"Building a modular fortress" Topic

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Bob the Temple Builder	19 Dec 2015 8:04 a.m. PST
Over the past three weeks I have been building a modular fortress to use in my wargames. It was inspired by a photograph of the 'Walls of Morobad' that was in Joseph Morschauser's book HOW TO PLAY WAR GAMES IN MINIATURE. I completed the wall, tower, and gateway modules just over a week ago … … and I have now finished painting them. The end result looks like this: I have written a number of blog entries that explain how I built my modular fortress, and these can be found by following the links shown below. Building modular fortifications: Part 1 – The raw materials = link Building modular fortifications: Part 2 – The walls = link Building modular fortifications: Part 3 – The towers = link Building modular fortifications: Part 4 – The gateway = link Building modular fortifications: Part 5 – Adding some more parapets = link Building modular fortifications: Part 6 – The complete (but as yet unpainted) fortress = link Building modular fortifications: Part 7 – Additional modules = link Building modular fortifications: Part 8 – The complete fortress = link Read, enjoy … and hopefully build your own!
GamesPoet	19 Dec 2015 9:25 a.m. PST
Looks great!
PaulCollins	19 Dec 2015 3:34 p.m. PST
Nice work.
Shagnasty	19 Dec 2015 6:54 p.m. PST
Excellent job.
raylev3	19 Dec 2015 10:38 p.m. PST
Very impressive for such a simple construction technique.
capncarp	19 Dec 2015 11:07 p.m. PST
I can see where a few acute or obtuse-angled wall "wedges" could expand possibilities far beyond the handy square fort design.
Cheriton	20 Dec 2015 12:37 p.m. PST
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