Hallo an alle, leider ist das Set Babylonian Army von Caesar nie erschienen. Die angebotenen Figuren von einem russischen Händler sind alle Prototypen und wirklich nie offizieller Bestandteil eines eventl. Sets von Caesar gewesen - leider Gruß Andreas
Hach, die Babylonier Nebukadnezzars oder Nabonids wären sicher was als Gegner der oder Hilfstruppen der Assyrer und Perser. Notiz an mich: Mehr um gute Babylonier werben.
Logical thinking, so I can share my successful experience ordering from this St. Petersburg company two years ago.
I ordered the Muwattali II and Ashurnasirpal II figures, as it was the most efficient way possible to do this in Berlin. The company did a nice job considering the circumstances, but the main issues were 1) They are rather expensive and 2) In addition to paying the company, I also had to pay a customs fee when they reached the EU. So in total the two figures ended up costing about 50 Euros, which is definitely the most I have paid per figure in the 1/72 scale. Also it is a time consuming effort, as I think it took about ten weeks from the initial order for it to arrive in Berlin. They are sitting next to me on the desk here along with the Pharaoh's Chariot from Set #42 of Caesar's, so happy to have gone to the effort.
A historical word on the "Babylonians" of Caesar. One of the reasons I believe they were not released was because they had a major historical accuracy error. Several of the unreleased masters (particularly those of the archers with hair and beards) look fine, but the spearmen are NOT Babylonians. They are based mostly on a single image from Plate D in Healy 1992's New Kingdom Egyptians (Osprey Elite Series #40). The image states quite clearly that they are Canannites, and are shown fighting an LBA Egyptian/Kmt chariot team. As you guys likely know the Canaanites lived in the Levant and had their heigh 1,000 years prior to the Neo-Babylonians, so releasing them as Babylonians would have been erroneous in terms of time period and geography. Given that they are still nice figures though, as the Canannites are underrepresented in the scale as well and they work great with the other LBA sets such as the aforementioned Egyptians/Kmt and Hittites for Qadesh.
I actually never knew that Caesar made some sets that they rejected. I saw some of the pictures online. My anti-virus and anti-malware programs are going haywire over the site they are on, but I managed to look at the pictures, via google. I hope your computer hasn't been infected with something. Enjoy the figures :)
Thank's for the information. They look goog for Caesars figures but are very strange with their shaved heads for Babylonian soldiers : right ,Uthey could be "Cananeens"...
Yes I agree, always having the sets released is preferable even if there are major historical accuracy issues just because they are usually useful somewhere.
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