BSC2023 Tarnegol I Samuel 5:2

[Tarnegol]

“Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and placed it beside Dagon.”

 Another 15mm Biblical construction.

[Codsticker]

“Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and placed it beside Dagon.”

 Another 15mm Biblical construction.

This sounds very interesting. I was thinking of doing something in 15mm and western Asian as well but a bit later; perhaps a Zoroastarian fire temple.

[has.been]

Good luck with this.
I look forward to seeing what you do.

[DivisMal]

Yeah, good luck with the project. Definitely interested here!

[Daeothar]

That should be interesting for sure! Two for the price of one; the Ark and the temple of Dagon.

Best of luck!

[Vanvlak]

I have to see how Dagon and the Ark turn out, cool idea.

[tikitang]

Very cool idea!

But will Dagon be lying face down with his head and hands broken off?

[Tarnegol]

But will Dagon be lying face down with his head and hands broken off?

Nah! That'd be 2 verses too late!

Actually I'm considering multiple Dagons. Partly because the expected 'fish god' is not Dagon, who was a grain god, so I'll  inevitably end up doing the historical, small grain god and the Hollywood/evangelical huge fish god (already got 2 versions, 'though both with head and hands intact!) I'm keen that the House of Dagon can serve as the House of *Insert Pagan Deity Here*, so eventually, if not as part of this competition, I'll end up with various mix-and-match deities.

[AKULA]

Good luck - will be interested to see this in 15mm

[Golgotha]

Dagon be praised keen to see this one...

[Tarnegol]

Thanks, all, for your encouraging comments.

A bit of background:

This build will be very loosely based on the Philistine temple at Tell Qasile in Israel. It is unknown which deity or deities were worshipped in this temple, nor, other than the Bible itself, whether the Philistines really had anything to do with the Mesopotamian god Dagon. However the Tell Qasile temple had a roof supports by two pillars, as did the House of Dagon in Gath which Samson deconstructed, so that’s close enough for my purposes. I shall be adding some bits, subtracting others and reshaping and resizing a fair bit to make a model which fits on a 300mm Sarissa Precision terrain tile and can be used (although if it ever is…).
Below is a link to an ancient blog which nevertheless provides some useful background, and I attach the most useful picture of the layout I could find, the site’s sign liberated from Wikipedia.

https://ferrelljenkins.blog/2010/07/29/philistine-temple-found-at-tell-es-safigath/

[Hammers]

Interesting.

[David H]

I look forward to seeing your interpretation of this.

[Daeothar]

Will the construction be collapsible via the two pillars? 

[Tarnegol]

Will the construction be collapsible via the two pillars? 

Only if this bloke turns up...