Siege Ballista by Epic Miniatures

The bolt is already loaded. Someone wound the cranks. Whatever army owns this machine, they were expecting a fight — and they came prepared.

• ✔ Resin terrain piece, printed fresh to order in the UK
• ✔ Supplied unpainted — primes and paints easily
• ✔ Compatible with standard 28mm–32mm miniature scales
• ✔ Works on the gaming table and as part of a display diorama

This siege ballista is a heavy-duty battlefield war machine that brings real tactical weight to any encounter. Mounted on a four-wheeled rolling platform with iron-banded wheels, the piece sits low and wide with a sturdy timber A-frame chassis braced by crossed supports — all rendered with convincing woodgrain texture across every plank and beam. A pair of winch mechanisms with multi-spoke handles flank the central pivot block, and the torsion arm is locked back under tension, a barbed, finned bolt seated and ready to fly. The projectile itself has wicked lateral fins and a cruel point — not a weapon that leaves clean wounds.

The whole assembly reads as well-maintained military hardware: bolts are tight, the wood is solid, and the crank mechanisms look functional enough to actually work. This is not a rusting ruin — it is an active piece of siege equipment, which makes it considerably more threatening on the table.

As a multipart piece, the ballista goes together with clean fit lines that reward a careful build and an even more careful paint job. Drybrushing the woodgrain to bring out the plank texture, picking out the iron fittings in a dark metallic, and giving the bolt a contrast treatment will make this read convincingly as a seasoned weapon of war.

• Adventurers who want to add genuine battlefield stakes to a siege encounter
• Dungeon Masters running military campaigns, castle assaults, or open-field battles
• Terrain collectors who appreciate functional-looking machinery with real surface detail
• Painters looking for a satisfying woodgrain and metalwork project piece

Encounter Hook: The party crests the ridge to find the goblin warband's supply column — and at its centre, a siege ballista still cranked and aimed at the city gates below. The crew scatter at the party's approach, but the weapon is live, the bolt is seated, and someone has to decide whether to cut the release lanyard before the warlord's signal reaches them.

Details

Scale: compatible with 28mm–32mm miniatures. Supplied unpainted and unprimed. Multipart assembly required. A plain base variant (with a flat display base) and a no-base variant are both available — choose at checkout.

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