15mm F&IW Fort and Terrain piece

[Barry S]

Hi,

I just thought I'd share some photos of a 15mm modular FIW Fort I've been working on. Unfortunately it's not for me but a friend in the US but I plan on making a more compact version for myself, someday.




It is modular and the bastions are a little different to what I had originally had planned. Overall I'm reasonably pleased with the result but I am really pleased with how the tree wrap worked and I feel an Indian village may be added to my own wish list sooner than I had thought. Should you read this SI, I highly recommend you pick some up for your Indian village

I still need to add some ladders...  ::

Finally, a reasonably newish terrain piece for my FIW games, though it could naturally be used for other periods and conflicts.





I would have liked to have made the areas of flock under the trees a little darker and to have had it more heavily wooded but I wanted to find a happy medium between looking good and playabilty. Overall I'm happy with the result.

Cheers,

Barry

PS: The trees are removable.

[Calimero]

Really nice work Barry

[Shikari Sahib]

I like very much the fort, compliments
Piero

[Silent Invader]

Great work Barry, an inspiration as usual.  

I have saved copies of the fort images as there are a lot of features that I want for my palisade that will protect my interpretation of (a bit of) Albany.

The tree wrap you mention.  Is that what was used for the roofing of the buildings?  If so, it is very, very effective!     But, what is tree wrap?  I'm not familiar with the term.

The rocky outcrop is excellent as well.  

I really admire that you are doing this in 15mm - you have the scope for 'bigger pieces' but oh so fiddly.  

Excellent.  

[Captain Blood]

Brilliant work, as ever, Barry 

[Barry S]

Thanks for the kind words gentlemen.

The tree wrap you mention.  Is that what was used for the roofing of the buildings?  If so, it is very, very effective!     But, what is tree wrap?  I'm not familiar with the term.

Until an article in Wargames Illustrated, I had never heard of the stuff myself and I searched for sometime without luck. Foolishly it never occurred to me to ask some friends in the US about the stuff. As to what it is for, hopefully one of our American friends can help out here, however, I believe it’s wrapped around the trunk of the tree to protect it from severe frost, rodents, etc. There are a couple of variations , one is a fabric, but the other is paper. At first glance it reminds me of very thick crepe paper.
 
I finally managed to find someone in the US who would send it to Australia and I plan on making myself a village as described in the article this time.
This is who I bought mine from: http://cgi.ebay.com/TANGLEFOOT-3-X-50-TREE-WRAP-GREEN-FRIENDLY-PRODUCT-/110601522139?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c05d4bdb
Since then I’ve also tracked down an Australian supplier...  

I’ve bought the Sketchbook 56 series by Ted Spring which is also mentioned by Herb Gundt in the article. They are around A4 size and the artwork may not be the finest (in the words of Herb, “amateurish done”), but they are packed full of useful information and are well worth the cost, especially the Indian Allies title. Unfortunately the link provided below shows it as being out of print, but I have seen it listed on a few sites selling these types of books so you may find a copy around the place.

Here are the links to the six books in the series which have a few sample pages to view:
1: Roger’s Rangers
2: French Marines
3: The Highlanders and Provincial Rangers
4: Spanish Colonial Infantry 1739-1781
5: The Women of the French War era
6: Indian Allies

[Christian]

That's wonderful work! I eventually want to do some kind of frontier American fort for my Mountain Men... but that's for next year. Who is your supplier in Australia of the Tree Wrap?

Thanks for sharing!

[Barry S]

Thanks Christian.

Green Harvest Organics were the stockist. I say were as I've just had a look and I can't find it now. Probaly just had a 'man look', as my wife puts it 
IIRC it was $20.00 + postage a roll:
http://www.greenharvest.com.au/

FWIW, the eBay seller I bought mine from was great to deal with and was the only seller, both on eBay and traditional retail store I contacted, that offered reasonable postage. All the people I contacted seemed very nice and helpful though

[Silent Invader]

Thanks Barry.  Lots of useful info that is much appreciated. 

[Christian]

Barry, your credibility (man-cred?) has been restored!

I called Green Harvest, they just don't stock it anymore! They've replaced with some plastic tape rubbish.

Apparently it was just getting too expensive for them...

So ebay it is

[FifteensAway]

Simply stupendous.  I'm off to hunt up some tree wrap.  Lucky for me I'm in the states.

[OSHIROmodels]

Very nice work there on both the hill and the fort 

cheers

James

[Mad Doc Morris]

Unbelievably believably executed.
You SHOULD be pleased.

[Barry S]

Thanks guys.

I have to admit to have referred to the following thread when building the hill: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=13267.30

I used pine bark for the cliff face. I have built one or two smaller pieces in the past, but this is the first with any real height. I plan on buildign a couple more as time permits. I did give it several washes of green, rust red and brown, but they don't really show up in the photos and the washes may have been too washed out.

[OSHIROmodels]

Ooo, that's my thread. Thank you, I'm glad it was of some use   

cheers

James