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Miniatures Adventure => Old West => Topic started by: The Gray Ghost on March 09, 2011, 12:49:45 AM

Title: Making a Western style fort
Post by: The Gray Ghost on March 09, 2011, 12:49:45 AM

Any tips on making one of these?
Are there any premade wall sets out there?

Title: Re: Making a Western style fort
Post by: FifteensAway on March 09, 2011, 06:05:44 AM

I think we need to have your question better clarified to give you a useful answer.  Do you want a wooden stockade?  Do you want an "open" fort which is what most of them were?  What scale are you working in?  Let us know and I'm sure one of us or more will chime in to help you out.

Title: Re: Making a Western style fort
Post by: Glitzer on March 09, 2011, 09:57:55 AM

Osprey did a book about them, I doubt you could build a realistic one on your table, maybe you could build an edge of one.

Then again you could build one of those Movie-Forts which should work quite well for a Wargame.

Title: Re: Making a Western style fort
Post by: Malamute on March 09, 2011, 10:29:01 AM

If you want a Hollywood inspired wooden stockade type then try this from Frontline Wargaming:

http://www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/

Designed for French and Indian Wars, but I reckon it would look the part with some yellow kneckerchief wearing dirtyshirt blue cavalrymen standing on the ramparts. :)

Title: Re: Making a Western style fort
Post by: The Gray Ghost on March 09, 2011, 01:35:34 PM

Quote from: FifteensAway on March 09, 2011, 06:05:44 AM

I think we need to have your question better clarified to give you a useful answer. 

Sorry about that.
I'm looking for western style log fort in 28mm with the log buildings, not so much an entire fort but enough to fight in and around it.

GG

Title: Re: Making a Western style fort
Post by: Tom Reed on March 09, 2011, 02:45:15 PM

Old Glory has a pretty nice one I've been eyeing for some time, and if you are an Army member you can buy it at 40% off.

Title: Re: Making a Western style fort
Post by: richarDISNEY on March 09, 2011, 02:47:03 PM

Here is pics of the Frontline one...
http://www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/photos/25/newfort1.html
http://www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/photos/25/newfort2.html
http://www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/photos/25/newfort3.html
http://www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/photos/25/newfort4.html
http://www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/photos/25/newfort7.html

Here is some from Grand Manner...
http://www.grandmanner.co.uk/shop/product.asp?strParents=0&CAT_ID=74&P_ID=583
http://www.grandmanner.co.uk/shop/product.asp?strParents=0&CAT_ID=74&P_ID=584

Title: Re: Making a Western style fort
Post by: Axtklinge on March 09, 2011, 08:54:18 PM

As mentioned before there's a some alternatives if you're into buying one, but IMO it could be a great chance to build one yourself, as big or as small as you'd like it to be.
And you could even build it in sections so it would be both easy to store, and also to get it bigger/smaller according to the game...

:)

Title: Re: Making a Western style fort
Post by: timg on March 09, 2011, 08:55:25 PM

Quote from: Malamute on March 09, 2011, 10:29:01 AM

If you want a Hollywood inspired wooden stockade type then try this from Frontline Wargaming:

http://www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/

Designed for French and Indian Wars, but I reckon it would look the part with some yellow kneckerchief wearing dirtyshirt blue cavalrymen standing on the ramparts. :)

If only someone made such figures, Hollywood cavalry would be great. Nice link to the buildings, some usefull stuff.

Title: Re: Making a Western style fort
Post by: saltflats1929 on March 09, 2011, 09:11:15 PM

Have a look at these guys.
http://achesoncreations.com/