Corners of field fortifications
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:27 am
Thinking about fortifications, and their possible, eventual use in an Ottoman army ...
How should corners be represented? A fortification piece occupies the same footprint as a HF base. If you have a BG sheltering behind fortifications, each base will be in front-edge-to-rear-edge contact with a fortification piece. You can also protect the flank of the BG with fortification pieces at right-angles to the frontal fortification. For instance ...
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... like that, with Ls indicating BG bases, Fs indicating fortifcation pieces. In this case, I think that the fortification pieces on the flanks would be in rear-corner-to-rear-corner contact with the frontal pieces.
Is that correct? It would look a bit odd, but you could have removable square corner pieces, 15mm deep, for visual effect, just as you have moveable trees in forest terrain pieces.
How should corners be represented? A fortification piece occupies the same footprint as a HF base. If you have a BG sheltering behind fortifications, each base will be in front-edge-to-rear-edge contact with a fortification piece. You can also protect the flank of the BG with fortification pieces at right-angles to the frontal fortification. For instance ...
front
?FFFF?
FLLLLF
... like that, with Ls indicating BG bases, Fs indicating fortifcation pieces. In this case, I think that the fortification pieces on the flanks would be in rear-corner-to-rear-corner contact with the frontal pieces.
Is that correct? It would look a bit odd, but you could have removable square corner pieces, 15mm deep, for visual effect, just as you have moveable trees in forest terrain pieces.