Sunday, August 23, 2020

Early and Later Mycenaean Chariots

 


Box chariot with Dendra armoured charioteer




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






10 comments:

  1. Fine work on the chariots! Are you building both early and late Mycenaean armies?

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    1. Thanks Jonathan, yes I am, I have spearmen with figure of eight and tower shields started and have painted some later ones already.

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    1. Thanks Michal, Eureka have some nice ranges.

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  3. Lovely pair of mycenaean chariots!
    Best Iain

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  4. Lovely Mycenaean chariots, Mike. I love Salimbeti's site.

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    1. Thanks Dean, same here it's a great site. Do you have any of the large scale figures he's sculpted?

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