but I would pretty instantly buy a set that was the described style with this look and feel-

http://www.chesshouse.com/PhotoGallery.asp?ProductCode=FP8553P

Ah jeez...to tell you the truth, little soldier-dude chess sets give me the heebie-jeebies.

http://houseofstaunton.com/Store/product_name=The+Royale+Series+Chess+Set+-+4.0+inch+King/exact_match=exact/user-id=/password=

Now I'm thinking of going ahead and getting decent Staunton set (That's within my price range on clearance.) Seems like a fine deal, and I can finally have a decent set...

I just really think the Terracotta set plays into my love of "The Art of War."

Usually it's the somewhat plain and inexpensive Stauntons that get the most use.

You can pick from cheapo solid plastic pieces (and these are fine except a little unstable to be excellent for blitz) to weighted plastic to cheap but decent wood sets (ebonized or sheesham, typically), to somewhat nicer but still affordable wood sets (like the HOS one cited above).

While I have to confess that I have more sets than I need, I think a very cheap plastic set and a nicer wood set are a good combination and sufficient. The cheap one gets hazard duty in the park, for example.

Many options. Be sure you have a matching board in mind in terms of size squares and color.

Finer sets are great too. I have a couple but for me they get used almost exclusively for playing the computer or playing over games. No problem. I enjoy them this way too.

Those boards are cool but if they were mine they'd just sit there looking good.  Do you intend to play on it?

Naturally.  And it's just the pieces on both counts.