Neat Mediveal stuff

[Forward Observer]

The mods can move this if they want, but this forum just seemed like the place to post this right now.

I swear I have no affiliation with any of these companies, but just thought it would be of interest to the org members who visit this exact forum, and didn't want ot hide it away in something like the history forum or the community forum where people are more interested in the "hot babes" thread.

Anyway, here are some neat things I have found to decorate your MedievalTW or RomeTW computer space.


While cruising around Amazon.com, I came across a line of medieval themed toy soldiers that are quite nice for the price.

They have a good many of the types of units depicted in Medieval2.

Here is a picture of a 3 soldier set for only $14.95. Individual soldiers are about $5, but if mounted about $12. They are 3 to 5 inches tall according to the descriptions.

Looks like they were lifted right out of the game don't they?

Mounted knight-there are several versions


They have foot knights, archers, crossbowmen, halberdmen, pikemen, and mounted versions for the knights and archers.

They also make a rather large castle with drawbridge and towers to the scale of the figures plus a catapult, jousting and siege tents, and characters depicting royalty. The castle is pricey at $150 plus, but I guess it is all relative and I sure your kids would love it.


The company that makes them (Schleich) is German and this line is actually also carried by the Target stores, but Amazon seems to have better prices. I think I’ll drop by one of my local Target stores and pick up an armored knight just to set up on my PC station at home.

The company also makes Mid-Eastern medieval soldiers and crusaders, but I only found them at a higher priced Toy soldier site. These probably would not have a big US market right now given the current political atmosphere.

Here the Amazon page link, if you’re interested:

http://www.amazon.com/Schleich-Mixed...117484-8218553

Also while on the Amazon site I was looking for related books, but in doing a search on the word “Medieval armor” I found these. The prices are unbelievably cheap for helmets and armor. I am assuming this is the lower quality stuff that comes out of India. But $44 for a nasal helm with a chain mail aventail is pretty big bargain. They also have some nice, if not quite authentically correct, Roman legion crested and non crested helmets plus a muscle cuirass. The prices seem too good to be true, but since it is on Amazon, I would tend to trust the ads.

Listed for $44


Listed for $43


Here is the link to that page also:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...e%20Furnishing

I will repeat to the mods--move this if you want, but it did seem quite relevant to me at the time.

Cheers