15NKE

Egyptian Tent - This tent is designed to be suitable for any ancient Egyptian army, although it's based on a New Kingdom bas-relief. The model is about 25mm wide, 25mm deep and 27mm tall.

$3.99

15YUR

Mongol Yurt - This yurt is designed to be used as a baggage element for any steppe army and fits on a standard 40x40mm DBM baggage base.

$3.75

15YUR-b

Nobel’s Mongol Yurt - This yurt is a larger, somewhat fancier type, and has a wood frame door and central dome. It can be used mixed together with 15yur as a Nobles élite or commander's tent of an earlier period, or instead of it for a later army.

$4.85

15ARA

Arab Tent - This tent is designed to be used as a baggage element for any Arab nomad army and fits on a standard 40x40mm DBM baggage base.

$3.75

15ARA-b

Arab Palace Tent - This large tent could be the accommodation of a king or the field headquarters of the army. It can be used by any Arab nomad army, and can also be used for several central Asian armies. The model will fit on a 80x80mm base (4x DBM baggage)

$9.85

15ARA-c

Large nomad Tent - This large tent is perhaps the most common type of "black tent". It is taller than the other nomadic tents and is primarily designed for Saracen armies, but can equally be used for any Arab, Hebrew, Central Asian or African nomad army.

$9.85

15ASX

Anglo-Saxon Tent

$4.85

15LEG

Roman Legionary Tent - This tent is designed to be used as a baggage element for any Roman army camp and fits on a standard 40x40mm DBM baggage base.

$3.75

15LEG-b

Roman Legionary Tent - This is a variation of the basic legionary tent. 15leg has fine grooves designed to catch the color when you wash the model with a dark shade, these grooves can also be used as guides to glue actual strings in place. 15leg-b comes with raised lines instead, which are designed to catch the color when you drybrush a light tone. It is also shown open on one side. In all other respects it is the same as 15leg.

$3.75

15PRT

Roman Praetorium (HQ Tent) - This is the Praetorium, the legionary camp HQ tent. 15prt is based on the relief of Trajan column and other similar references and it's sized to be as large as possible to still fit on a single 40x40 base. In a legionary camp there would be several other tents like this as well as for the general's HQ, each military Tribune and each Prefect would have his own.

$5.50

15GRK

Ancient Greek Tent - This tent is designed to be suitable for any Hellenistic and Greek army. It has half of the front outer cover tied up showing an flowing inner curtain of a lighter material. The model is about 38mm wide, 30mm deep and 18mm tall.

$4.85

15DKN

Spartan Dokana - This Dokana, or Beams of Castor and Pollux, is based on a Lakonian grave relief. Lacking any direct reference to the size, it is suitable also for 25/28mm. The model is ~45mm tall and fits on a standard 40x40mm DBM baggage base.

$4.85

15PRS

Ancient Persian Tent - This tent is designed to be suitable for any Persian army. The model is 30mm wide, 38mm deep and 20mm tall.

$4.85

15GOT

Gothic Tent - This tent is designed to be suitable for any ancient German army, but especially for the late gothic invasions period. The model is about 38mm wide, 42mm deep and 22mm tall.

$4.85

15MDV

Medieval Tent - This round tent is an example of the typical noble's field accommodations as could be seen in any medieval army camp, and can also be used for early renaissance armies. The model is about 38mm wide, 38mm deep and 36mm tall

$4.85

15RNS

Medieval Pavilion - This large pavilion could be the accommodation of a king or the field headquarters of the army. It can be used by any western medieval army, and can also be used for early renaissance. The model will fit on a 80x40mm base (Two DBM  baggage).

$9.85

15PAE

Medieval Straw Hut - This thatched hut is an example of the standard troop field accommodations as could be seen in any medieval army camp, and can also be used for several dark ages and even early renaissance. The model is 25mm wide, 33mm deep and 17mm tall.

$3.15

15OTM

Ottoman Tent - These camp tents are designed to be used as a baggage element for any Ottoman Turk army up to the renaissance. They are based on those in an original painting, and small enough to fit on a standard 40x40mm DBM baggage base.

$4.85

"HOPPIDUS" is a modular system for any ancient fortifications based around the classic ditch/embankment and palisade model made popular by the Romans. I've chosen to follow the way the Romans depicted this kind of fortification themselves. Each element will be provided in different variations all compatible with each other, to suit most ancient historical periods and taste, and to allow for the max variety. The separate walltops can be used on their own, in which case they require basing, or be superglued to the embankment. A good selection of core elements are available now, additional elements for this system will become available in 2004. Current plans for future modules include Polybian walltop, Greek walltop, and ditch and rampart version of the embankment.

15FOR-a

Straight Embankment - The basic element is a single straight piece earthwork embankment. The frontage is 40mm so as to be compatible with the 15mm scale element frontage in most rules. The depth is 30mm, and the walkway on top is designed to accommodate a DBM infantry base.

$1.85

15FOR-b

Straight Embankment with access stairs - The basic element also come in a version that has an access staircase in the back. Apart from this it is pretty much the same as 15FOR-A

$1.85

15FOR-c

Embankment rounded corner - This round corner embankment element is designed as to have no internal frontage so as to be  compatible with DBM rules. It can be used on either side so it works as both a left or right hand corner.

$1.85

15FOR-d

Straight Palisade - The basic palisade element is a single straight rather generic piece designed to fit on the earthwork embankment. The frontage is 40mm too and it can be used also on its own for a very large number of different armies, up to and well in the dark ages. The thickness is only 4mm, but the casts have proven to be well sturdy. Your basic round stakes.

$1.85

15FOR-e

Round corner Palisade - This is the round version of 15FOR-D and is designed to fit the round corner 15FOR-C.

$1.85

15FOR-f

Straight Strengthen Palisade - This is a strengthen palisade element, with stakes bounded together with ropes, in the manner

 that is often depicted in the Marian and Early imperial period. It's an alternative to 15FOR-D and it can also be used on its own as a fortification or as part of a BUA. It has four double stakes reinforcements placed at intervals on one side (the back if used atop 15FOR-A/B) but is level on the other side.

$1.85

15FOR-g

Terminal Elements - All the embankment elements are cut straight to match each other side by side. If you would like to end a line of fortifications in a better looking way you can use this end bits. Also suitable for the edges of a gap left in the fortification line to be used as gate. Each pair, one left and one right-handed are sold together as a single item.

$1.85

15FOR-h

Straight Palisade - This is a sawn timber walltop defence suitable for middle and late imperial period. It's another alternative to 15FOR-D and it is designed to be used atop 15FOR-A/B.

$1.85

15FOR-i

Gate - You can form a gate simply by leaving a gap in the fortification line, and eventually use the module 15FOR-G to cover the ends. For those who prefer to have a proper fortified barred gate, Roman style, this is it! The Roman armies introduced the use of carrying gates like these with their baggage as pre-fabricated elements, and erect them anytime they pitch camp, regardless of the kind of fortifications that where erected for the perimeter, so this sawn timber example is suitable for any style of walltop you choose for the rest of the camp. This gate is a complete subsystem which consist of a base formed by two truncated embankment elements, (left and right, each with his timber stockade) which leave a full module frontage (40mm) gap, and a wooden barred gate of the same frontage to close the gap itself. This forms the base for a separate wooden superstructure to defend the gate, which include a pontoon, a frontal parapet

 and two sides with access ladder.

$26.25

15FOR-l

Double Depth Embankment - This module is an an alternative single straight piece earthwork embankment to be used in place of 15FOR-A and 15FOR-B. The frontage is the same 40mm module, but the depth is just under 60mm, and the walkway on top is designed to confortably accommodate a DBM artillery base. This module can be used with any walltop style you prefer.

$3.15

15FOR-k

Straight Palisade - This is a strengthen palisade element, with stakes bounded together, but in a more crude manner which is more appropriate for dark ages and more barbaric armies in general. It's another alternative to 15FOR-D and it can also be used on its own for a number of different armies, including Ottoman Turks or as part of a BUA. The back is the same as the front.

$1.85

15FOR-m

Straight Palisade - This is another strengthen palisade element, with stakes bounded together with ropes, in a slightly different style of 15FOR-F but also appropriate for Caesar's army (Marian period). It's yet another alternative to 15FOR-D and it can also be used on its own as a fortification or as part of a BUA. The back is the same as the front.

$1.85

15FOR-n

Straight Palisade - This is a lighter palisade element, with smaller stakes bounded together with ropes, in the manner which would also be appropriate for several North African and Middle East armies of the biblical period. It's also another alternative to 15FOR-D and it can also be used on its own as a fortification or as part of a BUA. The back is the same as the front.

$1.85

15FOR-o

Round Corner Palisade - This is a round corner strengthen palisade element, suitable for use with both 15FOR-F and 15FOR-M.

$1.85

15FOR-p

Round Corner Palisade - This is a round corner strengthen palisade element, suitable to use with 15FOR-K.

$1.85

15FOR-q

This is a set of two shortened "L" Shaped Corners, 1 DBM element wide by 1 element deep (40x40mm) at the base embankment. While the module themselves are quite different the inside part is identical to the truncated embankment elements 15FOR-S, which are also the same used for the fortified gate 15FOR-I and 15FOR-W and therefore are compatible with all Hoppidus gate elements.

$4.37

15FOR-r

Round Corner Palisade - This is a round corner strengthen palisade element, suitable to use with 15FOR-N.

$1.85

15FOR-s

This is a set of two truncated embankment elements, the same which are used for the fortified gates 15FOR-I and 15FOR-W and therefore are compatible with all Hoppidus gate elements. They can be used for leaving small gaps or as end elements in a line of fortification (as alternative to 15FOR-G), and are therefore made available here also on their own as a separate code.

$4.37

15FOR-t

“L” Corner Embankmet - This is a "L" shaped corner element, especially designed to allow elements to defend right on top of the embankment and still be legal under DBM rules. This module can use any of the straight walltops 15FOR-D, 15FOR-F, 15FOR-H, 5FOR-K, 15FOR-M or 15FOR-N,

$3.75

15FOR-u

This is a round Sawn Corner Timber Palisade element, suitable to use with 15FOR-H.

$1.85

15FOR-w

This is a complete Gate Subsystem for medieval armies, based on the one depicted in the Mittelalterliches Hausbuch.  It consist of a base formed by two truncated embankment elements, (left and right, each with his timber stockade) which leave a full module frontage (40mm) gap, and a wooden bar of the same frontage to close the gap itself. This forms the base for a separate wooden superstructure to defend the gate, made of a tree trunk roughly shaped and hold up by two supports.

$26.25

15FOR-1

This is yet another Palisade Module, this one made with sudes stakes bounded together with ropes, and half buried in the embankment. Sudes is Latin for stake or pike. They were part of the standard legionary equipment and presumably used as a perimeter defence of an encampment. Also termed valles, they were wooden stakes 4 to 5 feet long, tapered to points at both ends with a cut out "handgrip" in the middle. They may also have been used to create a palisade or picket defence in front of a position prior to an enemy's expected charge or attack. These stakes are often incorrectly termed Pila Muralis or "Wall Spear" which instead probably was a particularly heavy javelin made for throwing down from walls. Experiments that show them to be easily pulled out if used as a fence are all done by driving them into a finished rampart, but more likely they were inserted into the rampart as it was built and the soil packed around them, so that half their length was buried. This way they would still reach up beyond the bottom edge of a defender's shield, and be much harder for an attacker to pull out.  It's another alternative to 15FOR-D and it is designed to be used atop 15FOR-A/B.

$1.85

15FOR-2

This is another sudes Fence Module, but with more of the stakes left out of the ground, for those who prefer the classic interpretation.
It's another alternative to 15FOR-D and it is designed to be used atop 15FOR-A/B.

$1.85

15FOR-3

This is another Wooden Fence as described by Polybius, in Book XVIII Campaign of Flamininus in Thessaly and Battle of Cynoscephalae. It is a fence top of interlocked branches

$1.85

15FOR-4

These are solid tree trunk studded with iron spikes and used as a Removable Barrier to close small gaps in a fortification line.

$2.50

15FOR-ax

This is a low, Shallow Base that allows the wall top palisade modules to be used on their own, as a more temporary kind of fortification, without the embankments. It's the same 40mm wide frontage, but only 15mm deep, and can be used with any of the walltops as field defences but would also be appropriate for Roman marching camps using 15FOR-1/15FOR-2 (Imperial) or 15FOR-3 (Republican).

$1.85

15FOR-tx

This is a Generic Corner, fitted with a large wooden post, to connect any module based on 15FOR-AX at right angle. It's 15mm square, and respects the no internal frontage requirement in the DBM rules. When using low palisades the post can be easily trimmed down to fit the required height.

$1.85