Thought I'd share the gun emplacement I built with matchsticks and polyfilla, the gun platforms are 40mm wide
Cheers
Ian
Good, sensible terrain.
:-bd =D> :-bd
Very good, and something that could easily for the basis of a redoubt feature.
That's produced a very effective piece of terrain.
Excellent !
Cheers - Phil
Very well made and an effective piece of terrain.
Nicely done
Well done. =D>
As everyone can see, matchsticks are very handy and, for some reason, quite effective in providing a good wood effect. :D
If you can't get what you want from the Pendraken range, I also recommend try making your own. My own redoubts and trench sections are also made with matchsticks (but I used Milliput instead of Polyfilla). If anyone else decides to make their own, I suggest try splitting the matchsticks to make planks and for a less 'machined' look. My first efforts were for 15mm scale but I've since made some more fortification sections for my 10mm collection - in their case, not only did I lower the height of the fortification, I also slightly cut down the length of the matchsticks because I think normal size matchsticks look too big for 'manhandling' by 10mm scale minions. :D
I've also built a wooden bridge which I made before SCN-BDG2 "Wooden Bridge" was released (otherwise I wouldn't have made it!). Another option is to use cocktail sticks, of course, but these are too 'smooth' in my opinion and need some shortening, bending, chipping away and 'roughing up' before they start to look like real logs.
If it helps to give anyone any additional ideas, here is a link to photos of a couple of my own efforts (for 15mm scale, alas) augmented by the odd cocktail stick, Pendraken gabions and Pendraken figures (unfortunately, I need other people to post photos for me on this forum):-
http://honoursofwar.com/thread/344/mortars (http://honoursofwar.com/thread/344/mortars)
Great stuff.
I'm planning on making army camps in 10/12 mm for To the Strongest using kebab sticks and cocktail sticks.
I'll need to see if I can bring matchsticks into the equation now.
These look really good!
Those are really good! Very professional looking.
Works for later periods too. Matchstick protection for my WW2 German MGs below
Apparently Jim I am not allowed to access that section. The pictures turned into the blue square question mark. :-/
Worked fine for me
This time it worked so no idea what that was all about. ???
Quote from: Sandinista on 12 August 2018, 01:48:35 AM
Thought I'd share the gun emplacement I built with matchsticks and polyfilla, the gun platforms are 40mm wide
Cheers
Ian
Quote from: Westmarcher on 12 August 2018, 09:58:30 AM
Well done. =D>
As everyone can see, matchsticks are very handy and, for some reason, quite effective in providing a good wood effect. :D
If it helps to give anyone any additional ideas, here is a link to photos of a couple of my own efforts (for 15mm scale, alas) augmented by the odd cocktail stick, Pendraken gabions and Pendraken figures (unfortunately, I need other people to post photos for me on this forum):-
http://honoursofwar.com/thread/344/mortars (http://honoursofwar.com/thread/344/mortars)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 12 August 2018, 01:56:43 PM
Those are really good! Very professional looking.
Works for later periods too. Matchstick protection for my WW2 German MGs below
Some brilliant emplacements there
Take care
Andy