Desert Empire Guard Tower by Steepled hat Studios

admiral God Posts: 652	Desert Empire Guard Tower by Steepled hat Studios Jun 7, 2018 13:28:39 GMT KevinC and mottdon like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by admiral on Jun 7, 2018 13:28:39 GMT Steepled Hat Studios has released a new product, namely a prepainted Desert Empire Guard Tower for 28mm duty. Should be fun for some Folding Fortress Chaos Dwarfs:
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mottdon God Quadfathered Posts: 6,009	Desert Empire Guard Tower by Steepled hat Studios Jun 7, 2018 13:58:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mottdon on Jun 7, 2018 13:58:33 GMT Looks good! I suppose the door gives us an idea as to the scale of this model.
	My armies: Empire, Dwarfs, High Elves, Wood Elves, Dark Elves, Lizardmen, Skaven, Tomb Kings, Ogre Kingdoms, Orcs and Goblins, and Skitarii (40K).

admiral God Posts: 652	Desert Empire Guard Tower by Steepled hat Studios Jun 8, 2018 8:04:02 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by admiral on Jun 8, 2018 8:04:02 GMT Available on Etsy as well. There's also this shot over on Ebay with 28mm historical models:
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Desert Empire Guard Tower by Steepled hat Studios Jun 11, 2018 17:38:31 GMT

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Post by admiral on Jun 11, 2018 17:38:31 GMT

Designer's notes copied from T9A:

Hello everyone.

I would like to introduce to each of you the company's first official release: Steepled Hat Studio's Desert Empire Guard Tower

This Desert Guard tower was created with 25 / 28 mm wargaming in mind. Using elements based off of both real world historical findings and fantasy, Steepled Hat Studios has created this prepainted resin tower for gamers who just want to get right into the thick of things! Just open up the box and this scenery piece is ready to see action!

Perhaps you need a place for your mummies to chill out? Are the Assyrians on a rampage and some Lamassu are at home protecting the realm? Maybe you're raiding the tombs of some forsaken desert land and need a place to store your loot? Are the Macedonians coming and you need your Persians on look out? Want to watch the Seleucid Elephant Parade from within the tower?

Designer's Notes:  When I first built this tower's blueprints I was studying the ruins of Persian cities Pasagarde and Persepolis and really wanted to build something with the Gate of All Nations (another structure built with Lamassu involved).  However, I did not find or recall any battles that took place near or within the direct vicinity of the gates, so I decided to get a little creative with it.
The Middle east is littered with ancient citadels and watch towers, and it did not take me long to find a tower style that I liked and appreciated.  Lamassu are a sort of "Guard" or protective deity in Babylonian based religion and by putting them within the walls of a guard tower, I just thought it made sense!

Once the tower was released and I first began selling the piece, a fellow on one forum I like to post my army progress and projects on took a look at it and said something like "I sure hoped you shared this piece with the Chaos Dwarf Community".   Oh Man! I honestly hadn't even thought of Chaos Dwarves and their Lamassu.  I was then reminded of the Infernal Dwarves and The Ninth Age , where dwarves that would very much appreciate such a tower still existed...

It seems then my initial goal was realised - to create something that could be used in historical wargames but also be placed and make sense in the Fantasy realm!  With this first product I approached The Ninth Age forum admin group and have decided to create products that can be perfectly compatible in T9A also while satisfying my own historical tastes.

If anyone wants to see more or read more about the Desert Empires Guard Tower, you can check out their sales pages here:

Ebay
www.ebay.ca/itm/142823142055
Etsy
etsy.com/ca/shop/SteepledHatStudios

You can check out our Facebook Page as well, which showcases product releases as well as our own personal hobby works.
www.facebook.com/steepledhatstudios

If you have any questions please feel free to send me a message or leave them here as a reply. You can also email me at steepledhatstudios@gmail.com

Thank you everyone! Stay awesome!

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