Hunt the Tzar (Salute 2017)

[levied troop]

Our RCW game at Salute 2017, using Triumph and Tragedy rules.  A very busy day, didn't get to complete, or even half-finish the scenario (Bolsheviks try to re-capture the Tzar, who has stopped in the little village of Oxostock to celebrate mass) but a lot of fun talking to a great variety of people:

[marianas_gamer]

Really great looking table I would love to have played!
LB

[jambo1]

Superb looking table and nice minis too! Well done to all.

[Johnno]

Really nice   

Any chance for a rundown on the buildings (scratchbuilt or commercially available)  and how the surface was created?

[Marine0846]

Love your photos.
Your terrain is outstanding.

[levied troop]

Any chance for a rundown on the buildings (scratchbuilt or commercially available)  and how the surface was created?

The buildings are mostly Grand Manor AWI, 'cos a timber house is basically a timber house   and I added a teddy bear thatched roof to a couple of them to match some Russian houses I'd seen photos of.  The church and 1 of the buildings are 1st Corps, which really are gorgeous buildings, and the graveyard is scratched from various bits and pieces I had lying around.  The two village wells you can see were scratchbuilt by one of my colleagues, Baron Hardup.



The cloth is a basic teddy bear fur, sprayed with Halfords car spray (I really need to work it up again to reduce the contrast) and shaved back to roughen it up. The roads are shaved in to the backing cloth and then builders caulk is used to provide a road surface.  The useful bit is that it all lies quite naturally over some hill formers and the really useful bit is that it is easy to transport and store.

[Driscoles]

Heyyyy wow 
Thanks for gaming with our rules at your presentation.
Hope you had fun.
Best regards
Björn