SI’s Dorking 1875: UD 11/4 British Lifeguards converted

[Hu Rhu]

Steve,

If you haven't already got a copy then this book has quite a good range of images for the period you are looking for.

[NurgleHH]

Thanks all 

 

Victorian Dads Army pretty much sums it up.

You’re going to wince Dirk but at the moment the German Force is all Bavarian 
I love Bavaria but then I’m from Essex 

I expect I’m going to expand my Germans to also include Prussians at some point BUT for big games like Dorking, Herr Malamute is accumulating an army of solid, efficient, Prussian goodness. 

[Ewan]

This is another book that may be of if use.
This is a project that I’m looking on with interest.

[Silent Invader]

Dirk I’m not sure what you were trying to say? Was it beer o’clock (Bier Zeit) when you posted? 

Gary and Ewan - thanks so much for the book recommendations. I will certainly be following those up. I’ve got a fair amount of info on some Volunteer Corps but - fastidious pedant that I can sometimes be  - I really wanted to include units from where I have a personal connection as they might have been at a specific time point; I guess I’ll do the best research I can and then compromise . Tracking down some of these specifics can be difficult if not impossible.  A later addition to the project will be mounted Volunteers - Essex didn’t have any and it’s Yoemanry wasn’t highly rated at the time - but I’ll perhaps put together something representative of a Yorkshire unit. 

[Blackwolf]

Loving the detail you're putting into this Steve,excellent 

[Emir of Askaristan]

Ditto .... !
Excellent work. Please keep sharing.

[Elk101]

You could release a Dorking sourcebook! Impressive.

[Silent Invader]

Thanks chaps. It’s a lot of fun trying to get into the nitty gritty of detail that Chesney left out of his story. At the moment I’m also reading the reactionary follow-up (a much more jingoistic story by Stone) that has the Germans defeated at Tunbridge Wells.

As far as any campaign goes, there’s the Dorking related games I’ll play with Oshiro, Malamute et al, plus solo stuff. I’ll also be running an adjunct that sees the Germans send a second force down the Thames to isolate and then capture the London docks, the Tower of London, the Woolwich Arsenal and The City. All of that isn’t in Chesney’s book and though he mentions the capture of the Woolwich Arsenal he doesn’t say how it was done.

[Silent Invader]

I’ve not had too much hobby time this week so just a quick update on what’s planned for terrain.

I’ve started on the first four residences:



Derived from these:



Which forms part of a bigger hamlet:



The pub, additional Georgian houses and the Victorian terrace will be derived from the following:

[carlos marighela]

Very nice!

Won’t their be a problem in the overhang of the middle building's roof with the one on the right? In the photo of the original the right hand buildings roof appears lower and at a slightly gentler pitch.

[Helen]

Looking good so far.

[Silent Invader]

Thanks both 

Won’t their be a problem in the overhang of the middle building's roof with the one on the right? In the photo of the original the right hand buildings roof appears lower and at a slightly gentler pitch.

Thanks for the question.

The 1:1 buildings are connected together by way of overlap. I didn’t get a photo of how the roofs actually abut though that doesn’t really matter, as mine are on separate tiles for alternative layouts, so I need to have a practical but aesthetically pleasing compromise.



I’m envisioning  a much smaller overhang for the middle building that will hopefully fit into the gap between it and the right hand neighbour. The angle of the right hand roof is not set in stone: if necessary it can be cut back after the middle roof is fitted to arrive at what looks pleasing for the model.



If it doesn’t work I might have to move a wall, which wouldn’t be too much of a chore.

Obviously it would have been a lot easier if both had been on the same tile - they could then have cut into each other as per the 1:1 - but I wanted to stick with A4/A5 bases.

[carlos marighela]

Cool, looks like you have it covered. Looking forward to the finished article.

[Silent Invader]

Cool, looks like you have it covered. Looking forward to the finished article.

Thanks 

I’m glad you asked as it prompted me to articulate, which is always useful for the build process. 

[Hu Rhu]

Nice start to the terrain. Looking forward to seeing these come to life with your usual attention to detail.