Werke XXXVII

I had the day off yesterday and it seemed a good opportunity to try and make some progress on my Alzheimer fort.

The la Rosee Regiment line the firing parapet.

 It's still needing a little work done. The gate in the wall that encloses the gorge of the work needs painting, as does some of the brick-work on the interior face of that same wall. The firing ports of the caponiers need painting on as well. I need to make a little foot-bridge to go across the ditch.

I can't help but feel the need for a little toy flag.

The next part of the painting that I envisage is where I am starting to quake a little, jelly that I am. I am thinking of taking the same green, darkening it a little and using it thinned to an almost-wash do define the shapes of the fort a little. For example, I'm thinking of running a line down the counterscarp where it meets the caponier.  A line along the base of tyhe scarps and counterscarps where they meet the floor of the ditch.  Putting a line in at the rear base of the parapets.  All that.

I'm also thinking of giving all the green areas the lightest drybrush with a yellow-ochrey-caramel colour and an additional going-over with a cool brown to add a little more visual interest. Too much with the lining in? Dry-brushing will tend to have the effect of emphasising the base materials from which the fort was built.

Nearly time to start thinking abut rules.