Kickstarter campaign successful!

I have forgotten to up-date this page for a while.
I have had a KickStarter campaign where the miniatures was funded. Go to the KickStarter page for more information.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/707879967/makedonian-miniatures
or Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Kestrophedrone
If you missed the Kickstarter campaign it is possible to pre-order på lokking at the Kickstarter page and then email me what you want at bjorn_floderus at yahoo dot se.

To the printer with you!

Not much happened over the Eastern Holiday (I suppose you are not interested in children pictures from Riga?).
But today I am back at work and I have good news!
The figures have now been sent to a printer! And after that a few master figures will be made.

Have I found a picture of the Kestros?

Have I found a picture of the Kestros?
I don't think so , but this coin is described as representing a kestros or a lyre.

The obverse of the coin is a Makedonian shield, but the other side of the coin is described as: " Warren offers a compelling insight on the reverse design: “On this Thessalian issue the kestrosphendone would be as apposite as the harpa, the special weapon of his hero namesake, on the reverse of Perseus’ similar Macedonian copper coins.” This type (cf. SNG Alpha Bank 1147–8) also carries a Macedonian shield on the obverse."

Follow the link for more information: http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=281123

Picture of the prototypes

Now I have more to show than just a few renders. I have only printed one of the bodies and two of the heads. When you look at the pictures remember that they were printed with a low resolution 3d printer, this is not the finished result. If you look carefully you can actually see all the edges from the layers.

I am very happy with the miniatures. They will get some minor corrections, like the sword will be reduced in size and the nose not as wide (remember this is heroic 28mm scale, and so are their noses!) :-)
The plastic is very light grey, so it can be a little hard to see details.

And another thing, if you have Facebook you can follow my project there:
https://www.facebook.com/Kestrophedrone

Shielded slingers

There are some pictures showing slingers with shields. 
Was it common for slingers to have shields?
What would be the benefit of having a shield? I suppose it won't give any protection from in-coming missiles, but the shield would make it possible for them to fight other skirmishers in melee.
My figures will not have shields, but they have been design with shields in mind so it is possible to add a shield to them.

Here is a random picture I found on internet. He is a Thracian, but I have no idea if they really had shields (I could of course look it up in Webber’s excellent book “The gods of battle”, but I am at work right now).

Menhir, our sculptor

Now I want to talk about Menhir, the project's sculptor.

He is a new (at least for me) up and coming sculptor from Argentine.

So far he had made two Kickstarters (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nickryan/fantasy-champions-from-around-the-ancient-world-se) and has some more projects in the pipe-line.
He has been very good to work with, giving me a lot of advice for how to improve the miniature from a sculptor and casting point of view. I can recommend him highly.
You can get in touch with him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theprotobitsproyects

You can read an interview with him here (it is both in Spanish and English, the English version starts midwaydown): http://bernohn.blogspot.com.ar/2014/08/another-interesting-kickstarter-menhir.html

All three bodies

Now I have all three bodies and six heads! The third body is reloading, and the head is wearing a kausia, a Makedonian hat that has maybe survived in todays Afghanistan (the Pakol)!

So what is next? I am waiting for the protype to show up. I got an email on friday telling me that they have shipped it!