Follow that Camel - Project Finished

[Hu Rhu]

Looking great Gary...

I sympathise with getting the colour right. I painted one of my boards four times til I got the colour right...

In the end I went with a base of Steel Legion Drab (light brown mixed in B&Q) then drybrushed heavy with yellow ochre, then dry brushed with titanium cream. I am now happy with result..

I did paint one of my cliffs the same but it looked awful. The black ones drybrushed cream looked so much better

cheers

Giles thanks for the tips.

Whilst I was waiting for the glue to dry I decided to start work on Fort Zwazantnerf.  Firstly I experimented with a corner tower to get the proportions right and try out the building technique.  I hadn't used 10mm blue foam for making buildings before so I wanted to see how it turned out.  The result looked like this.


Actually it turned out better than I thought and much quicker to cut out and glue than foamboard.  It could also be worked more easily so I could smooth off corners and add nicks to simulate old stone work and general wear and tear.

So I got to work and cut out the rest of the pieces. 3 more towers the main walls and of course the lookout tower.


Then I got work on the fort.  You can see my very simple technique which was to glue each tower piece off set, and pin with cocktail sticks ro ensure rigidity and elastic bands to ensure that it sealed evenly.  Here is the main fort placed together with the look out tower in the background.



 It took most of Sunday to get it all to hang together and the I added the walkways to the main walls from 5mm foamboard with bracing pillars from 4mm square softwood. Here is the wip with the walls simply pinned to the towers and roughly positioned as it will end up.







Finally I mocked up the main gates which needs distressing a little.  I will add some hinges and a restraining bar on the inside.


Here it is with figure for scale.


Next I need to work on the buildings inside the fort, add doors to the towers, put in place the stairways to the ramparts and generally tart it up.  Finally it will be based on a 2ft square of 4mm MDF.  But that is next weekends work.

In the meantime all this sandcastle building makes for thirsty work, so I am off for a beer. 

[Ray Earle]

Fantastique! 

That's some amount of work there. Looks great though. Are you going to plaster the walls or leave them with the texture of the foam?

[fastolfrus]

Are the rules commercial or home-brewed?

[Hu Rhu]

Fantastique!  

That's some amount of work there. Looks great though. Are you going to plaster the walls or leave them with the texture of the foam?

Thanks.  I am still finalising the details.  I am using a textured outdoor paint which gives a good coverage.  If I can get away with it I plan to just use the foam texture rather than plaster the walls. I will try this out with an off cut with just the textured paint, stipple it and see what the result is.  If it works I can then simply dry brush it white to get the thing looking the way I want it. As I said this is the first time I have built with the foam so it is a bit suck it and see.

[OSHIROmodels]

Looking good Gary 

Love the forts name 

cheers

James

[Mason]

That looks spot on, mate.
 

Glad to see that you have not lost your marbles and gone down the 'individual brick' route.
 

[Metternich]

Great fun - don't know how I missed it initially.  The oasis build is very effective.  The second faction of Bedouin look strangely "uniform"  - Shariffian, by any chance?

[Malamute]

That looks great.

It's going to be one of the highlights of BLAM 2015

[Captain Blood]

I never got past the Airfix Foreign Legion fort myself, but that is looking good already Gary 

[Eric the Shed]

That looks great Gary - cant wait to see it in the flesh

[pocoloco]

In the meantime all this sandcastle building makes for thirsty work, so I am off for a beer. 

You surely have earned a pint or two for this excellent thread 

Beautiful paintjob all around and great builds as well. I can only wish I was half as productive with my projects as you are with yours.

[Hu Rhu]

Are the rules commercial or home-brewed?

They are an adaption of Sharpe Practice with extra event cards.

Looking good Gary 

Love the forts name 

cheers

James

Disguised enough I hope but with a nod to the Carry On humour.

That looks spot on, mate.
 

Glad to see that you have not lost your marbles and gone down the 'individual brick' route.
 

God no.  I can't be bothered with all that faff. And I I did I would use pre-formed plasticard.  But that doesn't allow any wearing or texture easily.

That looks great.

It's going to be one of the highlights of BLAM 2015

That looks great Gary - cant wait to see it in the flesh

Hopefully it will be at BLAM 15.  You can then judge if it is a highlight or not.

I never got past the Airfix Foreign Legion fort myself, but that is looking good already Gary 

Actually I did consider the Airfix fort but scale was all wrong especially with the rather chunky Artizan Figures.

The second faction of Bedouin look strangely "uniform"  - Shariffian, by any chance?

Not by design!  I intend to mix and match the black and white around in the next batch and then mix the two groups to get a variation in colour theme to represent more irregular forces but from the same tribe.  Then with two (or more) tribes on the board there will be some cards that the Legion player can use to provoke tension or infighting between tribes. I think that will work quite well at BLAM.  One doesn't even need to have cards - the rivalry and faction in fighting seem to come to the fore very easily. 

[Mason]

God no.  I can't be bothered with all that faff. And I I did I would use pre-formed plasticard.  But that doesn't allow any wearing or texture easily.

Give it a go and just paint a small area first.
You may be surprised with just how 'textured' blue foam is naturally.
Make sure you mix a little PVA in with the paint as it helps seal it and stops the foam 'sucking up' the paint to easily.
 

I think that will work quite well at BLAM.  One doesn't even need to have cards - the rivalry and faction in fighting seem to come to the fore very easily. 

 
I think that I understand what you mean......
 

[OSHIROmodels]

I think that I understand what you mean......

Is that because you put yourself first on everybody's 'list' 

cheers

James

[Mason]

Is that because you put yourself first on everybody's 'list' 

 

I love you too, Sweetie.