10mm hill fort

[Doerchele]

I recently made this hill fort as part of my 10mm dark age Hail Caesar project.  I am new to 10mm and the forum so any critiques would be appreciated.  There are more pictures and a clearer tutorial on my blog.
http://miniaturesaga.blogspot.com/2011/08/dark-ages-hill-fort-part-ii.html

I used paper clay and toothpicks to make the palisade walls.  The inner wall was made with paper clay, gravel and spackle.
I am still working on the gate houses as  I wanted them to be detachable from the fort for sieges.  
Here are two pictures of the fort.  The first one is just of the foam hill and paperclay.  The last one is after painting and flocking.   

I can definitely say that I am a 10mm convert.  From a terrain builders perspective, I can store All of my 10mm stuff in the same space as 1 large 28mm piece.  I wish I tried 10mm years ago........



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[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Looks good.

IanS

[nikharwood]

Nicely done 

I wish I tried 10mm years ago........

We hear that a lot y'know 

[DFlynSqrl]

Very cool!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looking great!

[Leon]

Looking excellent, just need some attacking hordes now!

[CorvetteK225]

Turned out quite nice! I have yet to try my hand at terrain pieces and your tutorial should come in handy.

Dave

[Hertsblue]

The palisades at the hill forts in the English West Country overlap so that the gates are less vulnerable to a quick charge. Other than that it looks pretty good.

[Arsenus]

Very nice!! Good work!

[Squirrel]

Very nice indeed, and welcome

Cheers,

Kev

[Serotonin]

Going to steal this for my Dark Ages project!

[O Dinas Powys]

Very nice 

[Doerchele]

Thanks for the encouragement.  I still have a bit of work to do on it before it is complete.  The gatehouses still need to be made as well as the buildings.  (not to mention the armies that will fight it out nearby!)  I tried to make the fort as generic as possible so I can interchange building and gatehouses to match the period.  I figure those will catch the eye first so will need extra attention.  Any suggestions would be appreciated. 
I just lost my 10mm viginity, so I still have lots to learn.  What I've learned so far is that sometimes you can reduce the scale from 28 to 10mm and it looks great with less work.  Other things require a different perspective on distance and viewpoint.  I haven't wrapped my finger around it yet, but I am enjoying myself immensely.  It reminds of when I painted my first 28mm lead figures after teaching myself to paint with 1/72 plastics. 

[sixsideddice]

The Hill Fort is truly exceptional. Excellent work.

[Kassad]

Very very nice. I like your fort. My compliments!