Firstly, let me say straight off that I don't like the Garrison ballista... which is why my Greek artillery all use RAFM. Likewise, I've also got some RAFM ballistae for the Romans, now I just need to cast some crew for them.
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Completed as 2 stone throwers and 1 bolt thrower
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I think it's fair to describe the Ballistae as 'crude'
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To add a bit of variety I've included one crewman from the Greek range.
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I've painted the two crew on the bolt thrower with empty hands a bit differently, again to add a bit of variety.
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Looks good Rob - I always thought the Hinchliffe artillery generally the best of the bunch but if those are RAFM pieces I have to say they look the business.
ReplyDeleteThese are Garrison - my Greeks are RAFM - these were posted here https://easterngarrison.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-greek-artillery-train.html
DeleteHinchliffe started with 54mm artillery - always a strong point with them.
I've not seen those RAFM ones - very much field weapons and quite delicate - nice though. I have lots of the old Hinchliffe Roman artilery and a few Minifigs - which are not their best models really - and what I think might be Lamming. I have caught the restoration bug off you I think - just putting the finishing touches to a batch of Minifigs PB figures - I have a long way to go to catch up with your armies though!
DeleteRAFM have a really nice range - http://www.rafm.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RAF&Category_Code=SE I bought my Greek ones years ago and had originally forgotten they were RAFM - thought they were Garrison. I was quite disappointed when I found my mistake!
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