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Medieval Gunpowder Castle Artillery

Discussion in 'Friends of planetFigure' started by Paul, Feb 4, 2018.

  1. Paul Active Member

    Country:
    Germany
    Bit of a mixed titel but seeing as one of the guns seem to be fixed as if mounted permanently on a wall, it sort of fits all the possible uses the set could be used for, both in defence or seige of a Castle or also, in the case of the handgonners, field warfare.
    Made by Ultima Ratio, this is a very nice set. 4 sprues each with 6 bods, a pavise and stand alone Cannon. Flash is virtually non-existant. The Bod Holding the 4 barrelled Handgonne has a bit of excess plastic between his Body and the weapon´s handle but it doesn´t affect the Overall look.
    Me, I give it 10/10, simply for the Quality of the sculpts and the subject matter.
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    Handgonnes
    The Pavise has the message "In Vino Veritas" (In Wine, Truth) on it and a priestly looking type praying to a wine goblet. I´ve done a bit of searching around but found no Pavise with the Slogan on it so maybe it´s an Joke on the part of the scupltor.
    The gunner holds a flaming brand to ignite the gun. A slow match or a heated iron would be more accurate but the brand is ok..
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    The Guns.
    I´ve seen examples of them in print but I can´t remember where. They look late medieval or Renaissance.
    Anyways..only one bod per gun? Surely the one with the enormous bipod gun wouldn´t be able to aim and fire the Thing?
    OOB, the bipod is falt along the gun so it Needs warming up in hot water and twisting into a realistic Position..hardly any work at all.
    The large gun on the stand would more than likely be a fixed weapon on a Castle wall but I´ve made it into a field weapon.
    Again..the gunner has a brand
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    Cannon Ball Masons.
    One is Holding a shot measuring board. The holes are numbered from top to bottom I-IV. Why four hole sizes? Possibly the availabe guns come in 4 calibres? Why he´s Holding an axe I´ve no idea.
    The bod kneeling has a lot of chipping ahead of him if he wants the shot to fit even hole number IV.
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