The first of the upcoming Peninsular sculpts/models arrived with us this week, with the new wagons all present and correct! We've got the larger oxen drawn on the left, and the smaller mule cart on the right. The sides on the small one will be separate pieces that slot into holes in the wagon base.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50167409098_7bdcd333bd_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jr85Vh)NapsWagons (https://flic.kr/p/2jr85Vh) by Leon Pengilley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156736924@N08/), on Flickr
On the figures, we've not received the first batch from our sculptor yet as sadly his father had a serious health emergency and he had to race down to Somerset to be there for him. He's been taking care of his father for a couple of weeks now and will be resuming the sculpting as soon as he's back home. We don't see any delays to the project at this stage but obviously Tony needs to make sure his father is OK first. We'll keep everyone updated on this and if we think there'll be any delays then we'll let everyone know asap.
Finger's crossed - hope he's okay.
Wagons look great.
Our thoughts for Tony and his father - family must always come first!
I second both previous comments!
Family first, especially in these times. Take care
Want, want, want....!!!!
Only one is a waggon, I believe. The other's a cart.
Definitely family first!
Absolutely !
Cheers - Phil
Models looking good but as stated above family is always top priority. Wish you and your family well Tony.
🐵
Swift recovery, loverly models
Family first. if figures are delayed, so be it. I shan't lose any sleep of a delay of even if its few months.
Hope your father has a swift recovery Tony.
The wagons are rather lovely - wish I had ordered more now.
Wargaming is not important in the scheme of things. The wagons look good.
Hello lads,
Have these been released please? And if yes where might they be found in the catalog?
Thank you,
Theo
Waggon and cart look great.
Hope his father is ok.
Quote from: Theo on 11 April 2021, 06:17:42 PM
Have these been released please? And if yes where might they be found in the catalog?
These are part of our Peninsular project so they won't be released until the other ranges are complete and we've sent all of the pledges out to the backers.
Ah good to know! Many thanks Leon! They look spiffing and I am sure many of us will find use for them for other periods as well.
Quote from: Theo on 12 April 2021, 06:41:31 AM
Ah good to know! Many thanks Leon! They look spiffing and I am sure many of us will find use for them for other periods as well.
Yep, Mine are for Marlburian
Indeed; mine will appear in the SYW, and my wars of German unification. Might also appear as civilian wagons either commandeered or assisting refugees in early WWI.
Given that they are 10mm scale and that I am sceptical on the depths of wagon research behind illustrations in Funcken, Osprey, Hourtouille et al, is there any reason they could not be used in almost any period from Medieval to the horse drawn support of the early Wehrmacht?
I have some SYW2 I got to go with the non-kickstarter and I see no reason why the good old tumbrel cart EC29 (or 3!) couldnt grace a Spanish hillside. The real problems start when you put figures on the same base dont they?
Anyway, I obviously need to grab a few of the peninsular wagons when they are publicly available because I seem to have not included them in my non kickstarter order. Duh!! 8->
Actually even more Duh! I did order some, in a supplementary because Leon kept adding more and yet more goodies after my first pledge.
A quick look on-line seems to suggest that the design of waggons and carts hasn't changed fundamentally since medieval times, at least. At some stage there's a change from solid to spoked wheels, and the latter seem to become lighter and with more spokes, but other than that, not much that I can see.
Quote from: John Cook on 12 April 2021, 06:17:40 PM
A quick look on-line seems to suggest that the design of waggons and carts hasn't changed fundamentally since medieval times, at least. At some stage there's a change from solid to spoked wheels, and the latter seem to become lighter and with more spokes, but other than that, not much that I can see.
Then you get a change from Spoked wooden wheels with Iron shodding to rubber shodding , then the pnuematic tyre.
When I went to Roumania in 2001 they were using typical russian style panje wagons just with normal steel wheels and a pneumatic tyre
- Something for the post war range perhaps,
55BC Brit chariots had spoked wheels because it was easier to get a round wheel with strength as speed and not load was needed.
Solid wheels were easy to make by a farmer where a wheel write cost silver. Wether wheels of any construction were shod I don't know.
This would apply for the next 1900 years, depending on where you lived but time wise wasn't relevant it wat what you wanted to pay and if you employed a smith.
Iron was a problem in the Britain it was usually recycled from other items knives and Swords being needed in post Roman times until after the ECW.
I doubt it was swords into ploughshares even then.