Yaks siege machines completed and now sold!

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Heres the completed entry for this years ‘bought at cosford for under a fiver’ build. The Zvezda kit cost me £4 and is not something i’d normally do but i like things that are a bit unusual. Built out of the box except for the rope for the ballista and the catapult , which was made using bait elastic. What to do with them now though? Well “I have a cunning plan”, I think I’ll bang them on e bay, some wargamer might buy them and I might even get my money back !
Thanks for looking
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Just superb Tony!
You have made a reet gud job and no mistake. I love the 'metal work'.

Very neat build(s)
Yet another excellent £5 worth for the Cosford Shelf.

Ron
 

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Hi Tony
Cracking job. Most unusual. Far smaller than I imagined so even more credit to you for such a nice result.
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Top job. Even more so when you see the final picture giving some scale!

Very realistic finish on the wood, and a great plan to move them on.
 

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Looks great. If you want to sell them to gamers they may need basing though, and if you add a few little lads to crew them you may well quadruple your initial outlay....
 

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Stunning work Tony. They really are the DB's. I will keep an eye out for them on Evilbay :thumb2:
 

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Looks great. If you want to sell them to gamers they may need basing though, and if you add a few little lads to crew them you may well quadruple your initial outlay....
So the games guys like things on bases eh? I think ive got a bit of static grass somewhere, if not ive some green grass type stuff on a roll i might use a bit of that . You obviously know what youre talking about Tim , is a simple grass base the best option? Cheers tony
 

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Usually yes, they like them on basis.
To be honest, ancients isn’t my bag, so I can’t really advise further, but look at a couple of on line blogs or sites to get an idea.....”The miniatures page”, also known as TMP would be a good place to start.....also have a look at EBay and see what is up for sale...
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This sort of thing suits I think.....
Cheers
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They turned out very well Tony.
If they were mine, by now I would be in the workshop figuring out scaling them up and build them in wood.
No evil plan to take over the world, just for fun (and I might be able to flog them to the middle ages museum not far from where I live) lol

Do they actually work?
 

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They turned out very well Tony.
If they were mine, by now I would be in the workshop figuring out scaling them up and build them in wood.
No evil plan to take over the world, just for fun (and I might be able to flog them to the middle ages museum not far from where I live) lol

Do they actually work?
No , the catapult moves but it would have been a bit of a pain if not virtually impossible to get them to work. The principle seems to be a piece of twisted leather/ sinew which the throwing arm goes through that provides the elastic recoil , in the kit its obviously just a solid piece of plastic . As simon t said it could maybe have been made workable using twisted rubber bands but it would have been a faff , and the ballista was the same principle only two of them and smaller. Cheers tony
 

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great work on these,s two Tony,well done ,:thumb2:
 
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Tony, great work and nice to see something very different, as Tim said wargamers like things on bases, but they wouldn't be hard to find and shouldn't cost much.

cheers
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These look fantastic, Tony. I'm sure they will fly out of your hands on eBay!
Like others I didn't realize quite how small they are.
Great work!
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