I am in the middle
of painting and basing a scarily large number of buildings, including Russian
villages, city blocks and a pick 'n' mix selection for Frost's defence of
Arnhem bridge. I'll post on those another time.
I'll start with some
shots of a Normandy/ French village and expand it to become a small town. The
buildings come from a range of sets including the Normandy village, Railway and
English village sets by brigade models. I placed some very confused Russians by
Adler and GHQ, on 32mm by 32mm bases, in the photos to give you a sense of
size.
I have based the
models on plasticard that is cut to multiples of the base sizes we use in the
AHLL rules we're designing. This way we know exactly how many units can benefit
from cover and concealment in any given town or village. It also allows me to change
the village configuration easily and means we are not fighting over the same
village every time it comes out.
The walls are strips
of 1x2mm plastic cut to size, the trees are scratch built using twisted copper
wire and coarse turf foam foliage. I
cover the base with a very thin smattering of Basetex, dry brushed several times
and finished with a brown inkwash.
By adding more
models I turn a village into a town. I've included some terraced houses and the
factory set, including the large power station from Brigades industrial
buildings.
Again all the models
are based on multiples of the miniatures base sizes.
Here's a view of a
game, with the Germans trying to defend a town (very successfully actually)
with models placed in and on the town.
I'm still finishing off more buildings which I'll use to expand the town further and upgrade it to a city. When I'm done I'll post more pics.
I'm still finishing off more buildings which I'll use to expand the town further and upgrade it to a city. When I'm done I'll post more pics.
Happy gaming!
Charles the Modeller
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