I have made an initial sizing sketch in google Sketchup of how I think the layout of Dendermonde will look.
This shows 3 Bastions, 3 Ravelins, 2 Demi-lunes and the Glacis. Still not quite sure about the shape of the Bastions. I am basing my designs on the original Dendermonde article rather than any models of actual Vauban forts. They might need to be a little less pointed.
Ron Miles admiring his city with a bastion in the centre.
The model takes up 60" across from table edge to table edge and is 28" deep which means I might need to reduce the depth of the bastions to make them less pointed and thus less deep.
The Glacis shape also needs to be played with.
But it is a good initial start and once I have played with it a little more I will cut out the shapes from Card and see how it looks on the table top.
Hi Mike, I'm no expert but the shape of the bastions does look odd, not the classic shape. Duffy's book Fire & Stone doesn't cover Dendermonde specifically but has some very useful illustrations.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brian (and for the scan). The idea is to recreate Ron Miles' model and siege so I am not aiming at the classic Pentagon shape (I have the osprey on Vauban) but something like Ron used for his game.
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