That there has been no activity on this blog for the last two weeks is a direct result of three factors:
- The Lead/Plastic pile has been flattened and self-imposed austerity measures are holding back a restock until the end of February (although a small number of Revolutionary French are on their way).
- Life in the real world has been unusually hectic
- A heatwave in the last week or two has driven evening temperatures to the point that sitting at the painting table is uncomfortable.
That said, hobby work hasn’t completely ground to a halt. The main focus has been on the Napoleonic fortress guns that I started back in early January.
I have completed another five guns, two Spanish and three French...
I have also been working on the bases for the guns, completing those for the Spanish shore battery. The original plan of making one battery stand into which the various gun stands would slot has gone out the window. The stands have been built so that they simply stand together side by side. I have completed two more Spanish stands and reworked the stonework on the first Spanish one to match the new ones. There is some variety in that the two outer stands can be used without the central one to create a two gun battery.
The Spanish battery now has guns in three different states: (left to right below) one loading, one firings and one sighting.
I also managed to get a game in last weekend (15mm early WWII), the first for the year, but I neglected to take any images of the game, so have not prepared a report.
These look fantastic Mark - perhaps one day in the future, we will a game involving a duel between these guns and the guns of a RN Squadron!
ReplyDeleteI can see that I am going to have to make a furnace so that we can have some heated shot!
DeleteVery interesting and different subject! Thanks Mark
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark
DeleteThose look great.
ReplyDeleteI will definately need to give this some thought for my next additions.
Cheers
Stu
There must have been a number of these emplacements around Haiti.
DeleteBeautifully done, and it is turning into quite a collection. What rules do you play for early WWII?
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence, and when the self imposed austerity ends in a couple of weeks the collection will get bigger! The WWII rules are largely an adaption of FoW.
DeleteLovely looking Spanish guns! The emplacements look great too!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you Iain. I guess I had better start in the French emplacements now.
DeleteVery impressive defences Mark...
ReplyDeletePersonally I would consider landing further up the coast then come round behind them...;-)
All the best. Aly
And that is the scenario...a small British force, with a young naval lieutenant called Hornnblower guiding them, trying to take the battery from the land side so that the fleet could enter the harbour and wreck havoc on the Spanish fleet, while a dispersed Spanish garrison trys to repel them...oh but I am giving away the plot...
DeleteGreat work, Mark!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jonathan.
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