ECW project - For King and Parliament

[paulr]

I'm making good progress on the hedges
And the weather is cooperating

30 hedges varnished toady

50 in various stages of the process

Only 30 more left to start

[FierceKitty]

Watch a flag in a lively wind; sharp creases do happen, so let not thy heart be troubled.

[Terry37]

Ah, OK Paul. I suspect you may have just told me why I was having the problem on doing flapping in the breeze flags.

Another thing that makes it a bit easier for me is that I always replace any cast standard poles with wire, so I can do the flag and work it without it being attached to the figure - thus my Muscovite flags not yet attached. Not sure 10 MM allows that though.

Terry

[paulr]

Making good progress on the hedges

20 of the last 30 hedge bases have been cut and glued, about to start on the last 10

[paulr]

More progress on hedges today

All of the last 30 are now cut and glued

I've finished preparing the 'extra' chits bases that will bring my 4 extra sets of chits up to 'full' strength

[lowlylowlycook]

That last set of pics was pretty amazing.

[paulr]

The last 30 hedges have had their clump foliage applied
10 hedges have been soaked and PVA and dry brushed so are ready to flock
The other 260 are finished

I've labeled the Pub as "The Fox" and varnished half the buildings
Then I ran out of varnish
I'll have to get some more on Monday

I've had to cut and prepare 18 more chit bases and once these are painted and labeled all the chit sets will be up to full strength
They will also be in the varnishing queue

This weekend I'm aiming to:

• buy foam for the hills
• cut out the hills to go under the base clothes
• buy some felt to mark the woods and muddy area
• cut out and begin painting the felt

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Just a quiet weekend then?

[d_Guy]

It is clear that you really give a chit about preparing for this game! 

[paulr]

 

Last of the hedges have now been soaked in diluted PVA
One to dry brushing and flocking once dry

The extra chits have been painted and will be labeled once I finish reading the forum

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Bet you're regretting I ever mentioned the pva...

[paulr]

I am grateful that you did mention the dilute PVA as it has made the hedges much more robust and your advice was most helpful

I must admit that it is the most frustrating and time consuming step in the whole process

The extra chits have been labeled

[paulr]

The last 40 hedges have been dry brushed and 20 of them flocked
The next 20 will get done once I've finished my cup of tea and got off the forum

[paulr]

All hedges flocked and flock touched up

Looking at my list for this weekend the results are mixed

• buy foam for the hills - the cost of foam has gone up since I last bought some
• cut out the hills to go under the base clothes - I need to talk to our regular host about a plan B
• buy some felt to mark the woods and muddy area - all bought
• cut out and begin painting the felt - I've cut out most of Cheriton Wood I need to get the rest done & get painting

I also need to buy more varnish tomorrow

[paulr]

I bought more varnish and managed to get the last of the buildings varnished after work

I've come up with a plan C for the hills, will call and price it up tomorrow

Cut out all the felt

[paulr]

Definitely not varnishing weather today
Next week is looking better

Plan C will work for the hills, polystyrene foam ordered
I'll collect it on Thursday and start cutting it to shape

All the felt is painted

[paulr]

The weather took a surprising turn for the better

All remaining chits varnished

30 of the last 40 hedges have been varnished
The last 10 will have to wait until tomorrow as I'll soon lose the sun

I collected the expanded polystyrene I'd had cut into 1200x600 sheets (4'x2' in old money)

They were much easier to cut than I had feared
I've even ended up with one spare sheet through careful use of the various off cuts
The good weather allowed me to cut them outside which has avoided any domestic disharmony

These sheets will be used under a fleece base cloth to form the ridges required for Cheriton and I'm sure many more ridges and hills in the future
So they don't need as much protection as hills that go on top of the table
I would like to minimise the shedding of small balls of expanded polystyrene, to avoid upsetting hall cleaners and vehicle owners if nothing else

So a question for the forum, how best to simply and cheaply 'seal' the 11m² of sheets 

[paulr]

I've found some acrylic house paint left behind by the previous house owner
I've painted an off cut and it doesn't look to have had any adverse effect 
So I better get painting all the pieces I cut out on Thursday

I've also set up for a test/practice game this evening, will be interesting to see how it goes 

[Techno]

That's enough waffle.....I want to see more pretty pictures !!

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]