Quite a big terrain project (FINISHED! - 3rd October)...

[Malamute]

Great, those tree stumps look excellent.

 Can't wait to see this in the flesh, its only 7 weeks to go

[Captain Blood]

Ooookeeee...

I've textured board 2 using a wet mix of PVA, sand and paint, then added some 'features', then primed the whole thing...





Here's a close up of the pond.
And there's a mini palisade thing to defend the road into the settlement.
By the way, it looks a bit strange because there are several bare, flat areas - that's where the buildings are going to go. And trees of course. Lots of trees.



The bridge over the river. This is a basic matchstick and coffee stirrer construction.



A section of broken walling around the back of one of the houses.
I'm guessing the area fought over in the F&IW was a mainly timber fence environment - but Heck, I figured there are rocky outcrops in the landscape, so why wouldn't those colonial types have brought drystone wall building skills across to the New World?

The wall is literally built from aquarium gravel with lots of PVA slapped on it. Slightly fiddly but the effect is better than plastic or resin cast wall...



More fields...



Boards one and two together... The join is rather obvious at the moment. It won't be once the landscaping and 'greening' goes on.









And now onto board three - rivers and trackways sanded out, main lumps of hill and rockface added... 





More soon...

[Michi]

Most impressive! I´d like to do some shoot outs between these corrals...

[JollyBob]

A chap really could fall out with you, you know... It all makes my board look very dull.

Top work Captain, I hope I get a chance to play on it this year. 

[Luc]

Bluntly very good

[dodge]

Itsll coming together nicely 

[Captain Blood]

One thing - what's the triangular shape in a corner of the third board going to be?

Ah, well the stockade / fortlet is going in that corner - hence the ditch and rampart.
I was toying with the idea of building a small ravelin in front of it - but decided it's looking a bit cramped already in that corner, so there isn't really room to do it justice.

Might need to add a fourth board with some decent earthwork fortifications instead 

[OSHIROmodels]

And then you could add a fifth board that has a plateu with a waterfall included and then a sixth board that includes the shores of one of the great lakes and then a seventh board.....

 

Looking very good  Oh, to have a garage to work in 

cheers

James

[Hammers]

And then you could add a fifth board that has a plateu with a waterfall included and then a sixth board that includes the shores of one of the great lakes and then a seventh board.....

...and a n^th board where British soldiers embarks for North America.

[Captain Blood]

Oh, to have a garage to work in 

Now James, you're not asking us to believe that you don't have a beautifully equipped studio-workshop to produce those exquisite miniature masterpieces of yours? 


Anyway, here's another minor update: the third board is now iced - sorry, contoured.

There goes another 1Kg tub of B+Q's finest ready mixed filler...








And a close-up on how the outer defences for the stockade are developing...




Next step will be to apply the texturing and detailed rockwork to this third board, titivate the river surface (add shingle banks for the ford and so on), add a catwalk over the defensive ditch, then prime...

Then onto painting all three boards together. For the basic groundwork I'm planning to use a spraygun to see what effects I can get. Should be interesting 

[Barry S]

Thanks for the WIP reports. Full of interesting ideas and tips.

[OSHIROmodels]

Now James, you're not asking us to believe that you don't have a beautifully equipped studio-workshop to produce those exquisite miniature masterpieces of yours? 

'Fraid so old bean, and what a good idea for a thread, everyone who's got a workspace to post a photo of it 

I like the third board but I would've thought the palisade would be a bit more regular (haven't done much research in this area so please correct me if I'm wrong  )

cheers

James

[Malamute]

We're gonna need a bigger room

Awesome stuff indeed Captn. I can't believe how quickly the last couple of boards seem to have come together.

[Captain Blood]

I like the third board but I would've thought the palisade would be a bit more regular (haven't done much research in this area so please correct me if I'm wrong  )

No, you're not wrong. The stockade / blockhouse itself (Grand Manner) has a nice neat palisade. I just fancied something a bit more 'thrown together' looking for the outer defensive works. Pure capricious taste, that's all. 

[OSHIROmodels]

No, you're not wrong. The stockade / blockhouse itself (Grand Manner) has a nice neat palisade. I just fancied something a bit more 'thrown together' looking for the outer defensive works. Pure capricious taste, that's all. 

Nothing wrong with that 

cheers

James