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TexaS
03-15-2016, 07:59
I too have started painting one of Julián's forts.

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Redcoat
03-15-2016, 09:00
Looks great! you can use a little dark brown ink in holes and hollows

:clap::clap::salute:

TexaS
03-15-2016, 09:16
It's far from finished. I have only started with the grey and will continue work in this thread.
It's as that by Rob, but I didn't put up a picture of it all black as it showed nothing.

TexaS
03-18-2016, 02:03
Work goes on.

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Redcoat
03-18-2016, 02:07
:thumbsup: look so good!

Comte de Brueys
03-18-2016, 02:22
Nice to watch the progress.

You put the fort on a cliff, so it's nearly untouchable for ship cannons now. :shock:

TexaS
03-18-2016, 02:52
Yes, this fort is so big and impressive that I wanted it to be viewed as impregnable. One of the "we can't elevate the guns enough, sir" forts that is not there to be attacked but to be avoided.

I have other forts to be used as targets.

Bligh
03-18-2016, 07:14
Jolly good it looks too Jonas.:thumbsup:
That is the beauty of Julián's work. It can be displayed in so many different ways.
We will all have our own unique settings.:clap:
Rob.

Hjl
03-18-2016, 07:15
I'd love to see a game of storm the fort! I wonder how many ships you'd need to stop that behemoth

Bligh
03-18-2016, 07:40
On that cliff top it would be like trying to storm Gibraltar.
Just think of the 48 lbr heated shot coming your way with plunging fire.
Rob.

TexaS
03-18-2016, 14:59
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Bligh
03-18-2016, 16:16
I like the way you have blended the Covered Way and Glacis into the terrain Jonas.:clap:
Rob.

TexaS
03-19-2016, 02:50
Not really finished but enough to use.
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Redcoat
03-19-2016, 05:23
Jonas, really nice fort! will add some guns?
:clap::beer:

TexaS
03-19-2016, 08:06
I would like to add guns but there's very many possible guns (over 50) and if I place a few it will look as if there's a lot of guns missing in the fort.

A few missing is ok but I would still like about 30 guns to make it look at least close to fully armed.

I'm thinking of making them myself.

KDz
03-19-2016, 10:52
It's fantastic Jonas, even now it looks beautifully
:clap: :thumbsup:

Naharaht
03-19-2016, 11:33
Even if it is not quite finished, Jonas, it looks really great! :thumbsup: :clap:

Bligh
03-19-2016, 14:15
A wonderful Fortress Jonas.
You have a masterpiece of manufacture turned into a masterpiece of the modeller's art.
Rob.

TexaS
03-19-2016, 23:54
Thank you all.

The fort itself is so well made it was easy to get good looking.

Some thoughts:
By making it more grey than I would say could be very correct in the terrain makes it stand out more.
I wanted it to sit well into the terrain to look very much like part of the terrain, but it makes it less versatile.
The piece is surprisingly heavy. The fort itself is a little heavy but Masonite and filler makes the piece quite heavy.

Tordenskjold
03-20-2016, 01:36
Jonas, it does not matter that the parts do not slide together as you wish. it is so aesthetically well made that one easy to abstract from it. I wonder og there something else than filler to use? How heavy is the fort from Julian?
Morten:hatsoff:

Hyperfocal
03-20-2016, 01:46
I'm going to have to get one of these and have a go, looks so much better than the landscape and fort cut outs. Great work.

TexaS
03-20-2016, 10:42
I don't know what i weighs but it's a dense good resin.

They are good worth for the money in my opinion.

Comte de Brueys
03-20-2016, 13:23
Nice French fort. :thumbsup:

TexaS
03-20-2016, 14:11
The flag can be exchanged, but yes it flies the tricolor.

Bligh
03-20-2016, 14:16
Must get my flags shrunk down to size.
I think I will do one for French, English, Spanish and Pirates.
If the Pirates hold the Fort it will have reduced cannon.
Rob.

Redcoat
03-20-2016, 16:11
Must get my flags shrunk down to size.
I think I will do one for French, English, Spanish and Pirates.
If the Pirates hold the Fort it will have reduced cannon.
Rob.
For the flag of Spain please use the cross of St. Andrew!
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Bligh
03-20-2016, 16:41
Thanks Julián.
I will copy yours.
Is that the flag used by the Artillery, or the National Royal flag?
Rob.

Redcoat
03-20-2016, 17:33
Thanks Julián.
I will copy yours.
Is that the flag used by the Artillery, or the National Royal flag?
Rob.
Spain flag used in 1800 on land (army, forts...) was the Cross of Burgundy.
Marine flag was red and yellow. We currently use the red and yellow. The cross of burgundy is reserved only for military flags army.

Redcoat
03-20-2016, 18:02
Thank you all.

The fort itself is so well made it was easy to get good looking.

Some thoughts:
By making it more grey than I would say could be very correct in the terrain makes it stand out more.
I wanted it to sit well into the terrain to look very much like part of the terrain, but it makes it less versatile.
The piece is surprisingly heavy. The fort itself is a little heavy but Masonite and filler makes the piece quite heavy.

I think the same, the fort is very heavy. I told him the guy who makes the clones and indicated whether it was possible to lighten the weight but he said that for now it is not possible to lighten the weight. I would have suggested that mixing the resin with a lightening element (crushed cork) but he has not told me anything about it. :sad:

TexaS
03-20-2016, 23:35
I mostly just reflected over it. I don't necessarily find the weight a problem.

Bligh
03-21-2016, 03:01
I quite like the weight.
It helps keep the terrain from slipping during play.
It is nothing compared to the weight of all that lead on the town board.:happy:
Rob.

TexaS
03-21-2016, 03:49
My smaller town with smaller houses definitely weigh less. I'm thinking of building a more Mediterranean harbour which would be more like yours, so I might be confronted by that then. But next up is probably an North African harbour to be back drop for the battles of Algeciras or the Nile.

Bligh
03-21-2016, 05:21
My smaller town with smaller houses definitely weigh less. I'm thinking of building a more Mediterranean harbour which would be more like yours, so I might be confronted by that then. But next up is probably an North African harbour to be back drop for the battles of Algeciras or the Nile.

I look forward to seeing those Jonas.
Although I do worry about your giving me ideas above my station.:wink:
Rob.

TexaS
03-21-2016, 05:55
You're a post captain, sir. Nothing is above your station. :salute:

Bligh
03-21-2016, 10:13
You're a post captain, sir. Nothing is above your station. :salute:

Try telling that to the Commodore Jonas.:happy:
Bligh.

TexaS
03-21-2016, 15:07
There's always bigger fish.

Bligh
03-21-2016, 16:33
Indeed there are Jonas.:wink:
Bligh.

TexaS
03-21-2016, 23:09
But initiative is never discouraged as long as it succeeds. :wink:

Bligh
03-22-2016, 01:52
Very true Jonas very true.:cannonboom:
:medal:

Bligh.

TexaS
04-16-2016, 05:32
I forgot to take work in progress pictures but I wanted to paint it at once.

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Trekroner fort, named after the captured Swedish flagship Tre Kroner sunk there to build the first version of the fort protecting Copenhagen.

The Langton model is impressive. When painting the guns I found they have modeled wheels.

KDz
04-16-2016, 06:38
:clap::clap::clap::clap:

Hjl
04-16-2016, 07:28
:thumbsup:

I'll rep you as soon as I'm allowed!

TexaS
04-16-2016, 07:55
It happens from time to time.

Bligh
04-26-2016, 04:19
Another inspirational piece of work Jonas.
Rob.

TexaS
04-27-2016, 11:11
Thank you, Rob.

This one was inspiring to paint, especially the impressive guns.