Come, up with you now, climb aboard my chariot! 28mm Trojan Wars chariots

       Having grown tired of painting infantry I turned to the Bronze Ages equivalent of knights; chariots! In most game systems they are either wildly overpowered or just a poor substitute for light cavalry. Midgard they can function as hard-hitting, but fragile, fast-movers. Depending on how you arm the crew they are a missile base or can charge home (preferably against the flank or rear of an already occupied opponent). The historical record is unclear as to how they were employed in Bronze Age Greece. I prefer to think of them as skirmishing knights that also acted as transports for the heroes who engaged in individual combat.  Either way they need paint and basing.

       So often I have seen chariot models popping off of bases. I don't care to do things twice so I worked out a method of securing my models that has held up across decades. Most important is that you are gluing the metal, not the painted metal, the bare metal. Even with commercial grade primer things will fall apart if you try gluing to paint. I get this by using a sanding board to strip the bottom of the wheels to shiny metal.

 

 

if it's shiny you have gone far enough, a little extra texture also helps the glue hold 

 

 

I texture my bases after the horses are glued on but before the chariot is added

you need to take careful note of where the wheel contacts the surface 

 

then add a couple of fat drops of glue to the contact area, 

I attach my ground effects with a 50/50 mix of carpenters wood glue and paint

this is on top of the matte board so there is a structural glue bond from top to bottom 

 

 

as that is soaking in I add a tiny spot of glue to each wheel and place the chariot onto the base

I then make sure the yoke is contacting the horses and glue it in place as well 

 

 

they just need reins