Not-So Merry England: progress UD 20/11/24

[OSHIROmodels]

Is the one at the bottom going to be a junction?

[FierceKitty]

I see from your photographs that the houses are heavily padlocked - so I derive from the idiom "Lock, flock, and barrel"; two of them are there already.

Admire your creativity, comrade.

[Silent Invader]

Thanks all 

Is the one at the bottom going to be a junction?

Not as such. If you’re referencing the space in front of the barn, that’ll be a sort of turning area. If you’re referencing the gap between the two small houses then no. The two houses are only roughly placed in this shot and now I’ve cut the boards (and glued on bits where not big enough  ) the gap is narrower, being just wide enough for a 25mm base. There’s no practical/logical sense in a path being there  (albeit it’s useful for gaming) so I’ll connect the two houses by extending the fence.

[Hu Rhu]

Nice additions to the board. Looking forward to seeing them based.

[Dr. Zombie]

By the looks of it you will end up with terrain for more than one table.

[Silent Invader]

Thanks chaps 

By the looks of it you will end up with terrain for more than one table.

That’s the plan 

Basically, I’ve got a table approx twice the size of the mat that will go into what will be my gaming room but I don’t get access to that room until I’ve finished renovating the rest of the house, which could be some time yet.

[OSHIROmodels]

which could be some time yet.

It will be if you keep faffing around with terrain 

[Silent Invader]

It will be if you keep faffing around with terrain 

 

And stop getting ill ....
And stop getting injured ....
And abandon my other hobby ....

 

[Silent Invader]

Following on from before, a bit more progress plus a lot of finished pieces.

These shots give a better idea of the layout of the thatched elements (the gap between the two small houses will become part of a garden). The two parts can also be brought together for a poorer village, in which case the tiled barn will be switched out for a thatched one.

PS: I have a small church in the same style that is now surplus and so will be going into the bazaar





The finished felled copse, the reworked communal privy and a couple of other bits.



The finished hedges, about 2.8m worth (they’ll need a spray of mat sealer to take off some glue shine, when I can go to the shop to buy some). In the 16thC and 17thC Essex hedges were big, so these are quite significant obstacles.



I’m intending to play a “ladder” campaign that will progress along a road, and so I’m aiming for a mix of table types representative of the key  points along the route. The campaign is set in North Essex bordering onto Suffolk, the so-called Constable Country. (In these photos I’ve included minis but I have only the 6 painted horse so I’ve had to use an unpainted foot for scale)

A pastoral setting:



















There’s a mini between the corn rows in the top shot:



A hold the road setting, with a beacon to alert when things are getting dodgy:





















Hmmm, on reflection I need some low-down mud splatter on the tents.

That’s it for the mo, just the modifications to the thatched bases to do then I’ll set up to photograph some village layouts, work up the campaign map, and switch over to painting minis.

[Atheling]

Superb 

[OSHIROmodels]

An excellent spread 

[DintheDin]

Many compliments, as you managed to combine all these wonderful scenic to a grand master plan of yours!
Eager to see it in full action! Cheers!

[BaronVonJ]

Very nice! Love the terrain and the campaign idea in general.
-J

[Dr. Zombie]

This thread just keeps getting better and better.

[Storm Wolf]

I must say that I am suffering from "terrain-envy " bloody good work, keep it up!

Glen