"Fort Wayne." Topic
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| Tango01 | 13 May 2012 8:49 p.m. PST |
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| zippyfusenet | 14 May 2012 4:20 a.m. PST |
Use it anywhere that there are plenty of trees. So okay for the hilly parts of Colorado, not so much for New Mexico. Check the local botany for your game scenario. Nice fort. |
| Erasmus Philomel | 14 May 2012 4:52 a.m. PST |
It would work well for the Old Northwest (Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee etc) and the far West; the Russians built log forts in Alaska and south along the Pacific coast when they were colonizing in the 1700s-1800s. |
| Oddball | 14 May 2012 4:56 a.m. PST |
Forts like this were used during the Red Cloud War, fought in the late 1860's in the Wyoming and Montana Territories. Fort Phil Kearny was a main US post. link for information on the war: link So, yes. It can be used for the Old West. |
| Cacique Caribe | 14 May 2012 5:19 a.m. PST |
Armand, I made one with toothpicks a long time ago for 1/72 figures, but it looked way too uniform and unnatural. So I decided to tear down those walls and go outside and pick up as many twigs as I could find. The end result was something very similar to what you posted. I had plans to weather it a little and then seal the surfaces. It looked really nice, until my brother decided to paint the twigs dark brown, without any hightlights at all. Just plain dark (chocolate-like) brown. I was so embarrased by the end result that I never took it out again to play. Dan |
| Tango01 | 14 May 2012 9:21 a.m. PST |
Many thanks for your guidance my friends!.
Dear Cacique, so you also had a small brother who put his hands where he shouldn't? (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
| skyking20 | 14 May 2012 11:51 a.m. PST |
Fort Kearny almost looks like you could make it out of golf pencils.
sky |
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