Parthian (DBA) 'edifice' and servants
Feb 1, 2023 19:51:43 GMT
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Post by carll on Feb 1, 2023 19:51:43 GMT
Having completed my BIG DBA Parthian army, I turned to providing it with a camp or other townscape or edifice. So far I have painted some camp guards, an armed follower and an element of country folk to service my BUA (city, fort or village) when its made. (I am dithering on using those I already possess of ‘Arab’ stock!)
But I wanted something distinctive for my Parthians so (with limited factual material from my limited research) I decided upon a Zoroastrian temple and Magi to serve this (in DBA terms) ‘edifice’ !! The results are below. (I may cross post the temple on scratch building with separate images).
The ‘temple’ is a simple box construction, mainly from left over parts from an earlier Chinese project. The base and walls are mdf, the roof is card (with a polystyrene dome), the roof lifts off. The back wall inside has a ‘mural’ celebrating Ahura Mazda and Zarathrusta / Zoroaster, and the eternal flame. The eternal flame is a mix of styrene, card, old plastic top, and metal cast ‘bowl’ from the CP Models 25mm set, ARG09 ‘Editor Of The Games’. The flame pedsatal sits inside temple but I have shown it separately to illustrate it.
The figures are 25mm / 28mm: two Magi are conversions of the current 28mm two druids from the Irregular Miniatures, ‘Religious & Rabble’ range, RR1, as is the female follower, whom I armed with a javelin. The two camp guards are dismounted 28mm cataphracts from Irregular Miniatures, and the ‘country folk’ are from same trader, and their first (25mm) version of RR6, (from way back in 1980s, not the current 28mm set of same code), named ‘Group of women, slaves, elderly and children with scythe, pitchfork, club or spear’.
CarlL
But I wanted something distinctive for my Parthians so (with limited factual material from my limited research) I decided upon a Zoroastrian temple and Magi to serve this (in DBA terms) ‘edifice’ !! The results are below. (I may cross post the temple on scratch building with separate images).
The ‘temple’ is a simple box construction, mainly from left over parts from an earlier Chinese project. The base and walls are mdf, the roof is card (with a polystyrene dome), the roof lifts off. The back wall inside has a ‘mural’ celebrating Ahura Mazda and Zarathrusta / Zoroaster, and the eternal flame. The eternal flame is a mix of styrene, card, old plastic top, and metal cast ‘bowl’ from the CP Models 25mm set, ARG09 ‘Editor Of The Games’. The flame pedsatal sits inside temple but I have shown it separately to illustrate it.
The figures are 25mm / 28mm: two Magi are conversions of the current 28mm two druids from the Irregular Miniatures, ‘Religious & Rabble’ range, RR1, as is the female follower, whom I armed with a javelin. The two camp guards are dismounted 28mm cataphracts from Irregular Miniatures, and the ‘country folk’ are from same trader, and their first (25mm) version of RR6, (from way back in 1980s, not the current 28mm set of same code), named ‘Group of women, slaves, elderly and children with scythe, pitchfork, club or spear’.
CarlL
