28mm Early Imperial Roman Ballista

This will start off my Legionary artillery, a 30mina stone thrower, it will have quite a range on the gaming table in hope of flushing out enemy troops trying ambush my Romans. Mostly manned by ordinary legionary rank and file, the legion did have a small specialist cadre to supervise maintenance and training.

Comprising of a Ballista acquired from 'Warlord Games', I retained the engine but discarded the associated crew for being too diminutive, I replaced them with Some Aventine Miniatures; A legionary and two figures from an auxiliary command pack.

 Based on plasticard base 60mm x 80mm with dirt, grass tufts etc. The crew are in the act of launching a 30 mina stone (33lbs or 15Kg in weight).

 

 

 

The Roman legion had its own artillery, apparently 1 stone throwing engine and 6 light scorpio bolt shooters per cohort. With 10 cohorts in a legion that gives 10 Ballista and 60 scorpios per legion. My 6th edition WRG rules uses a ratio of 1 model to represent 5 engines, so that would give me 2 Ballista models and 12 scorpios per legion.

I'm only going to have 3 cohorts of legionaries, so I'm limiting that to 1 Ballista model representing a 30mina stone thrower as pictured above and 3 scorpios (1 per cohort.) for my army.

Anyhow next on the painting bench will be the 3rd Legionary Cohort, I was thinking of adding a baggage train and encampment, so I'll see if time permits.

All the Best,

Peter.