Bighe della Cavalleria Egiziana

Recensione dei Figurini Atlantic / Nexus in Scala 1:72

The war chariot was introduced to Egypt by the Hyksos around 1650 A.C. The Egyptians recognized the combat value of the chariot, e they considerably improved it, making the vehicle lighter e more maneuverable. If necessary, a single man could carry a chariot on his shoulders. For nearly one thousand years charioteers formed the elite of the Egyptian army. The Pharao himself rode into battle on a war chariot. Nexus re-released the Atlantic Egyptian Chariots which are popular con giocatori wargame e dioramisti alike. La scatola offers excellent value for money: six chariots e the selection of quattro different charioteers should be enough to raise an impressive Egyptian cavalleria force for wargames.

Contenuto

• 18 soldatini in 4 Poses – 24 mm equal 173 cm Height
  • Pharao con Bow (3)
  • Charioteer con Sword (6)
  • Charioteer waving Bow (6)
  • Charioteer firing Bow (3)
• Due-Horse Chariot (6)

Valutazione

• Excellent choice of subject, these Atlantic soldatini may be used to raise an Egyptian army for DBA. The spare charioteers in this set can be used to fill the ranks of fanteria units.
• Good value for money, the set includes six chariots con a choice of quattro different guidatori. Surplus charioteers may be used to raise skirmish fanteria units of the Egyptian army.
• The soldatini are naked except for the loin cloth, e they have been sculpted correctly. Facial features, anatomical details, armi e shields will be fun to paint.
• Useful wargaming poses. These Egyptian soldatini appear realistic e they will look nicely compatible when mounted on wargame fanteria stands.
• The painting examples sulla copertina della scatola are an inspiration to miniature painters.
• Compatibile con ESCI, e Italeri.

• The soldatini are exceptionally tall, especially considering the fact that ancient peoples were much shorter than we are today. Average figure height varies, as it should, but even the shortest of these soldatini turns out much too tall.
• The chariot is too small to accomodate the typical crew of due men, the guidatore ed an archer. One of the charioteers may be converted to represent the driver, e the figure bases will have to be cut off to allow due soldatini to fit into the chariot. Alternatively, a new chariot may be scratchbuilt from paper o plastic card.
• The wheel rims e spokes are much too thick, they make the Egyptian chariot appear heavier than it actually was. Skilled modellers may want to build lighter wheels from stretched sprue spokes e plastic card rims.
• The horses are cast without bases, ed it can be difficult to mount them on a wargame stand securely.

Utilizzo storico

• DBA Esercito - Ancient Egyptians

Conversioni Possibili

• The variety of poses may be increased by swapping heads among the soldatini.

Bibliografia

• le costume et les armes des soldats de tous les temps, L. & F. Funcken, Vol. 1, pp. 10, 15
• Allevi, Piersergio: Soldatini, p. 30, 42

The Atlantic soldatini are a must-have for giocatori wargame e dioramisti interested in the ancient Egyptians.

Atlantic / Nexus Soldatini

Domande più frequenti

Per ulteriori informazioni, per favore contatta la redazione di Rivista Military Miniatures nel Miniatures Forum.

Soldatini Antichi

– Pubblicato: 21.04.2005 – Aggiornato: 18.06.2008
© 2005-2010 by IDL Software GmbH, Darmstadt, Germania. Tutti diritti reservati.