Wagons and Carts Tutorial

Wagons and carts help add life and variety to medieval scenes. There are unlimited numbers of designs, and a great variety of purpose for different horse drawn vehicles. Below are 4 designs that John or myself have used in our own builds.

Let’s start with this 4 wheeled farm wagon that I used in my Nordheim Paddock build.

It’s a pretty simple design that does allow for the front wheels to turn via the 2×2 turntable. Some ladders and 3 long bars make up the sides.

A 2×2 plate in the color of your choice makes a nice cushion for the driver to sit on.

Ready to haul some hay!

Next is a sturdy 2 wheeled cart. In this first picture, it’s upside down to show how the axle for the wheels is attached.

The clips to hold the axle fit nicely on either side of the 1x2x4 bracket. We used 2 different kinds of brackets on the top side to allow for some offset in the loaded materials (silver bars in this case).

The horses harness clips on like so.

The 1×4 tile at the front is held on by the clips below.

Moving onto a 2 wheeled cargo cart, this is a design I’ve used numerous times. Some plate modified with clip and handle make up the skeleton of the sides.

Then some plates tiles, more plate modified, and a 4×6 plate are added.

Again this cart has a bit of articulation via the turntable.

Another load of goods ready to move out.

Last for this tutorial is a chariot that John used in his Kingdom of Ferrari MOC. This section is shown upside down so you can see how it’s put together.

We used some fancy inverted quarter domes for the body of the chariot, but simpler parts could work just as well.

The ‘reins’ the fig is holding are just one long string with studs on both ends. Another short string was attached to the outside of the horses harnesses.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on medieval carts and wagons, and if you ever have suggestions for other tutorials, or questions about a design, be sure to let us know!