Wednesday 30 August 2017

Work in Progress

With the lead pile levelled and no plans to order any more figures until at least the end of September, I have turned my attention to a few items of scenery for our upcoming annual wargames week.

First up is a set of  plastic wattle fences from Renedra. These I bought for use with the Dark Ages project, but they will also have a role with the East African and various Eastern European villages I have done of late.  When I broke the fences from their sprues and glued on the stands they looked too straight...too regular. So I decided to take some of the longer pieces and bend them a little to soften the lines. I like the result. I painted them black, then drybrushed them with brown and then several lighter shades.



Second was a piece for the East African game. It is a rocky outcrop in the jungle with a pond in the centre that flows out with a small waterfall. This will go together with the several dozen jungle pieces already made.




Finally there are two African huts (and the full set below). I still have at least four more of these to complete.



16 comments:

  1. Wonderful job, the pond is a masterpiece!

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    1. Thank you Phil. It is something a little different.

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  2. All good addition! The huts look great!

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    1. Thanks Jonathan. They are a bit of fun. I think I need to make a bit of vegetation to go around it.

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  3. Lovely pond, the wattle fence looks better less regular and nice huts.
    Best Iain

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    1. The pond is really a bit of practice for a future project. I think I will have to "wrinkle" some of the straight fence pieces.

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  4. Bending that fence made it infinitely better! I love that pool, too. Great work, as ever, Mark.

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    1. I can see the "need" for another pack of these fences.

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  5. Nice work, the wattle fences are also on my list of things to get, for Saxony 1813 :)

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    1. I was really imprssed with these. I think I will be getting some more of these and a few ither of their fences in the near future - the ACW stonewall and rail fences look really good.

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  6. Great scenics as always Mark - the huts may be useful for our earlier Colonial or Ultra Modern skirmish games too - and I see you are still working your way through the $4 worth of plastic foliage - bargain of the year that stuff!

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    1. I still have about 20 of those clumps of plastic foliage left. I hope to be able to get them all based up before Tarawera. The village huts were baepsed pretty mich on what I saw in Kenya and Tanzania in 2012, but yes pretty much usable in numerous wargame theatres.

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  7. That's some nice scenery, love the waterfall

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    1. Thanks Russ. The original plan was for a bigger waterfall, but it would hhave proved impractical on the planned table.

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