Terrain 14 dark age/medieval buildings

 I had to  get some additional buildings on smaller bases done rapidly for my battle of Barnet game and as I had already stuck some laminate underlay to some pound shop buildings (laser etched birch,complete with glitter!) I rapidly knocked them out to be both a basis for a dark age  village as I was embarrassed by what I had to use in my dux Bellorum game and also useful additions to my medieval stock and possible Lithuanian stand ins?

Not bad,I've tried to make each one different and big enough without being too big. In their unpainted state,I got a base coat on everything ,dark thatch, dirty cream walls and base before the game. 

So I went back to my post on open air museums from a while back and tried to apply it to these pound shop buildings, obviously there are compromises but overall they're pretty successful. There is an argument that I could have just made more accurate buildings from foamboard and maybe I will further down the line but for now these will do.

Next up,probably another war of the Roses After action report( which these buildings featured in) not many figures getting painted, more being assembled, games being played and too much football on the TV!

All the best Iain 

Pendennis Castle

 Lockdown was meant to be finished , I was going to finish my contract, my daughter had finished sixth form and my wife could adjust her work, we were all set and booked a holiday!

Of course lockdown hasn't ended but we did have a holiday in Cornwall and I managed to squeeze in a visit to a castle, Pendennis 

Splendid castle that was in use from Tudor times right up till the 1950s . I did like the disappearing gun and the two WW2 6" guns,although obviously the Tudor castle is more photogenic! I've included the later moat and glacis and stonework of the Vauban style additions ( and the 18th century entrance) for nundanket as he is in the process of building his own Vauban fortress, definitely recommended, a fun day out for all the family! 

Next up, dark age buildings or another Hertfordshire War of the Roses battle report. 

All the best Iain