| David Manley | 27 Sep 2020 4:20 a.m. PST |
I'm about to start work on a scratch built cavalry fort in advance of the reprinted "Pony Wars" rules coming out, but I'm wondering if there are any 15mm models available that might save me the trouble. Any suggestions? |
| BillyNM | 27 Sep 2020 5:09 a.m. PST |
Old Glory?
link For Pony Wars you really only need the front half of the fort on the base edge. It's a cracking game, always fun. |
Wackmole9  | 27 Sep 2020 5:37 a.m. PST |
The problem is most western fort US didn't have walls. Most were a collection of buildings,Stables, and barracks.
Fort robimson NE
fort larand
fort laramie
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| BillyNM | 27 Sep 2020 5:41 a.m. PST |
But Pony Wars is all about Hollywood not history. |
| Wackmole9 | 27 Sep 2020 6:53 a.m. PST |
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| robert piepenbrink | 27 Sep 2020 7:48 a.m. PST |
If you want historical, Fort Phil Kearny will do nicely, and there's a plan in the Wikipedia article--which says there were two other stockaded forts on the Bozeman Trail. Fort Laramie was stockaded, but adobe, which opens up other possibilities. For myself, I'd be more influenced by "Fort Apache" "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" and "Rio Grande." But there's also a nice Hollywood stockaded fort in "Hallelujah Trail." |
| ChrisBrantley | 27 Sep 2020 9:53 a.m. PST |
There's an Osprey on Forts of the American Frontier: 1820-1891 whose cover includes this stockaded fort that I couldn't identify: picture Here's the Fort Kearny diagram: picture Another stockade fort that was a bit more rough and ready was Fort Supply in Oklahoma. link |
| cavcrazy | 27 Sep 2020 11:51 a.m. PST |
Get the recast Fort Riley or the Airfix fort Apache. You can get the Airfix fort from Hobby Bunker. I saw it there a fee weeks ago. That should fit your needs. |
| cavcrazy | 27 Sep 2020 1:28 p.m. PST |
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 Extra Crispy  | 28 Sep 2020 6:22 a.m. PST |
I have "Fort Frontier" from Blue Moon/Old Glory. It's a great piece of kit and modular so easy to use just some/all. I use it for Old West as well as FIW etc.
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| Rdfraf | 28 Sep 2020 8:41 a.m. PST |
I agree that the Blue Moon one is excellent. I've been working on my 15mm Pony Wars collection and I'm almost done! I need maybe another 60 more Indians. |
| Garryowen | 29 Sep 2020 9:45 a.m. PST |
The 1860s posts along the Oregon Trail (aka Overland Trail, aka, Platte River Road) and the Bozeman Trail were commonly stockaded. While Ft Laramie as a trading post did have a wall around it, when the Army bought it and moved it, that was the end of the wall. Tom |
