1914 Belgium - UD 18/12 - news re German infantry paint scheme

[Eric the Shed]

Brilliant...http://

[pocoloco]

That looks great!

I wouldn't mind playing a game or two with a scenery like that.

[Silent Invader]

Thanks chaps 

A quick mention on the height of the tiles. 

I glued the 6mm MDF to battens to add some height for basements and the such like. The Sydney Roundwood blog has a great series of articles on building a damaged WW1 village:

http://sidneyroundwood.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/planning-fortified-village.html?m=0

His church has a crypt and so will mine, though unlike the basements of my houses it will have survived the bombardment.  Inspiration for a crypt also came from Jimbibbly's terrain for the BLAM15 Dorsetshire smugglers game:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=70094.180

That the boards are on plinths also gives me the below ground space for electronics such as LEDs.

Why then the additional layer of 5mm foamboard? This is there for a small drop in level when I start on the tiles for the open countryside.  Basically, I want the cobbled road that leads into the town to be a little higher than the surrounding fields. That the field tiles will also be on battens will provide the depth for ditches, ponds, etc.

[aircav]

More superb stuff Steve  

[Old Goat]

Love this...

Where are the cobblestones from please?

Best, Goat

[Silent Invader]

  thanks

They're Wills plastic card, actually HO or OO but they work for me.  I bought six packs (about £18 total) for this project, which if I've calculated correctly will cover the town on three tiles and the country road on two more tiles.

[Malamute]

Just caught up with this. Effing marvellous

[Silent Invader]

Thanks Nick. Have been a tad busy in last week or so, so little progress but hope to break out the greenstuff soon. 

[Malamute]

hope to break out the greenstuff soon. 

And the Superglue?

[Silent Invader]

 

I'm beyond the superglue phase on this rule as all resin and matchsticks are now in position

I have started the greenstuff though:





They're both still wip 

[Slayer]

very nice , where are those brick walls from?

[kidterminal]

This project ie beyond cool.

[Silent Invader]

Thanks 

The brick walls, like the cobbles, are sections of Wills plastic card - in this case the Flemish Bond

[Silent Invader]

Basically the first of the three town tiles is now built, though I'll be painting the interiors before fixing them in place, and the final layer of sand and rubble will need to follow that.















Next step will be to undercoat then paint the interiors ..... And eagerly await a Christmas delivery of the buildings for the next two tiles. 

[Constable Bertrand]

Looking good Steve. You have a nice assortment of textures and shapes in there. It's going to look ace when it's finished.

How's your Boer war table and winter castles?

Cheers
Matt