Fort Vaux for Partizan - WIP

[Driscoles]

this looks like lots of work.
Well done !

[James Morris]

Thanks everyone for the supportive posts! I was hoping to put some pics up today but have been just finishing it all off! This evening, I finally based Major Raynal, glued in the last oil lamps and put the finishing touches on the 75mm gun turret that I made last weekend in a fit of over enthusiasm!

Looking forward to the show, see some of you on Sunday. 🇫🇷

[marianas_gamer]

Looking forward to pictures from the game!
LB

[AlyMorrison]

James...
A fantastic and well supported game...and congratulations on a well deserved best of show.

All the best. Aly

[tin shed gamer]

James,
What a game ,and a well deserved win,fire alarms and all,
Mark,

[James Morris]

Thank you Aly and Mark! I'm not always fussed about prizes - there were plenty of fine games at the show - but this one means a lot.

[Patrice]

  Just seen this thread! Astonishing - I never thought it could be gamed.

[Etranger]

The award was the least you deserve, given the amount of work that you've put in!

[mrtn]

Looks like a great game.
Are the walls textured at all, or just printed? Looks great in the pictures.

[cardophillipo]

Brilliant work absolutely fantastic looking terrain and figures. Can I ask what dimensions the bunk beds were need to make some myself and yours look great.

Cheers

Richard P

[James Morris]

Thank you for the kind comments! I wasn't sure it could be gamed either, but a lot of research and mucking around with concepts went into the final model.

To answer two questions:
The walls are textured card by a German model railway company called Vollmer. It's printed and embossed as well with the stone pattern, so saved me a huge amount of work. I just gave it a matt varnish spray and then added some streaks and stains.

The bunkbeds are made out of Warbases mdf bases. I just ordered a job lot of 20x30mm rectangles.  The dimensions were really dictated by the size of the barracks rooms, but they do look about right. I assembled them all in one evening using a hot glue gun. Blankets were added from resin baggage castings, foil, green stuff etc. the pillows are single sandbags from the Renedra sprue.

[cardophillipo]

Great thanks for the info. Again a superb piece of work and thoroughly deserving of its award.

Cheers

Richard P 

[cardophillipo]

Apologies if I missed it but where did you get the brick pillars from?

Cheers

Richard P 

[James Morris]

Apologies if I missed it but where did you get the brick pillars from?

Cheers

Richard P 

The brickwork is an embossed brick foam product from Faller called Decorflex (it's actually N gauge stonework, I bought it with a possible view to building a 1/144 model of the fort as well). I cut it into pillars, scored in the side detail and painted it brick colour.

[cardophillipo]

Brilliant thanks for the info