Assyrian army

Assyrian army
Showing posts with label 1/87th. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1/87th. Show all posts

Tuesday, 5 July 2022

Dunwich - an interim setup

Been messing about with this on and off for the last few days and finally decided this would be the best set up to most closely mimic actual Dunwich - though still very much an impression of the place rather than an accurate model!

This is a view from the beach down the length of the village. Attempts to place the village along the short edge of the table didn't work - not enough room - so this was the obvious best option.

 

This is the village from the church down the street towards the sea. The sea is on the table, honest. You can even see a little bit of it in the top left hand corner. Likewise, the sea wall/flood defences. I simply put a row of little business card boxes under mat across the beach. In the photo they just all merge in.

 

A picture of the whole table including the sea! Building models are all 1/87th scale which makes it awkward as far as cars go - don't have much that small and larger scale ones don't look right!

 

Another view down the table. One option on this would be to move the wood forward a bit. In an actual game I think I'll take out the sea wall - doesn't add anything to any scenarios.

 

The picture of the car park shows why the cars are too big! The few smaller scale ones I have in the background are much better. The car park itself I would probably 'lose' in an actual set up. Possibly a line of fisherman's huts would be better - I'm working on them at the moment!
 


Thursday, 21 January 2021

And bigger

Two more buildings arrived to complete this tranche.

These are two separate buildings and add a couple of useful shops to the town.

Though if I were to put them at the back of the table with the backs facing the front they could just as easily act as more flats.
One thing about these - the packages arrived with some of the best protection I've come across!

 

Tuesday, 19 January 2021

Making the town bigger

 Although I've now got quite a few 1/87th-1/76th buildings, most of them are more suitable for country use rather than towns. So at the moment I'm quietly building up the 'town' side of things.

Ugly looking building this - not sure if this is the front or the back. Think I'll use it as the back.

Which would make this the front... looks more 60s than 20s or 30s but it's fantasy so?

A bit prettier and probably a lot more realistic for the period.

Another block of flats - groups like these should be very useful in giving things a town look.


Thursday, 30 July 2020

Ebay opportunism

Hopefully Part 1 - with Part 2 in the post...
Although not heavily involved with the 20mm WW2/Pulp stuff at the moment, I do still keep an eye out for things on Ebay. Saw these, thought 'I'll try an offer', didn't expect it to be accepted - it was, they've arrived. Needa little bit of work, but frankly for all I know in alternate Lovecraftian universes they might have had satellite dishes in the 20s/30s...
The hopefully Part 2 bit should arrive on Saturday... and makes this one look... well, I'll wait until Saturday...