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

[Comsquare]

Didn't saw the film yet, just some concept drawing over a year ago, but was also very impressed of the Triplane of von Richthofen.

Bought right after that 2 modellkits of a Fokker Dr1 which still are waiting for some conversion job.
Will be my next Weird War project, after I've finished Star Wars.

So it will have to wait a little longer

For the sidewalks, I would go for seperate sections, similar to the posters.
Just add if needed

[thejammedgatling]

Just some wood pieces I'm working on (as a quick break from buildings). These are the moonscape type woods of no-man's land and the sort that you'd see in a Paul Nash print. Next stage on these will be mud texturing and adding some casualties/ water effects.


all four sections together


woods surrounding large shell crater (gw)





Trees are some beautiful dried branches I found out walking. Small branches just various sizes of twist wire. Based on masonite with foamcore board to vary elevations and mostly stuck together with timber stud adhesive. The whole lot then shaved with a knife then a bit of gap filler to smooth the base surface out. Shrapnel and bullet holes added with the drill.

[gamer Mac]

The idea of the interchangeable signs is great, I will just copy that if you don't mind.
In your pictures of the houses what have you used for the cobble stones?
Is it a single piece or a few sheets glue together?
Is the fountain home made or bought?

[thejammedgatling]

The idea of the interchangeable signs is great, I will just copy that if you don't mind.
In your pictures of the houses what have you used for the cobble stones?
Is it a single piece or a few sheets glue together?
Is the fountain home made or bought?

The fountain is Verlinden. I paid about $12 for it in their 30% off sale..they seem to have these every other week so just wait until on sale. It's 1/35 scale but works well.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Verlinden-1-35-Village-Waterpump-item-1036-/180290383953?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item29fa24f051

The cobbles were cast from a piece I've had for some time..source unknown. I cast about 50 of them..some in plaster and others in resin. The resin ones were used at the board edges and the plaster ones nearer to the centre. I'm hoping that after several coats of PVA and varnish they will be strong enough to withstand some gaming.

Go for it with the signs! I'd like to see what others produce.

[gamer Mac]

Cheers
Thanks for the info

[thejammedgatling]

So here are the results of the shattered forest pieces. I'm fairly happy with how they turned out.the light green drybrush on the mud and wood (Captain Blood I think was the one who showed me that) really brought the colours together. I used the same effect on the casualties I embedded in the piece (after painting them) and this gave them a sense of belonging that they had met their ends in the muddy woods. For the mud I simply used pulped paper mixed with pigment and PVA glue which has a very mud like quality as I daubed it on. It shrinks a little but the texture is nice. It's a nice trial run for testing colours and effects for the trench boards when I finally get around to them.






large piece side view


and from above


detail of casualty


second piece


third piece from above (to be part filled with water)


third piece side on


fourth piece

Now back to the town construction..

[jamesmanto]

Very nice.  That's an impressive pile of work you've done there.

Love all the little details. And the War of the Worlds recruiting posters!

Let me grab my passport and a case of beer and I'll be over sharpish to play!

[MadMö]

 
Great work.
looking forward to more photos.

[thejammedgatling]

Bit of  a delay getting some pictures of the progress while my camera was on the blink

So quite a lot of progress has occurred since I last posted and the town is nearly completed (at least for now). I plan to do some more monumental buildings (town hall, train station etc) eventually, but want to move onto my trench boards. Anyway, here are some pictures. Mostly the buildings are heavily kitbashed from Verlinden, MiniArt and PMD kits which I either ordered direct or picked up through friends./ e-bay over the past few years. Some of them obviously needed multiples of the kits to construct but I bulked them out with use of brick plasti-card etc. They are painted in acrylics with oil washes. It took me a while to get the brick colour I was after.


2 storey terrace




2 storey shops




2 storey single structure



3 storey factory




If you missed the start of the battle report 'Kaiserschlact Teaser Pics' is on the WW1 board, showing how the town is starting to take shape.

Comments and thoughts much appreciated!

[6milPhil]

Jesu Christi - outstanding thread from top to bottom which I've only just noticed. Every part is quite stunning but I think you've really reached dizzy heights with those buildings.

[thejammedgatling]

Jesu Christi - outstanding thread from top to bottom which I've only just noticed. Every part is quite stunning but I think you've really reached dizzy heights with those buildings.

thanks!

The only problem with the big buildings is storage, so I built the storage case before I did them. Some of them (the last one in particular) are made from dental plaster, so quite heavy. Now the only problem is I need three sherpas to help lift the box...

[Poiter50]

Lev, nice to see your work coming on again with your usual stunning standard. When I get back from OS, I hope to catch up for a game of something. Have you and your gaming buddies had a go at Black Powder?

[Captain Blood]

Fabulous. Truly top work. 

[Sangennaru]

wow, i really love the buildings! you managed a really good colour, i've to give a try with the oils!!!

[thejammedgatling]

Lev, nice to see your work coming on again with your usual stunning standard. When I get back from OS, I hope to catch up for a game of something. Have you and your gaming buddies had a go at Black Powder?

Yes, we've had a go with them on some AWI. A nice a fairly fast set plus fun to play. Give me a bell when back.

Fabulous. Truly top work. 

Cheers..that means a lot coming from you! I think your trench boards were the start of all this madness..

wow, i really love the buildings! you managed a really good colour, i've to give a try with the oils!!!

Thanks. Have a look at the Mini art website and click on the painting tutorial. I followed most of this (though much faster I must say). Liked the bit about using table salt to make cracked plaster! But the oils tip is the best one..so fast and it picks up all the detail in the models.
http://miniart-models.com/