Kodsticklerburg: A Mordheim Project (WARNING: Some photos are HUUUGE!)

[nitromors]

Awesome, looks like it'll be fun to battle on too

[iron kid]

Awe yus - that looks stellar! If I could make a suggestion: I would add more scatter terrain in the form of gates. You could put these at the front entrances of some of the town houses. I'd also make more hedges (maybe instead of the gates) because they look incredible!

[Codsticker]

When you suggest gates for the buildings do you mean doors? I have a few on order and my stone walls arrived but I don't think I will have them done in time for tomorrow afternoon's game as I working the am. I do have plans for 2 more buildings though: a smithy and a guard house for the town side of the bridge.

[iron kid]

Yes, I meant gates as in fences or short walls that guys can hide behind. I'm excited to see the new buildings - keep up the good work!

[Codsticker]

I actually have some walls that arrived in the middle of the week but they won't get worked on until after this weekend. I have a few other bits I am going to add to the table then give it a rest for a while:
- I have a smithy piece from Thomarillion that I want to incorporate into a building
- a guard house for the city side of the bridge
- a water trough and gate for the enclosure

[iron kid]

Sounds like some solid additions

The board looks great, but I feel it's missing some scatter terrain, yeh know?

[Codsticker]

Yeah some more bits and bobs would be nice. I keep looking but nothing really catches my eye.

[Codsticker]

I posted a couple of mini-reports here. Unfortunately that sub-forum doesn't seem to allow linked pics so you have to click on the link to see the photos.

[qisini123]

Nice work. I am glad to see so many players in modherim. It is difficult to find players here.

[Codsticker]

Thanks for the compliment; yes, very few players here as well.

[Codsticker]

Wow, 3 years since I last posted here???

Although I haven't been playing Mordheim theses past few years I do think about the game and my terrain collection regularly; I often see something for sale online and think about how I could incorporate it into my terrain collection. One of the items I wanted to make was a ruined guard house as might be seen around Mordheim at important locations. This past winter the Lead Adventure Forum hosted it's (somewhat) annual Build Something Contest and as I didn't have anything pressing hobby-wise on the horizon I decided that was the time to build the guardhouse.


The build phase of the competition ran from early January to early March; that was followed by 4 rounds of head to head voting to determine the champion.

I ended up winning so... yay me. I used some new materials this build, including doll house shingles which I split into halves and thirds (quite time consuming); still too large in the end but still acceptable for a gaming piece.

The stone block walls are impressed styrodur from Firedragon games; using their stuff really makes building these things easier.

Windows, doorways and ladders are also from Firedragon Games.

The daub walls are Polyblend Sanded Silicone on 4mm MDF. I was concerned that the silicone might not take paint but there is enough other stuff mixed in with so the paint adhered well.

[Codsticker]

The final couple of rounds of voting required seeing the finished product in it's intended role: as a gaming piece. Here are a selection of photos of which I only used a couple at a time.






For those that are interested, the build thread is here.

[Colonel Jacka]

A very good piece CS. Filthy Shaven! Hate them as much as Nids.

[mrtn]

I missed a cracker of a thread here, great work!

[Codsticker]

Thank you boys.

[Captain Brown]

Wow, a whole game could be centered around one large building. Great piece Codsticker.

Cheers,

CB

PS: Added a 5/5 rating to the thread.

[Codsticker]

Wow, a whole game could be centered around one large building. Great piece Codsticker.

Cheers,

CB

PS: Added a 5/5 rating to the thread.

Thank you CB.
Just a minor little thing... There was a May challenge on Tom's Boring Mordheim Forum to add a minor table feature or two. As spent most of my time on other projects all I cobbled together was a single barricade.