Finished Saxon Village for Historicon

[Operator5]

I finished the scenics for the board and all the figures are nearly painted (waiting for the last batch to come in) so here are some photos of it. I think the ruined wall turned out nice.

[Chairface]

 

Gorgeous!

[vikotnik]

 
Operator 5, this is a VERY nice setup for a game! I especially like how the houses turned out. The ruined wall section turned out well and adds a bright spot to the overall look of the table.

Very well done!

[Mad Doc Morris]

Wow, that's awesome!
No need for Fantasy stuff, this is a great and accurate setting for any 'Age of Arthur'/Dark Age game. I applaud your effort, Operator5.

[blackstone]

Great stuff!!

[Hammers]

`?Very nice, Operator! Where are the wall section and the pillars from?

[Captain Blood]

Very nice. Love the shot with the fallen column. Very atmospheric. Well done! 

[Operator5]

Where are the wall section and the pillars from?

Wall section is entirely scratchbuilt from a 1" thick insulation foam piece (for the outerwall and side wall) and a 2" thick piece (for the inner). The arch is foam core. The stone look was gotten by scoring the foam with a pencil and then pressing a piece of stone into the foam to break up the smoothness. The ruined ends of each part were simply me attacking them with a hooked, sculpting tool. I then went in and cut some blocks out to complete the look.

The pillars are wedding cake toppers glued to a CD. One pillar was cut to make it look like the top had fallen off.

[Hammers]

Bless the wedding catering industry for their cross pollenation of the wargaming hobby!

[Sendak]

Super marvelous!

Heh, nicked some of teh likkle tidbits from the cake decor aisle m'self.

[Doomhippie]

Very impressive. It was a real pleasure just to look at it. How much more fun will playing be... .

[twrchtrwyth]

Well done, very nice.

[Theomar Pius]

Really nailed village in a little area. Looks like a real place, great work.