Sunday, March 26, 2006

More Fortress than you could shake a stick at.





The basic structure is now complete but for two more ravelins.

I'm starting to think about doing a glacis. I could do it with a 15-20mm slab of polystyrene, not too wide, carved at a shallow angle. Where the pieces would meet could be done by 'eye' I think. Line the inside with bamboo skewers to make the palisade and that'd be about it.

3 comments:

Ralphus said...

great stuff - I have the 'Charge' rules and know Steve Hazzlewood's sculpting work - didn't know it was still available.
It's made me want to get back into the big battalions
Ralph
www.ralphadeus.blogspot.com

Bloggerator said...

G'Day Ralph,

The minis in the Fortress piccies are all RSM95's - Prussians masquerading as Saxons. They are available from Dayton Painting Consortium in the US. A quick trip to the manufacturers directory over at TMP ought to get you their contact details.

Did I mention that they were cheap, too?

Regards,

Greg

Ralphus said...

I found them. Thanks. I used to have a large Austrian unit - werent they sculpted by an off-duty policeman? I am off to Ramillies in May to reenact that so I dont want to get too distracted by the SYW but check out an old webpage of mine http://www.ageofreason.tk/ - an intro into the Syw scene in Europe - the first 250th battle is this september.