Glacis build finished

 

As I was on my own today I decided to try and finish off the Glacis so the fortifications are done.

Bit fiddly and I have fingers covered in superglue but it is done.  I still want to cut a couple of end pieces to finish it off - but pretty happy with the build.

I am thinking of covering it with Railway grass paper initially and then adding some flock - that should hide the joins and strengthen it.

Next is cutting the polystyrene supporting the glacis and the painting all the ditch pieces.

Dendermonde - starting the Glacis

 

Spent some time yesterday working out the Glacis and how it would fit around the ravelins and across the ditch.

Cut most of it, but have run out of 4mm MDF (more on order) to cut the side pieces and one more top.

Next will be the back wall and walkway above the covered way.

Then cutting lots of 2mm slopes as triangles and trying to make them fit!

Demi-Lunes for Dendermonde

 

Finished the 2 Demi Lunes guarding the walls.  There will be a bridge from the gate to the demi-lune in front of it and then a road running through the demi-lune onto a temporary wooden bridge to the Glacis.

Walls are a bit bodged but they will be covered up by texturing.

The next stage is to cut the polystyrene to form the ditch properly and paint it.  I then need to make some ramps for the various bastions, ravelins, etc.

After that I hope to work out the Glacis and at least get the base cut this month and then work out how I am going to make the (rather large) grass slopes.

WSS French unit repaint

 

Finished repainting the first French Unit that I bought on Facebook - also added 4 grenadiers to bring it up to 24 figures.

Repainted coats, facings and faces to match the style of my other figures...

I very carefully sorted out some grenadier and officers to expand the units with and put them to one side but still can't find the bag! I did find 8 grenadiers, so I have 4 more painted for the next regiment.

Playing with Polystyrene

 I have bought a box of 600 x 400 x 25mm polystyrene packing sheets to use as the base of the table and give me a sunked ditch.

Spent some time today playing with how it might look.  I need to work out the Glacis before I have an exact idea of the siege lines side of the ditch.  But I think it looks deep enough.  The Ravelins, etc will also be raised out of the ditch as well...

Dendermonde Citadel

 

 Spent some time today design the citadel for Dendermonde - or at least the small part of it that appears on the table.  This is the edge of the citadel and one of its bastions.  There will also be the corner of the main tower at the back of this piece.

Just playing with the first version of the outer walls and then need to design and cut the inner walls.

There will be a flooded ditch around the edge of the citadel with a small bank marking one side.

I have also managed some painting over the weekend and finished off another British Marlburian unit.

They need the bayonets straightening when I base them...

I am currently painting some French Grenadiers and doing some repainting of the large number of Marlburian French I bought to make the first couple of units using those figures.

Box Labels

 I was at a loose end early evening so decided to try and learn how to make some labels in Publisher - its something I have been meaning to do to tart up the labels on my boxes of painted figures.

An hour or so later and I have some done...

The designs are inspired by Mark at ScaleCreep Miniatures in the USA who has done a similar thing with his storage boxes.

Makes it easier to spot the correct box and groups the collections together by colour...