(FIW) French and Indian War FORT

[Painter Jim]

The Fort is not a historical structure but a rendition of my research in the time period of existing structures and my own interpretation of building one, to try and get the feel and technique down before tackling the construction of a historical fort.
The piece of wood under the left side of the front gate is elevating the gate until the glue dries and as far as figures go, They are in my posesion, but  are not painted.

All of the roofs are removable for the placement of troops. some of the sections on below the troop walkways are horse stalls.

Next venture high on the list will be fort Wagner and to the best of my ability will be historical.




DSCF3299 by Salute 2012, on Flickr


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[OSHIROmodels]

Looks good 

Some close ups would be great 

cheers

James

[Hitman]

Fantastic work. That fort looks great...nicely painted and presented. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Hitman
 

[Burnin Coal]

Lovely build particularly the shingle work on the towers....clearly well researched and totally looks the part...look forward to seeing it populated

[War In 15MM]

Good looking piece of work!  Richard

[Galloping Major]

Very nicely done 




www.gallopingmajorwargames.com

[redrob]

that looks excellent.

[Kadzik]

Beautiful!

[mikedemana]

Awesome...that just cries out to have a scenario played inside of it...

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com

[Marine0846]

Wow, it looks great.
Super job.
Look forward to seeing a game played with it.

[Captain yapudo]

WOUAOUW......

[Painter Jim]

Thank you gentelmen for the kind words. I will add this to the subject, I personally do not even want to imagine the dedication it would take of those who do this for marketing purposes, I know what personaly went into creating this piece and can trully have a great deal of respect to those who do this for a living. I know that most will make a form for future casting in a type of resin material or of something, but the original is still to me, for sure a labor of love. I originally contimplated the posibility of offering it for sale but have for now put to much time into it and must have some throws of the dice with it. 

I have already sorted out the lead pile for the opropriate range and have been looking into purchasing some others to round out the bunch.
Now can any of you please give me your gaming expertese on what rule sets to use and of course, I would like to stay in the skirmish arena, I have never gamed this period.

 Thank you,
  Jim

[Painter Jim]

@ Galloping Major, just to let you know that your US Cav are still on my hit list, lovely figures.

[Miantanomo]

That's a great fort. You said you put a lot into it. A lot of research included. Could this be used in other scenario's and still be historically accurate?

[flags_of_war]

WOW that is damn lovely.

How did you do the wood colour? Did you just stain it?

For me the rules would have to be Muskets and Tomahawks and figures look no further than Galloping Major for the majority of them. Through in some Redoubt to mix it up a little.