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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thats a lot of hardware Simon which will pack quite a bunch when they all kick off.

Just for info I got a warning from Google when I clicked on the picture saying may harm your website etc?

19 February 2011 at 13:55

Blogger ljr70 said...

I really like your work. I have been following this project with great intrest since I started with BTD EIR and want to find a suitable replacement manufacturer to finsh my Roman and Celts, thanks for sharing. You go to love scorpians and stone throwers!!

19 February 2011 at 14:18

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Thanks chaps!

The BTD catapults aren't bad, althought the crewmen are poor.

Not sure about the warning, Paul, seems OK at the moment; please let me know if it comes up again.

19 February 2011 at 14:46

Blogger EinarOlafson said...

Very good work!! I´m using zvezda for my 1/72 Roman Project. Are you going to use them with the bolts or the stones?

I´m interested in these 2 onager, Have you still got them?

Regards.

19 February 2011 at 15:08

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Hi Einar, I'm going to give the Zvezda large scorpions small stones, and use the Zvezda bolts with the BTD ones in the front.

Yes I still have the onagers- drop me an email at simonmiller60 at Gmail.com

Cheers, Simon

19 February 2011 at 15:22

Blogger Paul´s Bods said...

Your right about the ballistas from zvezda...lovely bits of kit..suitable for 20mm to 28mm.
What did you do with the catapults...they would make neat little battlefield onagers or?
I´m not too sure wether the romans would have used gabions....sems to be a later invention..I can´t find any evidence of them using them..but if they could make baskets (which they could) then why not gabions?.
Cheers
Paul

19 February 2011 at 15:27

Blogger Hetairoi said...

Go on with gabions, they just look GREAT!

19 February 2011 at 16:19

Blogger Secundus said...

Can't wait to see them finished they look great.

19 February 2011 at 20:58

Blogger Christopher(aka Axebreaker) said...

They already look nice without any paint and so I'm looking forward to seeing them painted up!

Cheers
Christopher

20 February 2011 at 18:04

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Thanks chaps, I primed them, tonight.

20 February 2011 at 21:24

Blogger Gabriele Campbell said...

Catapults of various sizes, esp. the smaller chairoballistae must have been quite popular with the Roman army. We got tons of catapult bolts from Hedemünden Camp (12-9 BC) to the battlefield at Kalefeld (AD 236). The one place where they are mostly missing is the Varus battlefield - it's assumed the rain had made catapults unusuable so no bolts got stuck in the earth (which is the best place to find them on a looted battlefield).

23 February 2011 at 17:26

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Hi Gabreille, presumably they abandoned the transport (and presumably artillery) on the retreat to Kalkreise (the roads were almost impassable). The rain would have stopped them firing, as you mention.

Do you ever come across stone balls in Germany? I presume they are more a siege weapon so more likely to be found in the East.

23 February 2011 at 18:11

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