The Lore

Travelling amidst the valleys and hills, between the mountains and forests, a band of mercenaries renowned for their prowess makes their way from town to town, marching along their convoy of caravans, under their carmine banner baring the symbol of the griffon. The Scarlet Griffon company, known for their mastery of defensive warfare and employment of the peak of medieval technology, lends its aid to all who is able to pay their price.

The wagons they man are not mere supply and knight carriers, but they are more. Outfit with the best engineers and with a discipline unmatched, these folks are capable of turning their unassuming wooden convoy into a moving fortress, converting every battlefield they take part of into a defensive battle from which they can fight inside their wooden fortress.

Town Squares can be turned into mighty fortifications by parking wagons along the streets, while open field battles, the home of cavalry and knighthood, get reduced into a hostile field where the heavily armored warriors become less effective in. Even in sieges these formidable warriors can be employed, providing heavy support with their mortars and bombards, and providing cover to archers and hand cannoneers with their mantlets and wagons alike. Wealthy merchants get escorted by these mighty wagons, ready at their flanks for any potential intrusion, most don't dare to assault the griffon, and those that do often see their charge meet wooden walls, and the barrel of a primed hand cannon.

Regardless of the scenario, if you have the coin, and you require the aid, the scarlet griffon may lend its claws to fight fiends and foes alike. That is if you can stand the smell of powder and ale, along with roasted sausages...

Model Features

This large set includes six fully functional wagons, revolving around their ability to transform from a travelling mode into an encamped mode, in which the vehicles transform into a large fort-like structure by parking them one next to each other.

It includes the following features:

Six wagons with 5 different designs, all of which can be turned from a wagon into an outside fortification for the fort
Pieces of nature that can be used as such, or turned into a Horse Pen, a table, a tent with a cooking fire, and 3 pieces of palisade walls
Six Pavise Shields concealed as a wagon roof
A detachable mantlet wall for extra archer protection
Six (6!) Noble steeds that can either pull the wagons or be used by the knights to ride to battle!
10 Minifigures, which include 2 Engineers, 2 Hand Cannoneers, 2 Spearmen, 1 Knight, 1 Officer, 1 Arbalester and 1 Kraken Knight
A cannon that actually shoots, as well as two other gunpowder weapons for display
A beautiful cypress tree!
An armory's worth of extra weapons and shields to outfit your knights in whichever way you want!

Inspiration and Creator's Statement

This model is inspired by actual medieval history, with bohemian (current day Czech Republic) war wagons and several gunpowder weapons that, contrary to popular belief, did exist in medieval times! My hope with this model is to inspire others to create and make new things with their medieval minifig armies, by not only using your imagination, but to also explore and read about history, not to follow it to the T, but rather to create new things!

These war wagons became, in history, a way to even out the playing field against cavalry by creating what is essentially a mobile fortress, that can be set up with just a little bit of time, allowing people to defeat well-armored knights even with much lesser gear. While this was the intention and inspiration, this model also draws from other settings and stories, and is meant to be enjoyed in whichever way you as the owner would prefer!