Mill - River Section

It took some time to finish the mill and its river section off, as I had to figure out how to stick the painted clear plastic water sections to the base - eventually used double sided carpet tape. Instead of scatter I used some dolls house grass sheet. Some shots of the the completed mill river section ....

Water Carts and Jager Conversions

Finished the water cart for my 40mm collection, which was based on a 'O' guage model railway accessory and a spare plastic horse; thought the 25/28mm lot deserved one too so made one up using a Jacdaw french limber set for parts, barrels from the spares box. 25/28mm water cart on the left  40mm one on the right.

The Wittenland corps of the Wittenberg army will be having a Jager battalion, to start off the muster I've converted some spare 25/28mm figs (Foundry/Jacdaw), using some plastic arms from Perry napoleonic dragoons. The intention is to have the bulk of the battalion from standard castings plus these ...

Wittenberg - Infantry continue to muster...

Another infantry regiment from the Wittenland army corps has finished mustering and is just going through their final inspection.

[figs : New battalion - Officer Jacdaw on Foundry horse; officers/ensigns/drummer from Irregular Miniatures; rank and file from Front Rank figurines]

Buildings and a Water Wagon

I've been working on some buildings and a couple of modelling projects in the last week

Some refurbished HO (1:87) buildings (obtained during the last year from local Toy & train fairs) - they've had a repaint where needed and larger doors added, printed on thick paper from images garnished from the internet, so the 25/28mm figs don't look out of place when near them.

This lovely mill is from the Bachmann Scenecraft range.  I'm currently trying to decide how to fit it in with my river sections.

And lastly the water cart for my 40mm collection is ready for painting, after some work putting harness on the plastic horse with green stuff.

Anyone for Tiffin ?

The King and Queen of Wittenberg and members of the court are having a little afternoon tiffin....

The King's cousin Arch-Duke Ludwig having finished his cup of tea, has taken to reading his favourite book 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'...

The King seems a bit animated, maybe he's had to much sherry ?

The room is my generic room setup for this little vignette. Where do all the bits come from ? A short list of the main items
a. Sofa - a much modifed childrens toy.
b. Figures mix of Old Glory, Front Rank, Eureka, Blue Moon
c. The chairs, tables, crockey and goblets are from Eureka (part of the 18C 100CIV13-16 sets).
d. Clock, Carpet - dolls house supplier.
e. Sherry bottles made by using some modelling putty on a wire frame.
f. Large plates cut from cardboard.
g. Cakes made from modelling putty.

Castle Bashing (6) - New Gatehouse and Town

I've used up the last bits of the castle; the remaining piece of wall was cut in half and built up to form the side pieces of a gatehouse; the main structure of the gatehouse is foamboard, with cardboard used for detailing; roofs are done using paper sheets stuck to cardboard.

All of the wall and tower sections now assembled in the corner of my gaming table with most of my bulidings to fill in for part of a large town or city ...

The forces leaving the town are from the Duchy of Fenwick (a battalion of RSM figs and some Front Rank and Old Glory staff). A couple of close-up views of the gatehouse...

Castle Bashing (5) - Church/Chapel finished

The church/chapel is finished, I went for a printed paper sheet for the roof tiles; I found a suitable image on the internet and made up a sheet of pantiles, I think the effect is just about right.

Now onto the last item, a new gatehouse to go with the wall sections that would be more in keeping with the 18C.