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| Box chariot with Dendra armoured charioteer |
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| Rail chariot |
Here are two Mycenaean chariots that I've just finished painting, both are by Eureka Miniatures from their Bronze Age Greeks range. The first one is a box chariot with a charioteer in Dendra armour which dates to the end of the 14th century BC. The second one is a rail chariot which first appeared in the 14th century but is mainly depicted in vase paintings dating from 1300-1150 BC. The back drop photo is of the hill behind Mycenae.
Andrea Salimbeti has an excellent website, The Greek Age of Bronze: Weapons and Warfare in the Late Helladic Time 1600-1100 BC, which has a very interesting page on Mycenaean chariots:
http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/chariots.htm
Fine work on the chariots! Are you building both early and late Mycenaean armies?
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan, yes I am, I have spearmen with figure of eight and tower shields started and have painted some later ones already.
DeleteLovely work sir!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal, Eureka have some nice ranges.
DeleteLovely pair of mycenaean chariots!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain.
DeleteNice painted chariots!
ReplyDeleteThanks Biblicrafts.
DeleteLovely Mycenaean chariots, Mike. I love Salimbeti's site.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, same here it's a great site. Do you have any of the large scale figures he's sculpted?
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