28 MM Caribbean Fort for Blood & Plunder

[Captain Redgrave]

Inspired by tromping around many forts in the Caribbean and wanting to bring them to the table, I recently settled on Blood & Plunder as a ruleset. My first minis (mid-17th c. English) arrived just as the Blood & Pigment 2025 Great Pirate Paintoff was winding down, so I quickly painted up a force (25+ minis), but I needed some terrain on which to photograph them for the contest. Inspired Antigua's Fort Barrington and by @Furt 's gun battery, I constructed a 5-gun battery.



My entry took third overall and first in the English category, which was quite a thrill, as I'm new to this. Anyway, I quickly decided to continue expanding my battery to include the magazine and guardroom at Fort Barrington (with some modifications that would make them more playable).

Here are two images of Fort Barrington with the magazine/guardroom structure in front of and below the battery:





As I mentioned, I took some liberties, but not many with the interior layout. The door on the left provides access to the fort and a hallway that leads to stairs that ascend to the gun deck. There is a room off that hallway to the right, which, I was told was a guardroom. The door on the right is a magazine.





I've just started to paint and add some detail to the inside of my model, including a far more elaborate guardroom than exists in the actual structure and racks for the powder kegs.







Anyway, I've been a longtime stalker of Lead Adventure Forum and this is my first post. Thanks for all the inspiration!

[anevilgiraffe]

nice... I assume the roof slabs were a form of armour rather than just slate...

[Captain Blood]

 Great work, well done 

[Captain Redgrave]

nice... I assume the roof slabs were a form of armour rather than just slate...

They appeared to be very thick stone. The fort as pictured dates from late 18th century, but there has been a fort there since mid-17th century.

[Captain Redgrave]

Great work, well done 

Thanks!

[mikedemana]

Your first post was a beaut, Captain! Love the fort and the minis look great, as well. What made you decide on Blood & Plunder for your rules? I seem them being played everywhere but have never tried them...

Mike Demana

[Captain Redgrave]

Your first post was a beaut, Captain! Love the fort and the minis look great, as well. What made you decide on Blood & Plunder for your rules? I seem them being played everywhere but have never tried them...

Mike Demana

Thanks so much for your kind words!

I chose B&P because the rules seemed accessible and you didn't need a lot of their own products to get started (e.g., a simple deck of cards works). I was also in the Caribbean at the time, and the pictures I saw online just made it so easy to envision bringing what I was envisioning in my mind to the table. The unit activation system also seemed interesting, and I loved the look of the minis.

[darthfozzywig]

Looks great!

We’re about to start a Port Royal campaign so this is inspiring.

[Marine0846]

Great looking fort.
Love it.

[Count Belisarius]

Very nicely done

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Excellent work!   

[carlos marighela]

Must have been a particularly tough competition if that only scored the bronze medal. Bloody marvellous piece of work! 

[Tom Dulski]

 Absolutely Beautiful looking fort, well done. The mini's look fantastic as well.

[Captain Redgrave]

Looks great!

We’re about to start a Port Royal campaign so this is inspiring.

I'm so tempted! There is a bloke on YouTube named Dexter (The Plunder Den is his channel), and he has created some amazing Port Royal terrain!

[Captain Redgrave]

Great looking foret.
Love it.

Thanks so much!