| Zinkala | 04 Nov 2009 9:29 a.m. PST |
I'm thinking of building a small wooden for out of doweling and some odds and ends. I haven't really settled on a style yet and was thinking of keeping it fairly generic so that it could be used in fantasy and historical games for a variety of armies, notably early imperial romans, medieval/dark age russians and goblins. I've been searching for historical examples of various forts around the world but my google-fu is weak and I'm not getting the types of pictures I'd like. Can anyone point me to other people's projects or decent online pictures and explanations of fort design? |
 ColCampbell  | 04 Nov 2009 9:57 a.m. PST |
Look under Google images for "motte and bailey castle diagram" and you will find plenty of inspiration. Jim |
| Zinkala | 04 Nov 2009 10:06 a.m. PST |
Thanks, that helps some. I tried roman fort, hillforts and some other variants and more often than not got sites with no pictures or actually photos of the sites today. Grassy hills and post hole indentations wasn't all that inspiring. |
 timurilank | 04 Nov 2009 10:12 a.m. PST |
Palisade fort or Ostrog might pull up more information through Google. Check also Eastern European medieval forts as they would look nice for a fantasy setting. In addition, there is a Terrainmakers Yahoo group that have good photos of palisaded forts. link At my blog, I did cover the construction of a star fort using simple and cheap materials: link Cheers,
Robert
18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.com |
| Baggy Sausage | 04 Nov 2009 11:49 a.m. PST |
Here is a tutorial for one I did— link |
| ColCampbell | 04 Nov 2009 11:51 a.m. PST |
Better link, I hope, for Baggy's tutorial: link And a two parter for Zulu kraal I made last year. The techniques may prove ueseful: link link Just hope all these long links come through OK. Jim |
| Mock26 | 04 Nov 2009 4:31 p.m. PST |
Get this book: The Medieval Fortress: Castles, Forts, And Walled Cities Of The Middle Ages, by J.e. Kaufmann & H.w. Kaufmann. It has some great illustrations of motte and bailey fortresses, including some nice cross sections on various types of palisades/walls used in that period. Not only will this give you some great ideas but overall I found the entire book to be a great read. link |
| Zinkala | 04 Nov 2009 5:00 p.m. PST |
Thanks again everybody. You've given me lots of material to check out. I knew somebody at TMP could help. |
| Russian Bear | 04 Nov 2009 5:26 p.m. PST |
Look up Fort Stanwix, Rome NY. Its one of my favorites. |
| French Wargame Holidays | 04 Nov 2009 8:43 p.m. PST |
one of my efforts using bamboo placemats link cheers
matt |
| Andy ONeill | 05 Nov 2009 3:48 a.m. PST |
I would start by looking at the Pegasus stuff. |
| Lion in the Stars | 05 Nov 2009 4:38 p.m. PST |
@BaggySausage: Very nice. Didn't the romans have a pretty standard camp layout that they used?
Nevermind, just checked the Wiki entry, that'd be a huge structure. You'd want a smaller one for gaming. |
| Baggy Sausage | 06 Nov 2009 6:55 a.m. PST |
The one I did was for the Khador Warmachine faction. I did it in the shape of that faction's logo. |
| Cheomesh | 06 Nov 2009 11:24 p.m. PST |
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begins his series on how to paint a 15mm DBA army well, in a reasonable time frame.
