Trench system options

[paulr]

Dry brushing of the trench walls completed

I think these are basically done
With a week to spare
Thanks again to Roy for his help with assembly and filling

I've taken some pictures but photobucket is playing silly buggers when I try and upload them

Will post once successfully uploaded

[Techno]

Bloomin' photobucket !

They haven't changed improved it again, have they, Paul ?

Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

I don't think they have changed it again, just uploads failing for no obvious reasons

After several attempts I think I have got it to behave...

One of each of most of the segment types with some Ottomans for scale











I'm fairly happy but open to suggested improvements

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Those are brilliant

[Sandinista]

Great looking terrain

Cheers
Ian

[pierre the shy]

I'm fairly happy but open to suggested improvements

An after the battle PR shot of the British Commander "inspecting the recently captured Ottoman trench system" ? 

I think you are there with them Paul...with the extra stipple they blend in really well with the base cloth frontally and the trench walls look fantastic.

[O Dinas Powys]

Those are fantastic  

I'm fairly happy but open to suggested improvements

Just to make them look even more awesome I was wondering if there's a way to cunningly disguise the cracks between sections quickly  

Possibly paint the sides white to reflect the maximum amount of light back out?

Cheers!

Meirion

[toxicpixie]

Looking *really* nice! You're going to have to do some single figure stands for those observation trenches

[Techno]

Those look belting, Paul !
Cheers - Phil

[barbarian]

Maybe a bit of dried weed on the lower part of the trenches...Some pieces of wood, an abandoned shovel, a little bit of barbed wire ?

[d_Guy]

Nicely done and very evocative!

You're going to have to do some single figure stands for those observation trenches

It would be cool to have a fellow with a trench periscope supported by a rifleman.

And elaborating on other suggestions, perhaps pack animal(s) or vehicle with timbers to explain where they came from.

You're on a tight timeline and these would require a lot of "kit-bashing" plus I, at least, am way better at suggestions than execution
I personally think you are good to go!

[paulr]

Just to make them look even more awesome I was wondering if there's a way to cunningly disguise the cracks between sections quickly  

Possibly paint the sides white to reflect the maximum amount of light back out?

I have been thinking about that
The sides are Spanish White so already pretty light
This is one of the challenges of desert terrain the gaps would be much less noticeable with green terrain

Looking *really* nice! You're going to have to do some single figure stands for those observation trenches

I'll have to remember that for any spare figures at the end of the project

It would be cool to have a fellow with a trench periscope supported by a rifleman.

I have a spare periscope waiting to be painted, was destined for a command base but might have just got diverted

Maybe a bit of dried weed on the lower part of the trenches...Some pieces of wood, an abandoned shovel, a little bit of barbed wire ?

Wood etc are interesting ideas for future upgrades

An after the battle PR shot of the British Commander "inspecting the recently captured Ottoman trench system" ? 

Does this suggest your not planning to play the Ottomans

[fred.]

I have been thinking about that
The sides are Spanish White so already pretty light
This is one of the challenges of desert terrain the gaps would be much less noticeable with green terrain

Would a general sprinkling of loose sand help disguise the edges more? Might be a bit of a mess to clean up but probably OK for a demo game.

As to adding stuff to the edges of the trench - on the western front this was very period dependant. In the early war the trenches were built by the book, and had very flat even tops. By the middle of the war it had been realised that having straight edges was bad, as anyone brief showing themselves would be immediately apparent. So the Brits started to copy the German style of having a very irregular parapet, with sand bags of different colours, and uneven height of banking and sandbags. Bits of fabric flapping in the wind. All sorts of stuff to make a disrupted scene, so that it was much harder to notice someone looking from the trench.

This is fairly early and in a subsidiary theatre - so it may be that trenches were still built very much by the book - so a very clean look would be spot on.

[Matt J]

I think you have made a cracking job of these Paul

[Womble67]

These look absolutely fantastic well done

Take care

Andy