tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post7586151008910096818..comments2024-03-15T02:55:43.872+00:00Comments on Roundwood's World: 77mm Field Gun Position and Trench paraphernaliaSidney Roundwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440705981976797774noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-86374673171888169942011-11-02T18:31:15.350+00:002011-11-02T18:31:15.350+00:00Where did you get the rifles and grenades? Those ...Where did you get the rifles and grenades? Those map lines must be very tiny even at 28mm!!!Galvanized Yankeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078990106806895026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-71232299944752597412011-11-01T17:24:07.947+00:002011-11-01T17:24:07.947+00:00wow mate this really great.wow mate this really great.Flags of Warhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296821756835492775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-5560449607680523112011-10-30T14:32:29.897+00:002011-10-30T14:32:29.897+00:00Thank guys.
@Captain Richard - always great to se...Thank guys.<br /><br />@Captain Richard - always great to see you come by!<br /><br />@MiniMike - YES! I almost forgot to mention that me, Richard Clarke, Nick Skinner and another five members of the St Albans Wargames Club are making the trip to Crisis next weekend. Not much of my work on display (some small bits of 15mm terrain), but it would be great to meet up with anyone over there! We're doing a game from early 1944 - Korsun and Cherkassy Pocket. And yes....there's a lot of snow!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-68529604784063281002011-10-30T12:13:52.453+00:002011-10-30T12:13:52.453+00:00What's more to say. Superb as usual. Do we see...What's more to say. Superb as usual. Do we see you or your work next week @Crisis? Cheers, MichaelMiniMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818743972462962721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-76369135764003104562011-10-29T06:03:11.163+01:002011-10-29T06:03:11.163+01:00Nice Sidney...real niceNice Sidney...real niceCaptain Richard's miniature Civil Warhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149386738466118837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-56061662848029146392011-10-28T21:11:19.285+01:002011-10-28T21:11:19.285+01:00Thanks guys! Really appreciate the comments:
@Ra...Thanks guys! Really appreciate the comments:<br /><br />@Ray - thanks mate. Glad you liked the map.<br /><br />@Benito (Anibal) - cheers mate, always great to hear from you....How can I answer a question like that? Hahaha....you'll have to ask them !!!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-81977062915574310472011-10-28T20:48:39.319+01:002011-10-28T20:48:39.319+01:00Wonderful stuff. I wish I had a "Sidney"...Wonderful stuff. I wish I had a "Sidney" in my club... do your chums appreciate what a jewel they have there?Anibal Invictushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574972963418062956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-3265756181662168952011-10-28T18:56:03.495+01:002011-10-28T18:56:03.495+01:00Great stuff, I love the rust effect on the corruga...Great stuff, I love the rust effect on the corrugated sheets, the map looks cool too, all in all an excellent job!!!Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-54877384515517113292011-10-28T17:41:21.853+01:002011-10-28T17:41:21.853+01:00Thanks guys. I really appreciate the comments, es...Thanks guys. I really appreciate the comments, especially after not blogging for a while. I'm looking forward to getting back into the blogging habits now the work on my house is coming to an end.<br /><br />@Michael - I think the weathering is a big part of trying to make terrain "lived in". Pleased you like it.<br /><br />@Angry, Rodger, Burkhard, Frank and Paul - thanks guys, although you should know I get my inspiration from what you're doing!<br /><br />@Col Hessler - really great to hear from you, mate!! You've been much missed around here! I'm glad you liked the red and blue trench lines on the map. The British trench maps of the War used those colours - until early 1918, red for German and blue for British. In early 1918 the colours were reversed to conform with French maps.<br /><br />@Mike (Mad Padre) - Mike, great to hear from you! I "drytested" getting the field guns in and out of the prepared position with the roof held down. It was a tight squeeze, but the guns fitted in...just. So I've glued the roof down, which allowed me to drape the Milliput sandbags over the edge of the roof. <br /><br />The historical photo is interesting, I agree. My guess (and please, someone shout if I'm wrong) is that the position photographed is possibly part of the Siegfried Stellung (Hindenberg line) defences which the Germans retreated to in early 1917. The line was constructed behind the (then) active front. There's a few accounts in memoirs of Tank Corps officers of their tanks being fired upon from these kinds of prepared positions, which were pretty difficult to spot. If the field gun's shell hit at close range, the effect was often pretty devastating.Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-40528799978777514052011-10-28T16:29:31.813+01:002011-10-28T16:29:31.813+01:00As always,,excellent work. The details..I sit here...As always,,excellent work. The details..I sit here now shaking my haed in amazement..:-D<br />Cheers<br />paulPaulĀ“s Bodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698894821198907112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-6035446083189678892011-10-28T16:25:19.790+01:002011-10-28T16:25:19.790+01:00Sid:
There's just so much to like in these pi...Sid:<br /><br />There's just so much to like in these pieces, from the rust on the corrugated iron and the barbed wire to the texture of the wooden duckboards. Brilliant. How will you get the gun inside? Does the roof lift off?<br />Also, that historical photo is interesting, in that the crew is posing in the front of their position, which presumably faces the front. Either it was a quiet day, or that position is part of defensive works constructed behind the active front? Curious.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-38765981443217356022011-10-28T14:57:24.924+01:002011-10-28T14:57:24.924+01:00Red and blue on the map...grain lines on the rifle...Red and blue on the map...grain lines on the rifles...awesome job mate!<br /><br />Col. HesslerThe Mad Robothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837688493939678599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-58402825052542629182011-10-28T12:30:13.843+01:002011-10-28T12:30:13.843+01:00Amazingly detailed - as usual - brilliant!
Frank
...Amazingly detailed - as usual - brilliant!<br /><br />Frank<br />http://adventuresinlead.blogspot.com/Furthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674100385672908858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-53382565752304880362011-10-28T12:19:26.658+01:002011-10-28T12:19:26.658+01:00This must be one of your best, which is to say a l...This must be one of your best, which is to say a lot given they already supperb general quality!<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />BurkhardDHC Wargameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088231415217189015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-85221062656011277592011-10-28T11:24:39.865+01:002011-10-28T11:24:39.865+01:00Great work Sidney. The extras really do make it.Great work Sidney. The extras really do make it.Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447816347472085277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-87028929737427042512011-10-28T11:15:28.250+01:002011-10-28T11:15:28.250+01:00Prolific, excellent work, damn nice pieces.Prolific, excellent work, damn nice pieces.The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-3796623273010043602011-10-28T11:03:21.954+01:002011-10-28T11:03:21.954+01:00Sidney, that looks superb! I love the texturing a...Sidney, that looks superb! I love the texturing and weathering in the emplacement; really brings it to life. Top work Sir!Michael Awdryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049982879661559305noreply@blogger.com