Torrington 1646: An historical build.

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Re: Torrington 1646: An historical build.

Post by ashdevon » Wed Jun 03, 2020 4:42 pm

Primarch wrote:
Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:27 am
ashdevon wrote:
Wed Jun 03, 2020 7:32 am
Lol :lol: Thanks Prim. The Dragoons are in the post! I wish I was joking.
What's your opinion on these gaming tiles for a board? https://store.warlordgames.com/collecti ... ystem-pack
Storage is more of an issue now than ever so I was wondering if these would work well for building a board. Only 3x3 though.
Yeah, I've seen those. Sarissa Precision makes them. You may want to compare prices and options between Warlord and Sarissa.
They look like a good starting point for a board, being modular. If you're planning to glue on buildings and other terrain, you can add basing effects and flock to blend the building into the base for a more realistic look.
The only down side I can see is that they lack depth, so rivers and ditches would be harder to do. If you're just doing towns and fields they're fine.
Many thanks. I shall have a think. Might be better just to use the garden H G Wells style. Mind you sudden gusts of wind and Magpies are the real issue with garden wars. :) It's raining here today after months of hot sun. Starting to feel like the UK again.

Parliament infantry assembled.

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Re: Torrington 1646: An historical build.

Post by ashdevon » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:17 pm

I was out in thee garden this afternoon spray varnishing the finished project and then thought, why not. What last hurrah for the English Civil War.

28mm miniatures provided by Warlord Games. Painted by Ash.
8 year project completed today. Hopton Royalists defend the town from Fairfax New Model Army.
I do not own the rights to the music by The Levellers England is my home and Over the hills and far away an old English folk song from the 1700's.
I hope you enjoy watching this video as much as I did making it.

The Battle of Torrington 1646. England is my home now.
https://youtu.be/Wg_YHMsNpkY

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Nearly finished the pile of miniatures from 2013.
Painting mainly historical with some fantasy and Sci-Fi.

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Re: Torrington 1646: An historical build.

Post by ashdevon » Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:55 pm

Parliamentarian General and Sandy the horse.

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Nearly finished the pile of miniatures from 2013.
Painting mainly historical with some fantasy and Sci-Fi.

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Re: Torrington 1646: An historical build.

Post by ashdevon » Sun Jul 05, 2020 1:06 pm

The crowning piece for the project. 28mm model church. This could be the village church at Torrington before the destruction and explosion sufferered during the battle. Here the church is still being taken care of by the Royalists so the church is still of Catholic denomination. I need to find some stained glass.

28mm church. laser-model.store
Minis: Warlord Games and GW.

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Painting mainly historical with some fantasy and Sci-Fi.

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Re: Torrington 1646: An historical build.

Post by job » Sun Jul 05, 2020 4:06 pm

Very nice looking real estate.
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Re: Torrington 1646: An historical build.

Post by Primarch » Sun Jul 05, 2020 9:48 pm

Great looking church, the flowers climbing the wall are a nice touch.
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Re: Torrington 1646: An historical build.

Post by ashdevon » Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:56 am

Just found that Warlord gave me a mention for this project on their Twitter feed this Summer. That's a nice end to an epic project.

https://twitter.com/WarlordGames/status ... 14400?s=09
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Re: Torrington 1646: An historical build.

Post by Primarch » Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:37 am

Well done! Getting a shout-out from Warlord is pretty impressive. Consider me suitably envious.

That said, I don't think your multi-based troops are social distancing correctly. :lol:
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Re: Torrington 1646: An historical build.

Post by ashdevon » Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:04 pm

The cops are on their way to disperse their folk festival rave with more than 6 people in attendance. :)
Nearly finished the pile of miniatures from 2013.
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Re: Torrington 1646: An historical build.

Post by ashdevon » Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:00 am

One of the last character pieces painted last night. Just going to spray varnish.

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Nearly finished the pile of miniatures from 2013.
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