Trench system options

[Ace of Spades]

I'm impressed! Not only with the models but with the amount of work you've done too; my compliments!
Can't wait now 'till my order arrives
Looking forward to see them all finished Paul!

Cheers,
Rob

[Sandinista]

Impressive, can't wait to see the pics of them in play

Cheers
Ian

[paulr]

Looking good already and still 24 days till game day...

With up to 18 ft of trenches to take its quite an task for 28th Brigade, though of course not all of them will have Ottoman defenders along their entire length. No wonder Tigris Corps had a hard time getting near Kut with all those defences !

I'm sure we can find some other scenarios to make good use of those trench sections......got a few ideas already 

Plenty of time then
I'm back to work on Monday so progress will slow...

Plenty of trench scenarios in Sinai and Palestine, fortunately the troop density doesn't get as high as the Western front so still room for manoeuvre

[Womble67]

they look brilliant

take care

andy

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Michae;l has done a great job on that design!

No, I'm not doing WW1, well, maybe...

[Techno]

They really do look good.
Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

Michae;l has done a great job on that design!

No, I'm not doing WW1, well, maybe...

You could use them for other periods as well
I'm going to assemble the trenches for HQs and artillery today, they have space for 50mm wide stands

[Techno]

No, I'm not doing WW1, well, maybe...

So....YOU'RE the butterfly that's been causing all these sodding storms, Will !!!  
(And there I was, blaming Nobby.....Sorry.....Lord Oik of Runcorn !)

Cheers - Phil

[Womble67]

Built up my sample trenches  this evening very impressed. link to Facebook page. done this on my phone so apologies if it doesn't work.

Take care

Andy

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Wonders  how cool Michael actually is!

[fred.]

These look very nice. Good to see them all together to make a defends line.   😀

[Ithoriel]

Wonders  how cool Michael actually is!

Cooler than ice cream and warmer than the sun

Definitely in my list of "top blokes."

[paulr]

Cooler than ice cream and warmer than the sun

Definitely in my list of "top blokes."

Seconded

[paulr]

Built up my sample trenches  this evening very impressed. link to Facebook page. done this on my phone so apologies if it doesn't work.

Take care

Andy

Works for me Andy

I see you got Michael to do a slightly different trench layout, more linear. They look good for earlier trenches

[Womble67]

Putting together a order for Michael now

Take care

Andy

[paulr]

Roy popped round at 8am today to give me even more help with the trenches
He was doubly welcome as he brought with him a 20kg bag of plaster

While I worked on assembling the remaining sections Roy work on the first fill of the trenches.
It was a good thing he brought the plaster, he would have used most if not all the 1 litre of filler I had bought. I will use it for the second coat which I will colour with paint

By about 11 I had finished assembling the remaining 36 sections
Roy finished filling the last section about noon

We had made very pleasing progress and had a well earned lunch

Assembled trench ends, outwards wedges and inwards wedges



Assembled 50mm positions and observation posts



Filled normal sections, slightly overfilled to allow for shrinkage



Some shrinkage as the plaster starts to dry



Filled ends and wedges



The whole lot



These will all have a second coat of coloured filler once they are fully dry (probably Sunday as we are hosting a BBQ on Saturday)
Detailing and painting the walls will have to fit around work over the next three weeks

Thanks again to Roy for his generous assistance and banter as we worked on these

A total of 84 trench segments giving a total of 22' 10" (almost 7m)

[d_Guy]

Came by for my daily look at the trench system progress - amazing! This is like watching one of those time-lapse films of pumping out the Zuiderzee or something. I stand in awe of your energy and diligence. I myself have managed to get four sticks of figures primed since you started on this!! 

[paulr]

I'm on vacation at the moment d_Guy so that has let me focus on these

Having Roy's assistance has been invaluable

Needing them for a public demonstration game at the end of the month is also focusing my attention

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

It's a huge commitment, but I applaud the work ethic. Fantastic job guys!

[Womble67]

They are certainly taking shape, very nice

Take care

Andy