"What would make you buy a 28mm Chariot Army" Topic

Just as the question says really.

Cheaper chariots?

I think smaller point armies is good way to start. Chariot cost is not high compared to Napolenic collectors. Although plastics cheap they tend to get at least. double amounts.

Don't do 28s though I've been tempted a few times (and I do use them for samurai skirmish and Old West), but I'd do a chariot army in 15.

Re-release of John Jenkins Qin and Warring State's Chinese figures. I've got MOST of the chariots, was waiting for the $$ to order the infantry and poof they were gone!

Enough space to maneuver the chariots without a traffic jam.

Hail Hydra!

Time to paint it

"time to paint" = Army Painter??

Money, Space, Opponents.

I have beeen looking at COE. If you half maximums and minimums and aim for 1250pts as opposed to 2500 you can still get small units that look a respectable size.
This also helps with many of issues alraedy raised??

The eventual release of Chinese Warring States chariots by Renegade.

Reuseable horse. Just swap out chariots. Best, Dean

More disposable income….

well i saw Curteys Warring States Chariots and that was it i bought a FOG Bg of them, they are quite nice minis ^^

Chariot skirmish rules.

"What would make you buy a 28mm Chariot Army"

More wargaming reports with painted armies!!!

Do they make 28mm 4-horse chariots that fit a 60mm frontage?

Lack of impulse control.

Absolutely no interest in gaming the period so it would probably take a gun at my head or something similar to make me actually hand over any cash when there is so much else that I would rather buy

Not quite the question but I bought a 20mm Assyrians for the best reason evah…jus cuz.

Not having one……would make me buy one. If your serious about ancients you must have one in your collection. 2000 yrs as a successful weapons delivery platform……says it all.

Have four already, just need to pick up odd chariot squadrons here and there for variety. Anyone played in the Big Wheels game, sponsored by Old Glory, back in 1998 at Historicon?

More money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh wait, I just need Chariots for my Picts.
Maybe not that much after all…

Helen of Troy
VR
James Mattes

None of the above.

I would need a viable campaign where it would be in my best interests to acquire such an army. I would need a group to play with that were a fun bunch (this rules out all that competitive stuff). Speaking of rules, I would need a rules set that I was happy with re: chariots (and probably other things too). I would need the $$$ to buy both the figures and to have a great deal of the painting done by someone else. Finally, I would need a facility where we would play that would accommodate a first rate chariot army. Ancients is not my primary interest by a long shot.

If all of the above stars aligned, I would definitely pursue a 28mm chariot army.

mjc

I have two Trojan War armies. To do another chariot period would probably require plastic chariots. I'm not really interested in Celts so it isn't the only condition. If someone did Indian, scythed or Assyrian chariots in plastic I'd certainly be starting the former, latter or adding some of the middle to existing armies.

I might even do Sumerians if they were available in plastic.

Metal chariots are difficult to assemble and prone to self destruct.

I have 9 plastic Celt chariots and they are much better than metal ones.

I would not consider any army unless there were suitable plastic chariot kits.

Mick

A group playing DBA in 28mm and some available cash

Winning the lottery. Getting someone else to paint them. And having a large enough gaming room to be able to play them. Oh, and getting the AK47 chariot war mods.

I accept it's not going to happen.

Well, as I have three I would say just about anything…

Drunkeness

One other person who wants to play them – I love this period and I have been toying with doing something in 28s but I am afraid they would languish in a box.

Favourite armies would be Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians and Indians. Most people seem to be interested in classicials which are a little too foot centric for my taste.

I would love to collect an Egyptian army, as well as Trojan War period ones. Again, the problem is the cost of the metal chariots. If they were made in plastic I would start collecting them. But the metal are just prohibitively expensive.

Plastic Chariots and figures by Aventine, I seem to buy everything else they make!

Love the wheels…..Pimp that chariot with chrome. Surprise your gaming friends with a "low rider Assyrian" model and "night cruise" into Babylon.

Do they make 28mm 4-horse chariots that fit a 60mm frontage?

Newline do – I have Sumerian and Hittite four horse chariots. Also the new Cutting edge ones do as well.

There's a Newline one here:

I base everything for DBA, that's 60mm wide.

Si

Newline chariots are 4 for £20, that's pretty cheap when compared to cavalry.

Cutting edge are £45.00 GBP for 6.

Also consider that an Early Libyan DBA army has a two horse light chariot in it and features only 22 more figures (for the V2.2 list)…

A very cheap intro in to chariot period armies.

Si

Finishing the other ones I already own. They range from 90% painted to 10% painted.

Terrific figures, bendsinister!

Sorry but don,t get the price thing. 30 cavalry can be in money terms swaped for 10 chariots roughly. This is a good amount for many rules.
I have seen many folks armies with at least 30 cavalry.

A set of rules in which chariot armies can win. :))

Army Painter??
No thanks

"Metal chariots are difficult to assemble and prone to self destruct."

This.

If I were the Perry Twins or the Victrix crew I'd seriously look into making plastic chariots. They'd be much easier to assemble and would hold up much better than the metal varieties. I'd almost rather sit on a hedgehog than have to endure filing sections or filling in massive gaps with green stuff on parts that don't fit. Given the prices of most metal chariots these days, I'm not going to pay that kind of money for the privilege of being frustrated.

Gribby, the new heavy Hittite Chariots now available are one piece for the body and draft pole. All you have to do is add the wheels. I think you will find that if anyone made them in plastic (which I doubt – due to demand) then there would be far more parts and much more constructing, as is with most plastic 28mm figures these days.
Even the earlier chariots have only 2 pieces and the wheels.
Pete
cuttingedgeminiatures.com

I still would rather have a multi-part plastic chariot than a single-body w/2 wheels metal one.

I'll take hard plastic any day over metal, thank you very much!

My 24 Hinchcliffe 25mm Assyrian 4 Horse "M1A2-Mark I" Badd-arsed chariots of course! Love my Ashurbanipal's 1st Panzer Korps!

All other manufacturers of Assyrian chariotry pale in comparison!!! Especially the weak kneed Foundry wannabes! :)

Steve Miller
DFW Irregulars