*

Recent Topics

Author Topic: 28mm Mangonels made from scrap  (Read 1362 times)

Offline olicana

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1300
    • Olicanalad's Games
28mm Mangonels made from scrap
« on: 06 December 2020, 11:35:14 AM »
Thought you might like these. What they are made of can be found at the following link.

http://olicanalad.blogspot.com/2020/12/a-bit-of-recycling-islamic-mangonels.html


Offline OSHIROmodels

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Elder God
  • *
  • Posts: 28256
  • Custom terrain a speciality.
    • Oshiro modelterrain
Re: 28mm Mangonels made from scrap
« Reply #1 on: 06 December 2020, 12:03:05 PM »
Simple yet effective  8)

Offline WuZhuiQiu

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1202
Re: 28mm Mangonels made from scrap
« Reply #2 on: 06 December 2020, 03:27:08 PM »
Very nice work! I like your idea for the crew. I may draft and convert some LoTR Khandish axemen into that role...

Offline Atheling

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 12413
    • Just Add Water Wargaming Blog
Re: 28mm Mangonels made from scrap
« Reply #3 on: 08 December 2020, 10:28:39 PM »
Pretty damn impressive considering they are made from plastic base material James!  :-*

A man of many talents  8)

Offline Unlucky General

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Scientist
  • *
  • Posts: 362
Re: 28mm Mangonels made from scrap
« Reply #4 on: 09 December 2020, 08:31:48 AM »
Great job. I don't know if it will prove harder to crew them.

Offline Grass-Hopper

  • Assistant
  • Posts: 24
Re: 28mm Mangonels made from scrap
« Reply #5 on: 09 December 2020, 08:46:36 AM »
Very nice work.

Offline Mick_in_Switzerland

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • *
  • Posts: 2617
Re: 28mm Mangonels made from scrap
« Reply #6 on: 09 December 2020, 12:09:56 PM »
They are very good - well done.

Offline olicana

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1300
    • Olicanalad's Games
Re: 28mm Mangonels made from scrap
« Reply #7 on: 09 December 2020, 01:00:24 PM »
Thanks guys.

Glued together for thickness, green plastic bases (Perry from memory), they are.

Also a nice link to them being called mangonels - I wasn't aware there was a myth!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangonel




 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
3 Replies
2103 Views
Last post 17 May 2010, 09:47:17 AM
by midismirnoff
7 Replies
3217 Views
Last post 07 September 2011, 10:59:42 AM
by carlos marighela
0 Replies
1015 Views
Last post 06 January 2014, 12:44:41 PM
by sandsmodels
5 Replies
1955 Views
Last post 06 April 2016, 08:47:23 PM
by bulldogger2000
7 Replies
3307 Views
Last post 17 August 2020, 10:27:03 PM
by fastolfrus