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Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Medieval Prison Wagon

Not a lot of evidence of there actually being such things in the medieval period. There´s a couple of so called medieval prison wagons at the Mittelalterliches Kriminalmuseum( Medieval Crime Museum)  in Bavaria but looking at them they look like (at the best) late medieval ones.
No smoothing down of surfaces on this wagon...it´s not intended for pleasure rides so I wanted it looking as rough and ready as possible.
The bod is from the strelets Norman army on the march set and the Oxen from one of the recent Linear-B or Strelets Transport  sets 
The door I´ve left open so that "passengers" can be added later.
One Problem solved. Normally I fix the beasts to the base and then do the basing, adding the cart or whatever last. This means the  height of the towing bar has to be adjusted taking into consideration a level of basing material which nearly álways means the Yolk doesn´t exactly match and a lot of fiddly adjustment is needed. With a movable towing bar the height is instantly variable.
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20 comments:

  1. Jay9 July 2013 at 07:20

    Nice modeling!

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  2. Phil9 July 2013 at 08:27

    Another great treasury...love this!

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  3. A Miniatures Hobby Room9 July 2013 at 09:10

    I ike it! What is the lower section for? Animals?

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    1. Paul´s Bods9 July 2013 at 11:47

      Thanks Vol
      The "lower section" is the seats, Not very apparent from the pics I must admit and the angle does make it look like there´s a lower section.The wagon has two benches to the left and right.

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  4. danny9 July 2013 at 09:11

    Hola
    Interesante modelo
    un saludo

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  5. The Angry Lurker9 July 2013 at 09:41

    Nice work, maybe a few prisoners?

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    1. Paul´s Bods9 July 2013 at 11:42

      Thanks Fran.
      That´s why the door is left open so passengers can be added later...when i find some more decent looking sitting bods.

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  6. Unknown9 July 2013 at 09:49

    Monty Python has these in The Holy Grail and that film was absolutely true historically:)

    Very nice build Paul and clever idea on the moveable bar.

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  7. Unknown9 July 2013 at 09:50

    I'll contact you via PM to arrange a time for next month. Thank you so much for participating. It will be an honour to be beaten by you:)

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    1. Paul´s Bods9 July 2013 at 11:45

      Don´t Count the hatches with the chicks? Nope, that was wrong..don´t let Count hatch have a chicken...? Also wrong.
      28mm isn´t realy my scale...different style of painting so it´s anyones field...or chicken run...

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  8. Schedler Vincent 9 July 2013 at 09:53

    Great work , nice figurine .
    Cheers

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  9. peter9 July 2013 at 10:16

    You did it again Paul! Really nice work!

    But the door is open because you let escape the prisoners! :-D

    Greetings
    Peter

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  10. Michael Awdry9 July 2013 at 10:27

    Now that is a tidy bit of modelling and just the job for transporting transgressing peasants or even slaves across the country - failing that you could always use it when the circus comes to Bodstonia! ;)

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    1. Paul´s Bods9 July 2013 at 11:48

      The Circus!!! Bugger...why didn´t I think of that. I´ve actually got some lions that are lying around as if in a Cage.

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  11. David9 July 2013 at 12:56

    Love it. Must give it a try!

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  12. Moiterei_19849 July 2013 at 12:58

    Wonderful work! I realy like the look of the wooden parts, as they look almost natural.

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  13. Alois Nebel9 July 2013 at 23:18

    Like :-)

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  14. Evan Hughes9 July 2013 at 23:36

    But where's the Childcatcher...?
    ; )

    Terrific work!

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  15. Rodger10 July 2013 at 03:44

    Really like the wagon Paul. Excellent work!

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  16. BigLee15 July 2013 at 09:10

    Looks like your 'Pimpage' and 'Blatant reposting' worked, your name was third out of the hat so you can pick a prize. The Perry Pilgrims and WWII stuff has already been claimed but you can still pick from the Celtos Selection, the Heresy Thrud collection, The Osprey Modelling guide, or the two other painting guides.

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