Thursday, 11 August 2016

A Journey through time...

As I said a while back now, my Northern European town project was meant to be a blank canvas background onto which I could place different items from my collections without them or the town looking out of place. Today I tidied the Wars of the French Revolution game away and took the opportunity to take a few quickly posed shots to give a feel for how the town will look in different eras. See what you think anyway. Firstly, the blank canvas of the town ~

















In action in our recent Wars of the French Revolution game set in 1795 ~

















Next, with a few civilians around 1815 ~




































After almost a century of peace, the BEF are billeted in the town in 1914 ~


































Less welcome visitors march into the town in 1939 ~






























I hope that these few hurried images give an idea of what I was working towards in the design of the town for a number of different genes and eras. I can even see it being used in The Great Detective games as a setting for some villainy by von Brecher, the notorious Prussian criminal mastermind!
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10 comments:

  1. Truscott Trotter11 August 2016 at 15:41

    Wow what a fantastic little village well done.
    I have been eyeing the Hovells church myself as I do not like the mdf ones, how do you think it goes sizewise with 28mm figures?

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    1. David11 August 2016 at 23:06

      Hovels buildings are traditionally sized wargames buildings with small table footprints but scale beautifully with the figures I think. The church is very fine in my opinion, so buy one ASAP!

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  2. Phil Robinson11 August 2016 at 16:34

    Most grand indeed and looks just the ticket with all its many inhabitants through the years.

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    1. David11 August 2016 at 23:06

      Ta for the endorsement Phil! Looking forward to today's Robinson Mystery Tour!

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  3. Matt Crump11 August 2016 at 23:25

    Looks fantastic....models are stunning😀

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    1. David13 August 2016 at 02:55

      Thank you Matt. I have to say I'm quite pleased myself?

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  4. Mad Padre13 August 2016 at 16:31

    What a lovely idea to use the same model town to give the sense of the years passing. Very well done, lovely looking shots. Your model town serves the figures well.

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    1. David14 August 2016 at 00:43

      Thank you Michael for the ringing endorsement. Of course, the tableau really needed more period detritus, but I was pressed for time.

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  5. Bartek Zynda20 August 2016 at 03:04

    Great set David. I love when the terrain features can be use for many periods. Great job!

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    1. David20 August 2016 at 10:12

      Thanks for the positive comment Bartek, we are as one on this aspect of the hobby.

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