Small scenic bases

[Leon]

When we released the new resin hedges, O Dinas Powys asked:

Any chance of some isolated clumps and bushes? 

... So the question is what other things would people like to see, and what size? 

We've got John working on a few clumps of bushes for us, on circular bases of between 20mm-30mm, so while he's doing that we thought we might as well see what else people would want.

[Bodvoc]

How about a broken section of fence or a broken gate, perhaps with a road sign on.
Also a model plinth in 10mm scale to add our own statues to?
Full and broken columns...there must be many more ideas?

[Wulf]

Statues, plinths, fountains (small water dispensers or large decorative), horse troughs, pissoirs (Pendraken: the only company that makes 10mm scale pissoirs), menhirs, *cough* Police boxes *cough*, classic BT phone boxes...

[Leman]

Wrecked guns, carts and wagons, wayside cross, well.

[fred.]

Like all the ideas above.

Postboxes could be another option. Different eras and nationalites too. You could start getting into stuff for model railways this way too!!

Pallets, piles of boxes or crates.

[mollinary]

I think there is already a plinth (George Washington?) and certainly there are cases, boxes, barrels, piles of roundshot, etc scattered around existing ranges. Wrecked guns and wagons would be good, but they are not exactly difficult to make (even for a fat fingered idiot like me) from guns and wagons!  What about telegram poles, useable from 1866-ish onwards?

Mollinary

[Ithoriel]

Pots, pithoi and amphorae. They ranged in size from domestic cookware to things a tall man could stand in and not be visible from outside. They were the ancient equivalent of the barrel and yet they're almost impossible to find as wargames scenery. A nice cluster of them or a number of individuals (or both) would be useful.

[fsn]

I've got post boxes, skips and telephone boxes from railway suppliers at a quite reasonable price.

Ladders. I've tried making siege ladders and ... it wasn't a happy experience.

I'd like to see Techno's animals released.

Also some 10mm farm animals would be good.

Haystacks? Suitable for hiding the new Jagdpanther in.  (I realise taht leaves us open to a discussion about how various cultures built haystacks, but I ain't that fussy.)

Fences (rather than boundary hedges)



 

[Leman]

Didn't know you were into Animals' Rights,

[Leon]

Thanks for all the replies, I'll pass those onto John.  A lot of those would need to be done in metal though, so are there any more natural/scenery type things people would like?

[Ithoriel]

Not a small scenic base but a building I'd like to see would be a small wooden Russian church - something suitable for Napoleonic to WW2 or beyond.

To give a rough idea of what I'm meaning

[Leon]

That could be one for the future, John's currently working on a new Antietam church to replace the old one.

[Ithoriel]

Actually the Antietam church with an onion dome, as in the first couple of pictures, instead of the square section bell tower (or whatever it is) would probably do the job nicely. Possible to do a twofer?

[Leon]

Actually the Antietam church with an onion dome, as in the first couple of pictures, instead of the square section bell tower (or whatever it is) would probably do the job nicely. Possible to do a twofer?

Possibly, we'll have a look at that once it's been finished, could be a go-er.

[FierceKitty]

Leven make a church rather like that, if you're ok with 1:300 buildings.