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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: BjörnF on 12 August 2015, 10:02:23 AM

Title: Greek Gastraphetes (Bellybow/Xbow/Artillery)
Post by: BjörnF on 12 August 2015, 10:02:23 AM

Last spring I got some Late Macedonian arrow-slingers sculpted (Kestrophedrone), and now Menhir has sculpted a few more figures. This time it is Gastraphetes (belly bow). It was the earliest artillery in Europe and an early kind of Catapults. More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastraphetes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastraphetes)
The heads are separete.
(http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/uu295/Nikator_photos/Gastraphetes/gastraphetes2_zpsnguuk0cp.jpg)

Will they be produced? I hope so. I will start a Kickstarter campaign on the 1 of September and it is called "Makedonian Miniatures". The Kickstarter campaign will offer both the Gastraphetes and the Kestrophedrone. And maybe a third rare Macedonian troop type (clue: can be found in a DBA armylist).

Title: Re: Greek Gastraphetes (Bellybow/Xbow/Artillery)
Post by: commissarmoody on 12 August 2015, 11:07:15 AM

Pretty cool...any hit for those of us who do not have DBA list? :)

Title: Re: Greek Gastraphetes (Bellybow/Xbow/Artillery)
Post by: Mithridates1 on 13 August 2015, 01:34:43 AM

When I saw these earlier I forgot to ask whether bare headed or hat wearing heads were an option - Syracuscans would be unlikely to have a helmet I suspect.

Great idea.

Garry

Title: Re: Greek Gastraphetes (Bellybow/Xbow/Artillery)
Post by: BjörnF on 13 August 2015, 06:45:36 AM

Commissar: It is someone's mother!

Mithridates: Right now there are 8 different head options, 5 of them bare headed or wearing sun hats. My idea is to include 2 random heads for each body, but if you take part of the Kickstarter Campaign just send me a mail and I will make sure that you will only get appropriate heads.

Title: Re: Greek Gastraphetes (Bellybow/Xbow/Artillery)
Post by: Siaba on 13 August 2015, 10:27:51 AM

I'll pledge on the kickstarter....I need these troops for my Syracusan army  :)