TOPIC: New nomads |
Standard User Posts: 21 DBS 16th Mar 2024 08:27:58 They look splendid, and I will certainly be whacking in an order as soon as you have them ready! |
Standard User Posts: 185 David Kay 21st Mar 2024 08:54:22 Yes, I'll probably get some too. There is a shortage of camel models across the 6mm manufacturers. I hope one can be "converted" to represent Zenobia of Palmyra. |
Standard User Posts: 15 diadochi 21st Mar 2024 09:55:05 Looking forward to getting some of these to fight for and against my Macedonian Successor armies. |
They look fabulous! expect an order from me. Altera Restat |
Administrator Posts: 895 peter 27th Mar 2024 12:37:41 They will be made available to order for collection at Salute in the next week or so, and on general release immediately after. I have plans. I am dangerous when I have plans... |
Standard User Posts: 185 David Kay 29th Mar 2024 01:03:37 Looking more closely at the latest photograph of camel riders, they appear to be "two-seater" models. Are there going to be any "single-seaters" in the range? I know in the very early days the Persians did raise a corps of double-mounted camels, perhaps base on something practised elsewhere, but by the 1st century BCE camelry appears to be single-seater (according to my reference books). PS. although having just written this, one of the photos in an earlier post do appear to be single-seaters. Guess I should be patient and wait till they come on general release! |
Standard User Posts: 21 DBS 29th Mar 2024 09:55:24 The two man camels are known from Assyrian reliefs (Ashurbanipal IIRC). It is sometimes posited that this, accurately or otherwise, reflects a shortage of mounts amongst the nomads after the Great King's punitive actions, or simply doubling up out of desperation to escape the beastly Assyrians. |