| nevinsrip | 29 Jun 2016 11:35 p.m. PST |
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ZULUPAUL  | 30 Jun 2016 2:13 a.m. PST |
The second option. It looks like you would be able to actually get the building materials needed onto the top. |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 30 Jun 2016 3:59 a.m. PST |
The first option seems impractical – may be easy to defend, but defenders have to in themselves plus resupply etc – having 'mountaineer' in the job spec for a defender is not good. |
| Ashokmarine | 30 Jun 2016 5:32 a.m. PST |
Definitely the second one |
| Disco Joe | 30 Jun 2016 6:39 a.m. PST |
Well unless you plan on putting an escalator in for the plateau option 2 is by far the best way to go. |
| historygamer | 30 Jun 2016 8:11 a.m. PST |
Why would you fix it to a terrain piece? Seems rather limiting for gaming purposes. I don't recall blockhouses being put on such terrain anyway. Do you have a specific historical example in mind? |
| TheBeast | 30 Jun 2016 8:44 a.m. PST |
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| nevinsrip | 30 Jun 2016 1:27 p.m. PST |
Well unless you plan on putting an escalator in for the plateau option 2 is by far the best way to go. Disco, There is a trail on one side that would have to be widened a bit, but it's not beyond my modelling capabilities. |
| nevinsrip | 30 Jun 2016 7:40 p.m. PST |
Why would you fix it to a terrain piece? Seems rather limiting for gaming purposes. One. I like the look and I have several more freestanding blockhouses that I can use.
And two, I don't game, so I am not limited by anything Do you have a specific historical example in mind? Nope. Why? Do I need to? I've seen plenty of similar pieces on Paul Darnell's Touching History site (and books) and on the Perry site.
I think it looks cool. That's all. Hallmark? Lemax? Doug Sorry Beast, you'll have to be more specific than that.
I should have shown the side with the path on the Plateau piece. The picture didn't come out, so I deleted it.
Anyway, don't fret over access to the Plateau. It is easily remedied with some pink foam and a few bark chips.
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| epturner | 30 Jun 2016 8:57 p.m. PST |
Bill;
I have never seen an existing Garrison House or Blockhouse, such as Klock's House, on a terrain piece that high. Usually, they are on "ground" level. Not saying they could not have been, but I've never seen an example so placed. Now, you do amazing pieces, so I'd go with the double plateau thing, just because. But I've never seen anything like it. With the previous caveat, of course. Now… if you'd ever feel like making a few pieces to sell… well… just saying.
 Eric |
| historygamer | 01 Jul 2016 4:24 a.m. PST |
Didn't realize this was a display piece. Most of us are gamers on here and think in those terms. Have to agree with Eric though, aside from looking cool, it doesn't fit how where period blockhouses were used. Your piece, your call. |
| capncarp | 01 Jul 2016 10:23 a.m. PST |
_Very_ nice work on the hand-hewn logs; they look just like what a broadaxe notch-and-plane technique would accomplish. |
| Cold Steel | 01 Jul 2016 11:22 a.m. PST |
Historically, blockhouses were to control movement along trails/roads at chock points like a pass or ford. They had to be within musket range so would have been on level or slightly elevated ground close to the trail. Some were on low bluffs at narrow points on rivers. link |
| Disco Joe | 01 Jul 2016 4:04 p.m. PST |
Bill, and that is the problem. The photo didn't show it. You need to provide that if you want a fair and honest evaluation. |
| nevinsrip | 01 Jul 2016 5:14 p.m. PST |
Disco Yeah the picture didn't come out. C'est La Vie.
Anyway this is the look that I was going for.
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| TheBeast | 02 Jul 2016 4:43 a.m. PST |
*blush* Sorry, missed the Lemax comment. Hallmark has similar they use for displays of their ornaments, which I've been fortunate to pick up when the store is trashing the display. Doug |
gets in his first game of the convention.
