Modelling field fortifications

redben · Post by **redben** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:05 pm

What have peopled used to model field fortifications, specifically for a Republican Roman-era army?

Mehrunes · Post by **Mehrunes** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:25 pm

Field Fortifications of LRR will very likely be the sudes stakes. Baueda does them.

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:28 pm

Kebab sticks, blue tac, pva glue and flock. Chop the sticks to about 10mm length. Put the blue tack on a 40mm base. sStick the kebab sticks next to each other in the blue tac to form a solid line. PVA glue over the base and blue tac, flock , paint the sticks.

paulburton · Post by **paulburton** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:01 pm

My 15mm Roman camp uses a 15x15 mm balsa rod on the base for the rampart on a 40x 20 mm base. This works as a support for a row of half cocktail sticks as the stakes. Corner towers use a 40x40 mm base, around 30 mm deep supporting longer cocktail sticks. Gateways use the balsa block with a gap and a horizontal cocktail stick to support the shorter gate stakes.

This would probably work fine for 25mm using bigger blocks.

Legionbuilder · Post by **Legionbuilder** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:42 am

I used tooth picks with sharp points stuck in Liquitex artist stucco on a 40X15mm base
I have two corner ones as well

paulburton · Post by **paulburton** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:13 pm

Transatlantic Translation: Toothpicks (US) are the same as Cocktail sticks (UK) - though obviously not the coloured platic ones with fancy mouldings on one end.

Legionbuilder · Post by **Legionbuilder** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:20 pm

No the colored plastic ones with the little plastic stuff on the ends would MAKE a WHOLE different kind of camp!!!!