Pillboxes for Holland 1940

[TacticalPainter]

I should say Kazemat of course, being the Dutch term for pillboxes. I've been getting a little preparation done for a forthcoming Chain of Command campaign set in Holland 1940 where the Dutch player will be able to call on Kazemat as part of their fortification options. I've made these using 20mm MDF pillboxes from Blotz. These are designs based on British pillboxes of the late thirties and early forties but they bear a fairly similar resemblance to some of the designs used by the Dutch. I'll want them to use in other theatres, so I wasn't looking for something exclusively Dutch, just close enough.

There's a longer post/tutorial on how they were made that you can find here: https://thetacticalpainter.blogspot.com/2021/10/pillboxes-in-20mm-for-holland-1940.html

[fred]

Very nice results, and a good tutorial

One question, after all the work you have done on these, was using a commercial MDF kit as the base useful, or would have scratch building them been a similar amount of effort?

[TacticalPainter]

Very nice results, and a good tutorial

One question, after all the work you have done on these, was using a commercial MDF kit as the base useful, or would have scratch building them been a similar amount of effort?

Thanks. Yes, I thought about this when looking to see what was available, I think what got me over the line with Blotz was they are relatively inexpensive. Given the time it would have taken me measuring out and cutting foamcore or some other material and sticking all six together I thought the investment in the Blotz ones was worth it, but you do have a good point. If I was only making one then scratch building would definitely be an option, which is something I did when I needed one for a game set in Singapore:

[DonFabrizio]

Great work. And good to see that you indeed have turned your atention to the low countries:)