"Essex War Wagon RXE29 for Hussite FOG list" Topic

Hi all,

I am painting up a Hussite Starter Army for a client from Essex.

I am working with the RXE29 wagon but it seems a bit strange as it does not have sides but it does have a barrier in the center of the wagon (obviously for missile troop protection).

My question is should I add sides to the wagon and with the FOG list for Hussite (i don't have the army book) are there a mix of troops on each wagon (archers/crossbow/halberds)?

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Kingmaker has pics of 25mm hussite wagons. Does this help?

The Hodoten ordinance put each wagon carrying 8 men with halberds/flails, 6 men with crossbow and 2 men with handguns. When making my DBM Hussites, I halved this to 1 base of 4 Bd (halberd/flail) and the WWg with 3 crossbow, 1 handgun.

The wagon you are working with is more a renaissance wagon that was used for artillery or handgunners. It's a wheeled mantlet where the crew would be behind the barrier. Sometimes they mounted some light guns too.

RXE11 or RXE11a would be the wagons to use for the more familiar Hussite wagonburg packed full of missile-armed peasants.

thanks for the info

@ Desert Rat This was the army pack assembled by Essex so that sucks they screwed the pooch on that one. I have 6 of the renaissance wagons any suggestions on how to mod this for a more historical representation?

It is also possible that this (Essex) model is meant for a "gun wagon", with a light field piece mounted behind the mantlet and the gun barrel sticking out from an embrasure within the mantlet.

Old Glory also does some very nice Hussite wagons in 25/28mm.

Muzzlehead

Don't mount the mantlet and use the chassis to make a farm wagon. The pictures in the link that dam0409 posted are a good guide. Any thick card or plasticrd will do as the walls were flat.

Or else you could ask Essex if they would exchange the wagons for the correct ones.

@ Desert Rat

I built wagons and left out the center pieces. They look sweet. I'll post some pics of the wagons once my bases come in from Wargames Accessories

This is the Final Hussite army with scratch built wagons

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