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Another offering from The Miniatures Page. Brigade Models is advertising a new modular fort setup in 1/1000, so it's perfect for Sails of Glory. Link is to announcement on TMP, but I'm sure you can also go directly to their home page to see more ordering information.
http://theminiaturespage.com/news/?id=289701801
Well spotted Jim.
A pity it's this year, as those outerworks were just what I needed for my Basque Roads gane at Doncaster. I had a lot of work scratch building that fort!
I will certainly be aquiring some of those to canniblize.
Rob.
Thank you a lot .
Wow I am looking for this kit , as it gives Lot of options for forts in America and Caribbean Area .
Kind regards
The Demi Lunes and Hornwork will be especially useful as Julien does not make them, and I usually have to cut down some other type of works to fabricate them. The only downside which I can see, is that being a regular Pentogram, you will have to fudge the angles if you need an irregular fort with extra Bastions.
Stop Press!
Having just scanned the page at Brigade, I see that they have covered the problem by offering Bastions with differing angles of entry.
Rob.
It's also on the Wargames Website
Here's the link from the WW
https://www.brigademodels.co.uk/Blog/2020/04/11094/
Just bought a 6 pack, and a few extra Bastions etc with differing angles, spare curtain wall and Ravalins Vol.
Hopefully enough for my next project.
Rob.
Nice find - of cours the sell it unpainted. :wink:
In the US you can also get Brigade Models via PicoArmor, although they run a bit behind on the release schedule. I've put their homepage link below.
https://www.picoarmor.com/
I've ordered a bunch from PicoArmor in the past, including the vauban fort. John Gibbon is an outstanding guy to work with!
I have received mine today .
Less than 5 days from UK to Spain , very nice service as always .
I am painting it desert and grey
Those are good looking forts. They have some other attractive items on their website.
A lot of my models are a mixture of Julien's, Brigade, and Langtons. They fit in very snugly together, and with the slight variation in scale if positioned carefully, with the smallest toward the back and largest at the front, you get a good imitation of perspective in your photographs.
Rob.
This looks very useful, I've been thinking about scratch building some small fortifications from modelling clay but I'll have a look at Brigades listings first.
Thanks for the lead.
Thought this may be of some interest to you Bill.
Harbours
With the arrival of the Dry dock and some more buildings plus ships and impedimenta from Langtons the Dockyard module was now ready for construction.
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...7&d=1587547825
Firstly, I cut out the base from plastic sheet.
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...3&d=1587547739
Next I sculpted the contours from insulating foam.
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...4&d=1587547739
Then I completed the basic shaping and glued up the two parts securing them with Duct Tape..
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...5&d=1587547739
The following morning I unwrapped the glued up base.
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...6&d=1587547739
and cut out the detail for the top of the hill.
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...9&d=1587547631
Then glued and cramped it all together.
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...0&d=1587547631
Once dry overnight I gave it a coat of PVA to seal the surfaces and harden them overall .
Whilst that was drying Iused the time to paint the accessories.
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...1&d=1587547631
Now that the Glue is dry, I have undercoated the whole piece and then added grass scatter whilst it was still wet. This will later be varnished over.
Cliff faces are also painted lighter.
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...2&d=1587547631
Next I started to paint the Dock Yard and detailed some more of the base.
With that completed I began to add the town at the top of the hill.
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...5&d=1587547517
Here is the Dockyard just about finished and ready to go to the shop for a top coat of varnish.
Lastly I introduced the Dockyard into the harbour module .
Just a bit of refining to make it blend in better at the edges now needed.
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...7&d=1587547517
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...6&d=1587547517
Rob.
Several years ago I bought some 2mm buildings from Brigade; a small castle, a walled farmstead, an open farm, etc. I found them all very small. Too small for the 2mm troops I also purchased at the same time. They were more suited for 1/2400 than 1/1200. But since then I have purchased several of the forts and a large manor from Brigade and they have all been more in line with the 2mm or 1/1200 scale I wanted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bligh
Speaking of some awesome 3D 2mm construction going on, I just saw this posted on the 20th in Wargames Soldiers and Strategy. Constantinople of all things!
Attachment 49079
The Forum of Theodosius in 2mm
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Another view of the Forum
Attachment 49081
The Galata Tower in 2mm. A beauty
Attachment 49082
The Forum of Constantine
Pretty awesome! The guy is hoping to "...squeeze a good representation of the city into a 6’ x 8’ table which will include the Golden Horn, part of the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosphorus on three of its sides."
An imposing edifice indeed Vol.
Rob.
This is Mark Backhouse's project? He has done some lovely stuff over the years, I can't wait to see how it turns out