"Egyptian Chariots - 28mm Black tree Designs" Topic

The last of my Egyptian reinforcements, painted up in preparation for my game at Historicon, using To the Strongest! rules.

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Peter

I couldn't get those decorative elements (whatever they are called) for the reins(?) to stay on mine, so I left them off. From what I found online, the yoke is at the bottom of the center pole as you have modeled yours. The one thing I can't decipher on the DTD Egyptians is whether the sculpt of the head is supposed to show hair or a head dress.

I had to cut off most of the "spike"/sprue on them, and then drill a hole in the saddle for the stub to nestle into – that worked fine.

The "hair" as depicted is commonly seen on contemporary and modern illustrations of ancient Egyptians, and may represent their natural hair, or a head piece. It is always colored black as far as I can see.

A super paint job! I recall you mentioning Historicon- what battles are they?

Simon: The PEL listings are cited below. Both actions are fictitious – there certainly isn't adequate information for any Chariot era battles aside from perhaps Meggido and Qadesh to reasonably recreate them. As for the Hussite abttles, with the exception of the final battle of Lipany, which was fought between the conservative and radical Hussite factions, the overall scenario was pretty much the same. The Crusaders thought they could easily sweep aside the peasant rabble and their glorified farm carts… and found out to the contrary!

T-373 The Assyrian Came Down Like a Wolf on the Fold… Theme
Ancients; Friday 10 AM; Length: 3 hrs;
Hosted by: Peter Anderson; Scale: 25mm;
Rules: To the Strongest!; No. of Players: 6.
"Mounted": warfare began with the Chariot, but the Assyrians were among the earliest armies of antiquity to use cavalry on thebattlefield as well. A purely fictional match up between the most famous armies of the Chariot era – Egypt and Assyria. TtS rules are easily learned and play quickly, using playing cards as the randomizer instead of dice, and a (subtly) gridded table. Teens
ages 13 and above welcome with a playing adult.

T-374 Warriors of God: The Hussite Wars, 1420's Theme
Medieval;Friday 6 PM; Length: 3 hrs;
Hosted by: Peter Anderson; Scale: 28mm;
Rules: To the Strongest!; No. of Players: 6.
The Hussite movement began in Bohemia in the 1400's, predating the Reformation by 100 years. With armies composed largely of peasants, the Hussites defeated the much better equipped knights of the Catholic crusader armies repeatedly, using the Wagon Fortress tactics developed by Jan Zizka. Can they do it yet again?

Peter

Very nice set of chariots. Need to revamp my NKE army this year.