Nothing more soothing for jet lag than a few leisurely sessions at the workbench. Nothing better for that than a few quick wins to feel as though progress is being made. First up, an engineers' cart with oxen for the Romans.
It seems suitably appropriate given we spent a few hours at Herculaneum when we were staying in Naples. It's like a pocket size Pompeii, but with a few extra special additions.
What I hadn't realised, was that due to the different way in which Herculaneum was impacted by the eruption, a large amount of organic material was preserved, something that didn't happen with Pompeii. While this is fascinating, some of it is rather ghoulish. The skeletal remains of three hundred people who were sheltering in buildings at the waterfront were found. Those actual remains are not on display, but plaster casts of them are and it's quite moving. A poignant reminder of the disaster that occurred here.
As for my engineer figures, they are conversions of various Victrix plastics, using arms from the scorpion bolt thrower set.
A quick stop in the very well stocked Entoyment near Poole saw a few unplanned purchases. That included another MDF cart and load, this time for my American War of Independence games. It's a combination of a Warbases cart with a resin load from Depot Battalion.
