Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Painting Challenge Bonus Round - Dark Age Fort!

This week saw me submit my third bonus round entry into Curt's wonderful Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. The theme for this round was Defensive Terrain so I took the opportunity to scratch-build a "small" Norman motte and bailey fort for use in dark age gaming.




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Thanks for popping by!

Cheers,
Millsy
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23 comments :

  1. Jonathan Freitag2 February 2016 at 14:33

    Now that is a cool piece! I hope you get lots of points for this work of defensive art.

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  2. tim2 February 2016 at 14:51

    A lovely little fort.

    I've been wanting to build something similar for a long time. I always go overboard in the design stage thinking there needs to be MORE BUILDINGS in the bailey and then get overwhelmed and give up as it gets too complicated or starts to seem like too much work. But what you have executed here is utterly beautiful in it's simplicity. I will have to revisit my castle building plans.

    Less is more!

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    1. Millsy2 February 2016 at 15:44

      Thanks Tim! I determined very early on that I didn't want to build a massive fort for three reasons. Firstly, I wanted it to be easily transportable, secondly it had to have a sensible sized footprint and finally, because I can always make modular walls to surround my town if I want something bigger.

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  3. Natholeon2 February 2016 at 15:24

    So, so nice! Great work Millsy.

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  4. Michal DwarfCrypt2 February 2016 at 15:31

    Fantastic terrain!! Want to play ;)

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    1. Millsy2 February 2016 at 15:46

      Thanks Michal. Me too! Only had one game with it so far and it was a blast. I've been refining the SAGA siege rules we used so I'll post them here once we've play-tested them a couple more times.

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    2. Curt2 February 2016 at 16:31

      Cool! Siege rules for SAGA? Please send those along when you get them ironed out. Love to give them a go.

      Beautiful work Millsy. You did a magnificent job on this piece. Have fun with it!

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  5. The Kiwi2 February 2016 at 15:46

    That's an outstanding bit of terrain you made. So versatile on the table. Really good result on this one. Top job mate.
    cheers

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  6. Ray Rousell2 February 2016 at 17:37

    That's a superb piece of terrain Millsy, worth top spot any day of the week!

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  7. Evan Hughes2 February 2016 at 18:06

    Great work, maybe my Scots will get a chance to besiege it some time!

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  8. The Angry Lurker2 February 2016 at 19:08

    Epic build, just brilliant!

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  9. Rodger2 February 2016 at 20:27

    Awesome! Very impressive piece Michael!
    YNWA.

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  10. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)2 February 2016 at 22:08

    A really great piece!

    Christopher

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  11. Paul O'G2 February 2016 at 22:12

    Nicely done Millsy! A labour of love indeed
    Good luck against Sir Michael :-)

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    1. Millsy2 February 2016 at 22:23

      I feel a bit like a school boy taking on Tyson :-)

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  12. Millsy2 February 2016 at 22:24

    Thanks everyone. I'm glad people like it. Hopefully it'll inspire a few more scratch built labours of love.

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  13. Phil2 February 2016 at 23:57

    Fabulous job!

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  14. BigRedBat3 February 2016 at 01:03

    Really like that Millsy! Great scratchbuilding.

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  15. DeanM3 February 2016 at 01:29

    Wow - superbly done, Millsy. Very, very impressive. Love all the details you packed into it - like the stone work inside the fortress, as well carved ends of the timber. Amazing!

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  16. Michael Awdry3 February 2016 at 03:51

    I was blown away by this Millsy, so very impressive!

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  17. Steve3 February 2016 at 07:23

    Great work. I really like to look the irregular twigs give it, very realistic

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