Gauls

Started by Techno, 02 April 2013, 03:02:17 PM

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TinyTerrain

Phil,

A great looking bunch of Gauls, that will definately become part of my collection for Dux B and DBA (a big yes to the chariot as well please Leon  :D )

Looking forward to an early release,

Cheers,

Craig
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Techno

Thanks Craig. ;)

As one exists in the current range....(Which I can hack about to my heart's content)....I'm guessing (wildly) that that will be a 'goer'.
I'll 'talk' to 'the man'..........Soon. ;)

Cheers - Phil.

Steve J

A chariot would be great :).

OldenBUA

Quote from: Techno on 29 May 2013, 11:40:36 AM
As one exists in the current range....(Which I can hack about to my heart's content)....I'm guessing (wildly) that that will be a 'goer'.
I'll 'talk' to 'the man'..........Soon. ;)

You do know that after 'pimping a ride' for the Gauls you'll be flooded with requests for other vehicles, don't you?

Go on then, you know you want to. I'll have a GAZ jeep, BMP and a couple of BTR's for a start.
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Techno

Quote from: OldenBUA on 29 May 2013, 11:52:31 AM
You do know that after 'pimping a ride' for the Gauls you'll be flooded with requests for other vehicles, don't you?
Go on then, you know you want to. I'll have a GAZ jeep, BMP and a couple of BTR's for a start.

Nah :P..... I don't do vehicles. ;) ;D (The chariot could be an exception  ;))
I had a complete surfeit of 'straight line' model making with 'Mechs' for Ral Partha and Wizkids etc years ago.
I truly can't stand doing that sort of stuff nowadays.....Drives me completely spare.

I'll leave those sorts of models to Martin (Mart678)......I think he gets as much enjoyment out of making those, as I do making 'organic' models. ;)
Cheers - Phil.

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Oh flippin 'eck - that's another army I want to give my Earlies a workout.
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Hertsblue

Quote from: Techno on 29 May 2013, 01:16:39 PM
Nah :P..... I don't do vehicles. ;) ;D (The chariot could be an exception  ;))
I had a complete surfeit of 'straight line' model making with 'Mechs' for Ral Partha and Wizkids etc years ago.
I truly can't stand doing that sort of stuff nowadays.....Drives me completely spare.

I'll leave those sorts of models to Martin (Mart678)......I think he gets as much enjoyment out of making those, as I do making 'organic' models. ;)
Cheers - Phil.


Organic models - are they the ones you have to dip in fertiliser, Phil?  :D
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Techno

They certainly are Ray..

You wait until you see the range of killer tomatoes that are sitting on the desk !
I'm not sure whether Leon sees them as something that will fit in with any range at the moment though. :P
Cheers - Phil.

seano1815

Phil you've done it again....I can't wait to get my sweaty hands on your gauls (good job, I re-read that :P). They look fantastic :D
all the best
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Phobos

 :P more pics of the fantastic gauls?

Dunnadd

Quotefrom the references I've got, if anything, they might be a teensy weensy tad on the long side as they are. Undecided
From an aesthetic point of view, I think I'd agree with you....Historically I believe the representation's about right.

Yeah - i'm always surprised by how short Gallic and Celtic swords were too. Seemed to have averaged from 18 inches to about two feet which seems too short for a slashing weapon. And from the WRG book on Carthaginain/Libyan spearmen they had too few spears to throw but their spears seemed to be too short to use like a hoplite spear which is just confusing. Seems wrong that many ancient weapons were so short, but still seem to have been short in many cases (phalangite's pikes and xyston lances apart obviously)

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As someone recently pointed out, there's the Spartan solution to the problem of a short weapon: step up closer.

But ferocity and short weapons will work wonders at times; ask my Zulus.
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The gladius wasn't exactly huge.

Can short weapons be an indicator of technology and economics as much as tactics?   
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Gallic swords, early ones anyway, were cast bronze - you really don't want to make a bronze sword too long, or it'll end up either too thin & prone to bending & breaking (which the Romans thought Gallic swords were anyway) or excessively thick & heavy, making it slow & cumbersome. Even short, though, they'd carry quite a bit of weight & momentum (especially with a leaf shape shifting the balance point forward), and would be pretty lethal when swung. The weight would go badly against them if stabbed, it's harder to get momentum up over that short distance, and the bronze would lose it's point (and edge) quickly.