Early Imperial Roman Bolt-Shooter

Every Roman Centuria within a Legion was equipped with a Light Bolt shooter (either Scorpion or Manuballista). These were manned by regular Legionaries and used in the field or defensively from forts or during sieges. They were capable of hurling a large dart or bolt at much longer ranges than the typical bow and added some devastating long-range, heavy-hitting firepower to any Roman Legion.

There is a useful image on Trajan’s column depicting this Bolt-shooter with cylindrical drums laying siege to a Dacian hillfort.

You get a lot of bits to really customise each figure and make your bolt-shooter bases look ready for business.

If you want to convert this into a Late Roman bolt-shooter, you can easily convert some of the Late Roman infantry figures from the Victrix armoured, unarmoured and archer sets.

This product is one frame of plastic with a single weapon and 4 crew, manufactured by Victrix Ltd.
No bases included. Miniatures require assembly and painting.