ScottWashburn | 07 Dec 2008 11:21 a.m. PST |
PaperTerrain is pleased to announce the release of its Vauban Fortress Kit. The Vauban-style fortresses were built all over Europe and the world and saw action in many wars, even as late as World War II. The kit allows you to build a 4-sided fort. Included are 4 bastions, connecting walls and a gatehouse. The 10/12mm kit is approximately 14" x 14", the 15mm kit is 19" x 19", the 20mm kit is 24" x 24" and the 25/28mm kit is 30" x 30". A 6mm kit will be available VERY soon (really!). Check it out at paperterrain.com picture picture picture |
justBill | 07 Dec 2008 12:06 p.m. PST |
Wow, very nice! I'll have to get one of those soon! Bill |
marcpa | 07 Dec 2008 1:08 p.m. PST |
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bruntonboy | 07 Dec 2008 2:49 p.m. PST |
Looks good, but I can't find it on your webpage
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bruntonboy | 07 Dec 2008 2:51 p.m. PST |
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Belisarius | 07 Dec 2008 3:00 p.m. PST |
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Sloth1963 | 07 Dec 2008 3:29 p.m. PST |
I was hoping you would get to this :) Just ordered one. Any chance for expansion sets to allow different shaped fortifications? Paul |
ScottWashburn | 07 Dec 2008 3:36 p.m. PST |
Paul, Thanks for the order! Yes, an expansion kit to allow a 5-sided fort is only a couple of weeks away. 6-sided I'm not sure about. I've looked at it but the angles get a bit weird and I might not be able to re-use pieces. I will be adding interior barracks and a demi-lune outside the gate in another kit. I might add a small kit with just walls and corner pieces to allow even more variation in the layout. |
Whatisitgood4atwork | 07 Dec 2008 5:51 p.m. PST |
Oh yes yes yea. Thank you. I definitely 'need' (ahem) a 5 sided fort in 6mm. That is mega-coolness! |
justBill | 07 Dec 2008 7:19 p.m. PST |
I'm sure I can make my own if need be, but what about offering a glacis? I know yours would look much nicer! Bill |
malcolmmccallum | 07 Dec 2008 7:28 p.m. PST |
As much as I love the look of this, would it be worthwhile perhaps to offer a version with white or pale grey brick? I suppose the brick could be plastered over with flex paste. |
badger22 | 07 Dec 2008 9:28 p.m. PST |
How about some love for 40mm? |
ScottWashburn | 08 Dec 2008 5:23 a.m. PST |
Questions, questions, questions! :) I could do a glacis, but considering the much larger radius outside the fort it might take a lot of material to create. I have to charge based on the number of printed sheets in a kit and I could see the glacis costing more than the fort itself. But I'll give it a look after I get the other planned expansions done. Malcolm, a special order with different colored bricks could be done. e-mail me if you seriously want to pursue this. 40mm? Doubtful. The 25/28mm kit just barely fits onto the largest size sheets my printer can handle (11 x 17) I would have to do some major re-engineering of the model to fit 40mm pieces. OTOH, why not just use the 25/28mm kit? Actual scale terrain pieces take up an enormous amount of room on a game table. The 25/28mm kit is already 30" on a side. A 40" kit would 48" on a side! A lot of my customers use terrain that is 'one scale down' from their figures. |
badger22 | 08 Dec 2008 8:03 a.m. PST |
I agree that the fort will probably be OK, I was thinking more of your regular buildings. I know 40mm seems to be growing steady but support for anything but figures is not very good yet. So I am trying to spread the word. |
grenadier corporal | 09 Dec 2008 12:54 a.m. PST |
What a great idea! And it is made in the usual terrific quality! But alas for me – one year too late, because I've started to scratchbuild my own Vauban-style fortress. But seeing all those possibilities of extension (additional walls, demi-lunes and so on) I'm not sure if I'm going to continue my work. Okay, anyway, more than you ever wanted to know
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thehawk | 09 Dec 2008 3:58 a.m. PST |
Badger22, if you can afford $500 USD and run 3DS Max there is a model here (not affordable but interesting) link or see if you can find a Barzso 54mm Ticonderoga Fort which might be OK for 40mm as it looked a little undersize for 54mm. Or maybe his current Boonesboro fort. link |
badger22 | 09 Dec 2008 8:14 a.m. PST |
Yes, if you are wealthy there is lots of great stuff out there. Unfortunetly, i am neather wealthy, nor a very good scratch builder. And Scotts stuff always looks so good. |
Der Alte Fritz | 19 Dec 2008 1:50 p.m. PST |
Very cool. The 25mm version is on my post Christmas "must buy" list. Any chance of making some "German" looking half timber buildings to put inside the fort? |
firstvarty1979 | 19 Dec 2008 2:42 p.m. PST |
I wasn't sold on the idea of paper buildings until I was looking for a Brandenburg Game model for a Berlin 1945 game I am working on. The only reasonably priced (and sized) one was a paper model. I've completed 90% of it, and it looks great. My opinion of non-resin, paper-based terrain for wargaming has been completely changed! Now to get Scott to work up some of the other Berlin landmarks, like the Reichstag! I figured if he did that in the same scale as the gate (1:155) it'd be roughly 2'x3'! So maybe not, though if he did do it I'd be pretty darn impressed! I posted this link elsewhere, but just to show you (if you don't already know) there is a whole hobby that does nothing but build and collect paper buildings. Not for gaming or anything, just to have. ( (Their line of buildings doesn't overlap with what Scott has done with Paper Terrain, so I don't think he'll mind this slight hijack.) link |
IR1Lothringen | 19 Dec 2008 4:12 p.m. PST |
Scott's service is second to none. It took only 5 days from placing an order for the 6mm version to its arrival in UK |