I wanted to make a couple of Motte & Bailey castles on quite small bases, so as to see what level of detail I could incorporate in such a small space. Also I wanted them to be able to fit on a game table without dwarfing it, so they could be a backdrop rather than the centre of attention.
This one measures not much more than 20 x 9inches and looks and feels the part of a larger castle. The Normans would build very small, quick to build wooden castles garrisoned by just a handful of men, which would then be later enlarged. These early smaller castles are what inspired me to make this one and another larger one, which you should see in pictures of here very soon.
Roy Lowson is the proud owner of this one and that's his kitchen floor in the photos which Roy took for me.
The roofs of the gatehouse and tower are removable to allow access for figures and the main gates open and close as dictated by angry Saxons and Vikings! The tower is also a freestanding piece.
I made this model for Alan Jenkinsons and he has been waiting for it since the dawn of time! The roof for the main house comes off and I have added some internal rooms with a marble flooring.
These are complicated models to make as they are quite detailed, but well worth all the effort.
28mm buildings I made for an article that was featured recently in Wargames Soldiers and Strategy.
They feature one large factory model with lift off roof and two smaller houses. Great fun making them and they give you an idea what my WW2 project will look like.
28mm century fort built for Mark Gosling. The buildings and the tower can be removed.
The base for the bank is made from polystyrene and the palisade from cocktail sticks stuck into the poly.
I do enjoy making these types of models. For this one I allowed for access within the model and added a low palisade around it.
I always keep this palisade low so that figures can fire over it and anyone attacking it can climb over should they make it that far?
Toby Pilling wanted a series of Napoleonic Spanish buildings, all set of 1ft x 1ft bases. This is one of them and it shows a small village with a gateway leading in and out.You can have a lot of fun making these types of buildings as the idea is not to make anything look too neat and tidy, but rather to give the overall look seem a little haphazard in design.
Now to be honest I made this a couple of years ago, but as I do not have a Seven Years War picture gallery, these pictures have remained unseen for some time now and thought I would give them a little exposure again.The church with its substantial defenses, which would have been used as a local defensive refuge in times of trouble, are based on the original and it was made for Michael Holgate.
