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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: ushistoryprof on 26 March 2012, 07:04:28 PM
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From humble beginings a quick stockade takes shape. The idea was to make a "quick" built looking post that was usable for many time periods and adventures.
How I built it from start to finish can be found at theses sites:
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/when-only-stockade-will-do-wip.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/stockade-wip-ii.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/stockade-weapon-positions-and-watch.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/stocade-is-only-as-strong-as-its-maine.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/main-gate-yes-sally-port-of-course-wip.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/stockade-wip.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/12/stockade-watch-tower-wip.html
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A pirate captain watches the main gate with one of her cannon.
more of her and her crew in the stocade are here:
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/11/les-femmes-pirate-stockade.html
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Fort overview without the watch tower-it is movable
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Rebels use the tower for signaling. More of the Rebels using the fort are here:
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/12/rebels-on-watch.html
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Even in a 1920's Pulp fight between British and Russians wooden stocades still give protection.
The battle report is at these sites:
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/12/db-adventure-3-rescue-commisar.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/12/db-adventure-3.html
http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/12/db-adventure-3-rescue-victory.html
I got the idea for this type of fort fron a similar piece in a post by Silent Invader:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=16100.0I
Thanks for looking, HProf
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Really interesting.
Seems like a very versatile piece of gaming terrain.
I immediately imagined a redskins raid vs a USA cavalry fort, or a Pict army attacking Conan frontier outpast.
Thanks for sharing.
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I am truly appalled. :-[ The very idea of you going out into your backyard and picking up sticks to cut, trim, mold and shape into such a fun and versatile piece of terrain is an affront to all gamers around the world. ;) Especially with your knowledge of the fact, that you can spend $20 to $30 PER section of fine resin casts that require painting and mould trimming. :P Do you realize how upsetting this could be to our hobby? People will have to take that money and buy, forbid…MORE figures. lol
It looks very nice, I like it. Have you hinged the doors to open and close? Great job. Keep up the originality.
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I am truly appalled. :-[ The very idea of you going out into your backyard and picking up sticks to cut, trim, mold and shape into such a fun and versatile piece of terrain is an affront to all gamers around the world. ;) Especially with your knowledge of the fact, that you can spend $20 to $30 PER section of fine resin casts that require painting and mould trimming. :P Do you realize how upsetting this could be to our hobby? People will have to take that money and buy, forbid…MORE figures. lol
It looks very nice, I like it. Have you hinged the doors to open and close? Great job. Keep up the originality.
Thanks, I had forgotten how much this could hurt the Hobby-I will have to immediatly spend some of the money saved on more lead to man the walls-besides we can always use more lead o_o! And yes both gates do have wire hinges to open and close.
Thanks again,
HProf
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Professor, this is stunning. I can see myself having to really struggle to resist the temptation to build one, even though I have no use whatsoever for a wooden stockade at this time!
What I think is ironic is the colour range of the all-natural wooden sections you used - had you painted them in those exact same shades, people would be all over you telling you how it was totally un-natural lol
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That's probably because the redder sticks would not really mirror the texture or colour of a full trunk (except for some more exotic trees). The grey sticks work perfectly though.
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That's a great idea! Very tempting to use that technique. What materiel did you use for the soil, particularly the soil in the corner redoubts?
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That's probably because the redder sticks would not really mirror the texture or colour of a full trunk (except for some more exotic trees). The grey sticks work perfectly though.
A-yup! lol
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This looks like it could also be a fun and constructive product to do with kids at a elementary school.
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Oh! One trick I've used when using real twigs as logs is to give a slight yellow ochre wash to the cut ends. Twig flesh is whiter than trunk flesh.
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That's a great idea! Very tempting to use that technique. What materiel did you use for the soil, particularly the soil in the corner redoubts?
Thanks, the soil is a thin and uneven layer of wall plaster, after the plaster drys, I glue sand on about 90% of the plaster. I then paint everything a watered down dark brown and progressively dry brush three lighter shades of color ending in pale white in selected areas. Certain areas are given grass-I was going for a look of trampled sod with some areas barren of grass and others with more green surviving the stomping, clod footed soldiers. The redouts were done the same way only I cut foam to fit each and raise the firing platform level first.
HProf
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