Another month and another magazine article showing how I build scratch built terrain for the wargame table. But this time it's a little different.....
Miniature Wargames issue 463 (November 2021) has this article showing how I built a Gaul Defence Tower from corrugated cardboard, card, egg box card and DAS modelling clay with a lift-off plastic card roof detailed with real wood.
The model was inspired by an illustration in the Asterix book Asterix and the Cauldron - in which the treacherous Gaul Whosmoralsarelastix uses his friendship with the Romans to trick the Gauls into searching out some treasure. I was struck by the illustration when reading the book to my grandsons and thought it would make a great centre piece for my Pax Bochemannica games.
For full details of this comic inspired piece of wargame terrain, check out the latest issue of Miniature Wargames.
Tony
6 comments:
Very nice indeed, very much recognisable as "Asterix-style" - and all this time you've been doing lift-off roofs and not telling us! ;)
You will find that I have been doing lift off roofs for some time - ever since the comments first started appearing on the Blog. The problem is that there is a 'lag' between building the model and writing the article and the tutorial coming out in print. For example - there was a plan for another model with a lift off roof appearing in Miniature Wargames next month. This has been changed to accommodate a newer article with more relevant content.
I will of course post links once the article/articles are available.
Once again, thank you for the comment.
Tony
Brilliant model. Will there be other Asterix builds?
At this moment I don't have anything on the 'to build' list but I am enjoying reading the Asterix books to Finley and Charlie so I would expect more.
I have about three more Asterix books ready to read to the boys but am resisting the urge to browse images until I read them to the boys.
Finley in particular is really enjoying the stories and picture reading them in bed at night - as some of the words are a little difficult (even for adults).
I'll keep the Blog updated with progress although as I noted in the earlier reply, there is sometimes quite a lag between sending off the article and it appearing in the magazine.
Tony
I love everything about it- the stonework, the colour of the daub and the roof with it's ridge beam and pole rafters.
Thank you.
Tony
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