For the game at Partizan (of which more, anon), I'm going to need to make up some vineyards, of a type used by the Romans- tall poles, on which the grapes would grow, overhead. A Syrian neighbour built something very similar in his garden, one year. These need to be able to accomodate troops but also to store away neatly, hopefully 4 to a 7L Really Useful box.
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I pushed bamboo skewers through a 5mm sheet of foamcore, on a 70mm grid, to make a template. I then cut 45mm lengths of skewer as the uprights, and cut beams of spruce and bamboo to go across them. I stuck everything together with wood glue, it is reasonably rigid, and will become more so, as I plan to reinforce it.
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Above are the first 2 frames, of 4 planned. They are going to be freestanding, so troops can easily be placed under the vines. A promising start! Also a nice change from painting and basing.
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Close this window Jump to comment formInteresting. How are you going to make the vines?
Cheers
paul
18 July 2012 at 13:38
Hi Paul, I'm thinking some combination of string, thread and clump foliage. It'll be a journey of discovery.
Cheers, Simon
18 July 2012 at 17:25
Wow! I thought I was the only one who bought foamcore by the sheed!
18 July 2012 at 17:39
Hi Allen, I've never used it very much, but I bought a load recently, am planning to make the Postumian Way out of foamcore!
Cheers, Simon
18 July 2012 at 17:44
Very nice. I look forward to seeing how these turn out.
18 July 2012 at 18:42
This does look interesting!
I managed to get hold of about 10 sq metres of foamcore sheets when my company moved office. Jolly useful stuff.
Regards
Matt
18 July 2012 at 19:37
I'll be intrigued to see how you do your vines.
20 July 2012 at 00:35
Vines are mostly on, will post a photo later...
20 July 2012 at 08:41