First World War terrain boards SECTION 3 (TRENCH) updated 11th October

[Doomsdave]

Those buildings are brilliant.  The posters make them even better.  I missed the original thread on the boards so glad you decided to "add-on".  Look forward to seeing the completed whole.

[carlos marighela]

Lovely buildings but do the posters suggest that Jerry has made it as far as England? I very much doubt HMG was conducting a recruiting drive in Belgium or northern France. Very useful if you fancy modelling the naval bombardment of Hartlepool though. Maybe replace with something in French?

[thejammedgatling]

Lovely buildings but do the posters suggest that Jerry has made it as far as England? I very much doubt HMG was conducting a recruiting drive in Belgium or northern France. Very useful if you fancy modelling the naval bombardment of Hartlepool though. Maybe replace with something in French?

Beneath the posters there are strong magnets so I can swap them with an ever growing collection of British/ French/ Belgian/ German adverts/ posters etc. These were the first two I did and I quite liked the look of the torn and damaged posters...they also cover up any trace of the magnets underneath. Plus as I said I mean to use these for VSF as well as historical so it does not really bother me.

Those buildings are brilliant.  The posters make them even better.  I missed the original thread on the boards so glad you decided to "add-on".  Look forward to seeing the completed whole.

Thanks. I'll put some more up here as they are completed, plus the actual town boards themselves.

[Poiter50]

Lev, good to see you back working on gaming pieces, your stuff is always inspirational, even if only inspiring me to go out and buy more terrain/scenery. 

Beneath the posters there are strong magnets so I can swap them with an ever growing collection of British/ French/ Belgian/ German adverts/ posters etc. These were the first two I did and I quite liked the look of the torn and damaged posters...they also cover up any trace of the magnets underneath. Plus as I said I mean to use these for VSF as well as historical so it does not really bother me.

Thanks. I'll put some more up here as they are completed, plus the actual town boards themselves.

[thejammedgatling]

Lev, good to see you back working on gaming pieces, your stuff is always inspirational, even if only inspiring me to go out and buy more terrain/scenery. 

Cheers Pete. You'll have to come over for a game test when they're done.

[Poiter50]

Love to, maybe when I am back from the IWF in Wellington, NZ.

Cheers Pete. You'll have to come over for a game test when they're done.

[carlos marighela]

Beneath the posters there are strong magnets so I can swap them with an ever growing collection of British/ French/ Belgian/ German adverts/ posters etc. These were the first two I did and I quite liked the look of the torn and damaged posters...they also cover up any trace of the magnets underneath. Plus as I said I mean to use these for VSF as well as historical so it does not really bother me.

Thanks. I'll put some more up here as they are completed, plus the actual town boards themselves.

That's really very clever then.  I like that idea so much I must steal it. I must say the overall look of your boards is quite wonderful.

[Mr.J]

I'm glad you added to this thread or I would have missed the rest! Your original boards are stunning, can't wait to see what you do with the town section. The poster idea is genius!

[Muskie]

My name is Muskie McKay and I approve this thread.

 

I gotta get back to my terrain tiles.  I gotta get back to working on hobby projects period.  My life seems stuck in neutral of late.

[Muskie]

I added this thread to my collection.  ;-)

http://musksminiatures.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/hows-this-for-a-trench-table/

[Rabbitz]

They are  looking fantastic mate,   Come on, show us the rest 

[thejammedgatling]

Thanks for the feedback.

I got to spend a few more child free hours in the garage today and thought I'd take a few piccies of what I meant by the interchangeable sign system I had been working on:


Le Cateau in 1918






a few of the range of signs (I've made about 120 now )


a spot of Victorian science fiction...





The magnets hold them fairly well in place. They are just printed onto fridge magnet sheet. The fonts are period correct as far as I have researched (if anyone has more up to date knowledge or images then please do pass them on). They were created in Illustrator and the bullet marks etc are all added digitally. The VSF posters were quick photoshop exercises and frankly a bit of fun using aspects of existing WW1 posters!

I'll try to post more soon.

[OSHIROmodels]

Love everything you've done there 

I really like the War of the Worlds posters  great touch.

cheers

James

[Comsquare]

Very , very nice pieces.
Like the changeable signs

Do you have planned something like "Goliath-World at War"?

[thejammedgatling]

Very , very nice pieces.
Like the changeable signs

Do you have planned something like "Goliath-World at War"?

I like the idea of the film..especially the fusion of technologies (the Red Baron's squadron especially). Perhaps down the track I'll have a play with Weird War 1...but in the meantime happy just to play  First World War and VSF as separate entities. I'm also working on signs and posters for WW2, VBCW and SCW so that the buildings can be used in those periods too.

Only problem is too much time spent building...not enough actually playing!

Please keep the suggestions coming in. I'm torn between building sidewalk sections or keeping them as they are here. I'm thinking that if I go with the whole town then I may need them, whereas a small village is less likely to have them. They'll also help cover the board joints better..