Saturday 13 October 2012

Medieval artillery (New)

The master of artillery is looking pleased..and so he should be, he´s just recieved a delivery of 4 new weapons! Not yet based, I´ve still to find a create the  crews.
All these are made from Resin and lasercut parts and are from Fredericus-rex.
Pot-de-Fer, (Iron Pot)  First described in 1326. This was more a shock and awe weapon than anything really effective. A large iron or sometimes bronze pot used for firing large arrows (Garrets) to a range of 180 meters..

Veuglaire (Fowler) A generic name, these came in loads of different designs and were usually breech loaders. Unlike the Zvezda one, this is a stationary one, weighed down with stones to counteract the recoil. This version has a removable bar (at the back) which can be moved up or down the holes in he post to alter the angle of fire.
Bombards. Again these came in a wide range of designs and sizes. Mainly muzzle loaded, some of the larger ones had a removable rear chamber which in some cases was attached with a screw thread, like the Great Turkish or Dardanelles Bombard.
Here, the biggest bombard alongside a Perry 28mm..doesn´t look to out of place as a piece of field artillery.

Hello to Comrade commissar fromthe  Fear Bunker Blog.  Another new blogger and a great painter of 20 and 28mm bods. His WWI german inf are very good.

I´ve had to put the moderation function  on the Bodstonia Blog in order to filter out some vary odd spam comments. The blog seems to attract some very strange traffic...might have something to do with people googling for 18th century womens undergarments.

23 comments:

  1. Those are awesome! Love the pot-de-fer and the bombard looks perfect with the perry mini.

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  2. of artillery pieces valuable and, of course, very well-paintings. Thanks for the interesting information accompanying this post.

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  3. How about other pieces are they too small for 28mm?

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    1. The Pot-de-Fer is definately to small, they reckoned, using the picture, that they would be about 80-90cm´s long, which would make the model too small for 28mm. the other weapons. The Veuglaire looks fine alongside 28mm and the wheeled bombard, seeing as there was no fixed sizes for them could be used as well.

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  4. Like the finish on the bombards - you've got that cast iron look down.

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  5. The detail on the wood is amazing, it looks totally real!

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  6. I actually did a post the other day on my fantasy blog about the lack of artillery in fantasy, so naturally, I'm digging these pictures. Excellence.

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    1. Hi jason.
      Synchronicity! :-D I´m of the opinion that blackpowder weapons make sense in fantasy. There´s a lot of dwarves (even in 1/72nd, the caeser set) who are armed with rifles etc which bear a resemblence to late medieval hand held firearms..and..if magicians populate fantasy realms then they would be more than capable of inventing them, especially, as you´ve written, the Pot-de-Fer, a fantasy type looking weapon if ever there was one :-D
      Good write up btw
      Cheers
      paul

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  7. I love these Paul! I've never heard of a pot-de-fer before today so thanks for the background.

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  8. The iron pot looks like a very mean machine! Thanks for sharing this as I had never heard of this kind of weaponry especially so early in history.

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  9. The big gun works well with 28mm. Both figures are very nicely painted, lets see a few more of those perry figures.

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  10. Excellent looking models Paul! And very good painted!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.be/

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  11. More boom for your buck! Sweet job!

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  12. Very nice looking big guns Paul!

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  13. "Nice" weapons!
    Do they have a brand?

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  14. What a fantastic collection - I was just reading about the increased understanding of the impact of artillery during the War of the Roses actually!

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  15. A magnificent assemblage of some very mean looking artillery. And that 28mm fellow looks impressive as well. It's very admirable work.

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  16. I wouldn't fancy standing next to the Iron Pot when its lit, that looks like it could be messy!!! Great stuff Paul.

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  17. Fantastic work Paul, I really like your bombards!

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  18. wow increadible work a nice selection of weapons, all ready to bring hell, inconsistently, down upon the foe.

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  19. Cracking set mate any plans for crews?

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