Indian Mutiny / First Indian War of Independence Project

[fred.]

Corners for walls and hedges can be a pain - I've got L shaped corner sections for the hedges I have - but find they don't get used that much, as they often aren't the right length. 

I find I tend to do corners and junctions just by aligning the straight sections with each other. So I'd go for some variant of 3, either try the 45º option, or even just cut away the base totally at the ends. As long as the bases are similar to the ground colour, I don't think the gaps will be noticeable. 

Having some half-length sections will be useful too. 

[paulr]

Thanks Fred, I saw your response last night and got stuck into making some test wall sections

They are now made and ready to be textured with moulding paste

I've done three coats of base colour on the tops of the 'village' bases

I've also mixed up a batch of my 'arid' flock

It's been a while since I did any modeling and I'm really enjoying getting back into it    
Using only spare bits and pieces I already have is a nice bonus.
I claim I'm green and reusing. My daughter claims I'm just tight

[paulr]

'Village' bases flocked

Test walls textured, under coated black, two heavy dry brushes of off white, a dusty final dry brush and two coats of base colour on the bases    

I'm reasonably happy with how they look, I need to decide if I flock the bases or leave them plain so they blend into the base cloth

'Town' bases painted, I need to slot in the existing buildings and work out how to blend each one into the larger area

[paulr]

A couple of grab shots of the test walls on my 'arid' base cloth with some WWI Kiwis for scale





The wall is 12mm high and 115mm long

All feedback welcome

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Looking good

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looking good

[Raider4]

[paulr]

Right then, only another 19 feet to make

[paulr]

I finished painting up the 'town' sabots yesterday and applied flock to the road/track areas tonight

I made good progress yesterday on about another 3 feet of walls, tonight they had moulding paste applied

[paulr]

Applied main flock to 'town' sabots

Undercoat & first dry brush done on current batch of walls, should get the second dry brush done tonight  

Next batch of walls cut out, glued up and ready for moulding paste  

Double checked and each batch of walls is closer to 5 feet than 3   

[paulr]

Touched up main flock on 'town' sabots and added vegetation

Current batch of walls finished

Next batch of walls only needs second coat on bases and they are done  

[paulr]

Tidied up vegetation on 'town' sabots and soaked with diluted PVA so these are finished

'Next' batch of walls finished

Two more batches of walls underway, the first is ready for black undercoat, the second is ready for moulding paste  

I need to start thinking about trees, several of the battles feature groves of trees. I will probably go with areas of felt with a few scatter trees.

Any suggestions on what types of trees there would have been near Lucknow and Cawnpore in 1857 and any good sources for suitable models (or suggestions for scratch building).

[paulr]

The two batches of walls that were underway and now done  

Still pondering trees

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Paul theres a whole website on this...
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/lucknow/flowering-trees-planted-in-lucknow/a

Still pondering trees

Still pondering trees
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[fsn]

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/flowering-trees-planted-in-lucknow/articleshow/48651690.cms

Ya missed a bit, Speedy.