"Help with building a fort" Topic

Does anyone have a commercial source for palisades? I have a block house for my 40mm figures and need to build the palisades around it and am looking for some easier ideas than building with sticks from the yard. My initial internet search didn't provide any great options. Thanks in advance for the help.

Not in that scale. Buy wooden BBQ skewers if you go the DIY route. There is some stuff for 54mm if you want to go that route.

I might be able help out with 3D printed sections, but at 40mm scale, it may be a bit pricy and large. IM me if interested and we can discuss possible options.

I remember seeing an article in Miniature Wargaming that used uncooked spaghetti, glued into walls, and painted.

40mm? Wooden dowels and a pencil sharpener--though sharpening them with a knife might look more realistic. And you'll want to rough them up a little.

Take a look in your local Dollar Store – amazing what you can find there.

I used a recast Fort Apache from Hobby Bunker to build a fort for my F&I war.

Dollar store skewers, a bit of glue and some brown wash

I have seen a number of diagrams of Alabama frontier forts.
One considerations on diamensions is that opposite walls should be within musket range of the opposite wall.
If wider then a interior wall or bastion could be added

Frederic said,

Dollar store skewers, a git of glue and some brown wash.

I've made watch tower platforms using this method with bamboo skewers, applying a dark brown urethane stain. Worked superbly, IMO.

I also converted a Marx(?) plastic wooden palisade fort for use with 28mm figures. I painted the tips of the "logs" yellow, as well as the wooden "pin" portions. I had to add proper catwalks to the molded plastic catwalks, as they were too small; these needed to be supported/held in proper place, using bamboo skewers, to create uniform level platforms for my figures. For the amount of effort involved, it turned out really good for tabletop wargaming usage -- when viewed at tabletop distances.

Whatever route you choose, I wish you the best of luck. DIY can be a lot of fun (here's a link to my blog (scroll down to Project #2) discussing how I built my Guard Towers, which might offer some useful insight in gluing the bamboo skewers). Cheers!

I used the long (10-12 in) square matches from lighting the grill for cooking outside. cut to size, nick the sharp edges here and there and they make make passable timbers. Hold them together with a catwalk on the inside and the base and you're done. also, because there's no finish on them, they take color/stain/paint readily.

Irregular Miniatures have a 42mm range that includes palisades.

Thank you all.