Greek Bireme Crew Members Part II
$4.00 Greek Bireme Crew Members Part II
3D
Published 2023-06-09T08:56:11+00:00
These figures in 1:72 scale are intended as additional crew for a ancient greek bireme or trireme. They comprise one barefoot flutist who is playing a pair of aulos flutes - you can find him on innumerable ancient vase images. There is a steersman who is wearing a tunic and a cloak. The third item is a marine with a bronze cuirass, crested corinthian helmet, cloak and spear, and who is holding a (separate) shield. I suspected that the marine might have actually had trouble getting some of that magnificient equipment on board a real bireme (which likely had strict weight and space regulations) so, feeling guilty, I purposely did not give him any greaves.
Update 17.11.2023: Added two poses of the marine without the spear directly attached, plus a separate spear, so that you can print both out separately. Also, there now are two poses of the same marine in a fighting formation, with spear raised and shield lowered....admittedly this pose will be of limited use onboard a bireme, but he looked impressive enough on my tabletop that I included him here anyway :). A mini-animation of this gentleman can be found at https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz4lDWSPs6O/
The best way to print these guys out in the original scale is with a resin printer, and those are the results shown in the pictures here. However, I have successfully printed out both the steersman and the hoplite on my FDM printer with standard settings (0.4 mm nozzle dia), although the aulos flutes of the third characters are too small to print out this way at 1:72 scale.
| Date de publication | 09/06/2023 |
| Price | $4.00 |