Monday, 2 February 2026

Mockern built up area Napoleonic Terrain 3

 This is based on an illustration of Mockern   ( part of the battle of Leipzig 1813) where the Prussians eventually threw out the French, in spite of severe casualties.  My Prussian force is going to be built around the order of battle for here and I  thought I'd build a built up area for it.


I had a round plastic roof that I wanted to use. The dove cot is a hot chocolate container, the fencing is lightly adapted from Rendra ACW snake fencing and the building is foamboard with plastic tile spacers for window frames, a textured wallpaper was used and balsa wood for the doors, 300mm square (1'0"ish square in old money ) hardboard base with texture added, I've made the fencing removable for storage. The roofing tiles are from the dapol church which fit even though I'd built the building before buying the church,  got to be lucky sometimes I guess? I did have to add a bargeboard which isn't quite period correct to conceal the roof edges but I figured it is alright.









I've made the buildings removable with lugs on the base and holes in the buildings to secure them so they're easier to store.




Warfayre who I got my 3d printed wagons from do some really nice Napoleonic terrain in a variety of scales and do a nice model of this that I have shamelessly ripped off/ been inspired by! If I had  lots of money and didn't enjoy building stuff so much I'd be visiting their site for terrain to be honest













Primed in masonry paint, otherwise various emulsion paints and some flock, shown with some French troops.



These are the last two terrain pieces stacked together,pretty happy with the space saving, next up ? Terrain, Napoleonics or dark ages I guess?

All the best 

Iain


32 comments:

  1. Great work Iain:)! There is something so satisying about making your own terrain, compared to buying the very wonderful and detailed 3D printed stuff on offer these days. Personally it takes me back to those Airfix magazine scratch building articles from my pre-teenage years, so I can do what I always wanted to do, but never had the tools nor the skills to do it.

    Good to see the storage has been thought about too, as that was something that soon became a problem when I did game in 28mm, as I simply did not have enough space even for a few buildings, talk less of ancillary items.

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    1. Thanks Steve, yes it is fun , nice to use the skills you have as well I guess, got to think about storage now!
      Best Iain

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  2. Totally awesome scenery Iain, fits the inspirational art perfectly.

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    1. Thanks Dave, trying to find something to use the dovecot roof for and then it all seemed to work out?
      Best Iain

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  3. Well executed, I like that Dapol is part of the DNA :-). The wallpaper is a great idea for texture …. Also like the thought to storage. I can see some Aspern - Essling scenarios.

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    1. Thanks Norm, Ive had the wallpaper for thirty years for something like this, now that is storage! Agree, it could easily stand in as a grain store and nice to add some Dapol to the mix!
      Best Iain

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  4. You’ve no need to buy anything - you’ve got modelling talent! Lovely job matey.

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    1. Just trying to buy figures, tgere are limits!
      Best Iain

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  5. Great looking models Iain. I like the idea of using tile spacers! Clever stuff.
    Chris/Nundanket

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    1. Yes its funny doing some tiling and thinking Im sure I can use these!
      Best Iain

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    2. I have always looked at bags of tile spacers and thought "there must be something I can use them for", now I know. 😁

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  6. Great work Iain storage is a key factor so getting them to stack a clever idea 👍

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    1. Thanks Matt, yes even I have to bow to the inevitable as far as storage is concerned!
      Best Iain

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  7. That's a brilliant piece of kit Iain! Well done that man!

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  8. Nicely done Iain, and the storage solution is ingenious.

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    1. Thanks Lawrence, Ive got to start thinking about storage now!
      Best Iain

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  9. Iain,
    Great looking build, and a quick primer on how to via the photos. I have a Leipzig scenario in mind, maybe I will , cough, borrow your techniques to build the Grima Gate.. Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery. The storage idea is brilliant as well.
    Joe

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    1. Thanks Joe, I like people to show their workings out, so Im glad others do! Be my guest, as I said Ive lifted most of this from warfayre, wirth a look for inspiration. My plan for the Grima Gate was to pimp my airfix Roman fort and use that, as Im such a cheapskate! I do plan to do a proper job on the Torhaus Dolitz though, honest!
      Best Iain

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  10. Excellent work! The texturing and painting and all works well.

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  11. I'm seriously amazed by this. The pieces look absolutely stunning!

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    1. Thanks very much Suber,very kind of you!
      Best Iain

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  12. Excellent work Iain! I think these could also be used on a fantasy setup as well.

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    1. Thanks Dai, yes Id have no problem doing that either!
      Best Iain

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  13. I am so impressed (and jealous) of the terrain pieces many of you build. Great job!

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    1. Thanks Jonathan, five years of art school probably helped!
      Best Iain

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  14. Great build, Iain. You have a talent for it.

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  15. Lovely work once again Iain!

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