Various entrenchments

 These are all 15mm resin pieces from Ironclad Miniatures.

Above we have some prepared positions with solid foundations lined with ammunition boxes and some smaller roughly dug-out sangars.

Below are sandbagged positions in larger and smaller sizes.

I decided that I would keep the paint jobs to a minimum here, for two reasons. Firstly, so that they could be used for desert and rocky dry settings and secondly because I want them to look freshly dug. Therefore, I didn't use any tufts or flock, reasoning that if they had been assembled hurriedly, grass and weeds wouldn't have had any time to take root. 

These are the kind of basic entrenchments that could be used for tripod-mounted machine guns, rifle sections mortars or guns and would fit into many periods from the American Civil War to WW2. Small entrenchments are required for tripod-mounted MMGs in Chain of Command 2, so the smaller sandbagged positions are going to be very useful.

Lots of 15mm scenic stuff

I've not posted anything for a few weeks, but I have been busy, mostly making and painting a lot of scenic stuff for 15mm games. Here are the results. Firstly a bridge and river sections to create a crossing point.

The bridge is resin. I bought it ages ago, at Colours, I think from The Square. It has sat around in a box under my desk for a few years but I decided that it was high time I painted it so it can become useful. The river sections are made from corrugated cardboard with taped edges and just textured and painted. There are more sections to make up a decent length of river;

On these final two sections, you can definitely tell what they are made from! Still, they will do the job on the table.

In total I have roughly 1.5m of river. It isn't perfect, but it was cheap to make and is a lot wider than most wargaming river sections you can buy.

I've also been working on terrain that is going to give me some marshy ground. There is a decidedly wet and dodgy piece and some straggly trees growing on boggy ground.

The trees are railway accessories that I picked up cheap at the club's Tabletop Sale last year and I have loads more left. The bases are once again card, tape and texturing. I'm pretty pleased with these.

Finally, I made a load of road sections, representing rural dirt tracks. I made loads of these about seven or eight years ago, but they appear to have vanished, so I've had to make more. They are cork floor tiles cut into 5cm wide strips and coated with PVA glue and railway modelling ballast. In total there is over 3.5 m of roads. If I ever find the ones I made before, that would give me another 2.4 m of roads/tracks.

All of this stuff is going to be great for Sharp Practice and Chain of Command in 15mm, but only time will tell how robust the cardboard-based stuff is!

I doubt that the bridge would be able to take the weight of armour, but it'll work fine for infantry and light vehicles.

Some resin scenic pieces

 These are all 15mm scale and were bought from The Square, who is a regular at most shows.

The piece above is a large improvised firing position, with the figures placed for scale purposes. It is large enough for a whole infantry section, I think, depending on base sizes. Below are two smaller improvised fortifications.

Next are three piles of rocks or rubble, which are bound to come in useful.

Finally, a more formal fortification, this time a concrete casemate with an earth glacis. The 6-pdr gun fits in rather well, I think.

These were all pretty quick and easy to paint and texture with tufts, flock and ballast. I did all the pieces in a single afternoon. The tufts are all from Gamer's Grass, who are stocked by Bad Squiddo.