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Author Topic: Not-So Merry England: UD 6/2 Hedge Gates  (Read 84158 times)

Offline Silent Invader

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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 18/11 Manor House moat plastered
« Reply #660 on: November 19, 2021, 08:25:52 PM »
Lovely icing there Steve.
Bake-Off next year?  ;)

If only I had the patience  :D
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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 22/11 Manor House WIP
« Reply #661 on: November 22, 2021, 04:57:10 PM »
A little bit more work. Sieved Sharp Sand, glued to the earthen areas with waterproof PVA.





When it’s dried, I’ll sand the river smooth and then give it a coat of thinned PVA for protection. After that, I’ll use GS to sort out the gaps in the wall then add a milliput edge around the entirety of the board.

NB: At a later stage I’ll be adding fine sand to the cobbles, so they blend better, for a finished effect like that in the following images of the village







« Last Edit: November 22, 2021, 04:59:27 PM by Silent Invader »

Offline Malamute

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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 22/11 Manor House WIP
« Reply #662 on: November 22, 2021, 04:58:51 PM »
Coming together nicely. ;D
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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 22/11 Manor House WIP
« Reply #663 on: November 22, 2021, 05:02:18 PM »
Ta very much.

Seeing the above pictures together reminds me that I’m in a quandary about adding a well to the Manor House yard. The well adds some playability to the village but the yard is much tighter on space.

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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 22/11 Manor House WIP
« Reply #664 on: November 22, 2021, 06:45:24 PM »
Nice update,steady progress 👍


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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 22/11 Manor House WIP
« Reply #665 on: November 23, 2021, 09:15:00 AM »
Ta very much.

Seeing the above pictures together reminds me that I’m in a quandary about adding a well to the Manor House yard. The well adds some playability to the village but the yard is much tighter on space.

Leave it out. It would make an interesting game where the occupants of the seized manor sorted out to bring back water from the nearby river etc

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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 22/11 Manor House WIP
« Reply #666 on: November 23, 2021, 10:14:01 AM »
Ta very much.

Seeing the above pictures together reminds me that I’m in a quandary about adding a well to the Manor House yard. The well adds some playability to the village but the yard is much tighter on space.

Leave it in  ;D
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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 22/11 Manor House WIP
« Reply #667 on: November 23, 2021, 10:44:42 AM »
Thanks all  :)

Regarding water, I am reminded of Dick Strawbridge and his French chateau. I recall that his moat was originally used for both the supply of drinking water and the disposal of effluent. In which case, the moat could be fed by a spring, with the moat then being the house’s water supply.
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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 22/11 Manor House WIP
« Reply #668 on: November 23, 2021, 01:34:52 PM »
Leave it in  ;D

Make it removable for playability  :o

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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 22/11 Manor House WIP
« Reply #669 on: November 23, 2021, 01:48:29 PM »
Simply beautiful work.

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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 22/11 Manor House WIP
« Reply #670 on: November 26, 2021, 06:50:35 PM »
Leave it in, leave it out …. All the options!  :D Thanks for the comments  ;)

Small update. The timber-framed extension has planked walls whereas they need to be plastered (as in the village pictures above). First step is to cover the planks with 0.25mm plasticard.





PS: I realise the some areas need a sole plate
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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 22/11 Manor House WIP
« Reply #671 on: November 28, 2021, 12:47:48 AM »
Looks great! 👍

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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 22/11 Manor House WIP
« Reply #672 on: November 28, 2021, 08:04:44 AM »
Leave it in, leave it out …. All the options! 

Shake it all about?
But gently, I’m dying to see this finished :-*
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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 6/2 Hedge Gates
« Reply #673 on: February 06, 2022, 03:12:51 PM »
No significant progress to report on the Manor House, as I’ve been otherwise engaged with the Prelude to the Battle of Dorking, 1875.

Howeve, late last year I purchased many, many feet of the Debris of War hedges and what do hedges need…. Gates!

These are 3D prints of soft cover and hard cover types:



And with the DoW hedges (damn I should have used an ECW mini!):




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Re: Not-So Merry England: UD 6/2 Hedge Gates
« Reply #674 on: February 07, 2022, 10:18:05 AM »
Wonderful. You make wargaming great again! Hope for a meeting in October this year. Must see your stuff in reality.
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