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Offline Faustnik

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A 20mm aka 1:72 Kraal
« on: July 15, 2014, 06:42:03 PM »
Lads,

Recently we started preparing some scenarios for Force on Force/AmbushAlley set in Africa, ranging from Border Wars, Portuguese Colonial Wars and Bush Wars, and for that I discover I need more terrain, namely some familiar homesteads, named Kraals

Technically speaking a Kraal is a round fence for cattle, but as most of the cattle fences, in Rhodesia, north of Mozambique and Zambia, are inside homesteads, themselves protected by palisades, they also receive the same designation.

Getting the S&S Modern African huts, which depict a more modern pattern than the Hovels ones, I started imagining the family homestead set in some unmentioned area of southern Africa.
And this what I’ve made:


S&S Huts, and a base in 3mm MDF – cut to size, already primed and sealed with gesso paint


Palisade, made of bamboo table mat


Palisade painted and weathered


More planning….

The cattle pen… the real Kraal

A small plantation area.

Some vertical posts……….

Cooking area with fireplace

Some doors made.

 

Crops walling done and painted…..  things started to look like they should be….



Huts painted and weathered…. now time to glue them, and finishing small areas and small washes….

And the final product:










 




Now fill in with some animals (Preiser ready painted ones – sold as 1:72, but exactly the same ones as their 1:87 models), as I don’t have African cattle, I used the ones from Preiser, plus some Elhiem Africans, sculpted and painted by Nuno/Kingcarbine. Weaver baskets from Nikolai, ceramic vessels S&S adapted.







Thanks for looking, comments welcome

Faustnik

Offline juergen c. olk

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Re: A 20mm aka 1:72 Kraal
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2014, 07:43:11 PM »
That is outstanding. May I post a picture for the banner head at the ModernAfricanBushwars  Yahoo group.? I love all the little details especially the clothesline w/ patterned towels.Everything is perfect.

Offline Faustnik

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Re: A 20mm aka 1:72 Kraal
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2014, 08:43:09 PM »
That is outstanding. May I post a picture for the banner head at the ModernAfricanBushwars  Yahoo group.

Be my guest mate ;)

A+

Faustnik

Offline Golgotha

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Re: A 20mm aka 1:72 Kraal
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2014, 08:46:16 PM »
Fantastic work you have caught the atmosphere of Africa perfectly - well done.

Offline von Lucky

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Re: A 20mm aka 1:72 Kraal
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2014, 09:52:13 PM »
I agree, nice attention to detail. The weathering is also top notch.
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Offline Too Bo Coo

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Re: A 20mm aka 1:72 Kraal
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2014, 10:04:52 PM »
AWESOME stuff!  very impressed! :D
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Offline joekano

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Re: A 20mm aka 1:72 Kraal
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2014, 03:02:53 PM »
That is great! :-* I've been looking to build something similar and this is a great guide. Guess I need to hit up the Japanese dollar store for some mats.

Chris
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Offline Ash

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Re: A 20mm aka 1:72 Kraal
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2014, 07:03:52 PM »
That's brilliant, excellent design, build and paint job.

Offline pocoloco

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Re: A 20mm aka 1:72 Kraal
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2014, 07:06:09 PM »
Great piece!  :-*

Offline AndyRix

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Re: A 20mm aka 1:72 Kraal
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2014, 01:20:52 PM »
Superb work mate, as ever full of imagination and detail

 

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