Sunday, October 27, 2024

Tinytown, Miniville, and Smallburg...

Embarking on a fairly ambitious naval action, methought a need for some settled places as bases or objectives for the opposing fleets. For instance, in a recent large scale operation, Port Mores Port Fewersby had to appear on the battle area as the objective of the Ra'esharn invasion fleet... 

So I built one.   


And then another.

And then a third. 


Of course, there had eventually to be something more resembling a teeming metropolis: hence the city of Hugeville. 



The smaller settlements can be anything from jungle villages  to sizeable towns. Hugeville might just aspire to a city, and, if ever the need arise, all of them might be combined into a species of conurbation. 
Hugeville (or whatever appellation applies in a given scenario or campaign) is just 48mm x 40mm; the other settlement 30mm square.

Of course they are overscale compared with the naval units for this project, but scale is not all that much of a concern. In the following picture, Port Fewersby can be seen on the southern coast of New Sterling...
Kiivar Task Force 34 sailing to intercept a Ra'esharn 
invasion force heading for the Lindisfarne Strait and
the south coast of New Sterling.

Coming up: Battle of the Laroc Sea... 


10 comments:

  1. The objective markers work really well, lovely little towns.

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    1. Donnie -
      I think they'll add a little colour to the theatres of war.
      Cheers,
      Ion

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    1. Jonathan -
      Just tokens, really, but fills a perceived gap. The 'city' was yet another 'doodle'...
      Cheers,
      Ion

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  3. Nice little towns Ion, something to fight for

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    1. Maudlin Jack Tar -
      I'm beginning to wonder if maybe they will turn up in some other context!
      Cheers,
      Ion

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  4. Nice and simple and very effective:).

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    1. Steve -
      I could have done with a sharper blade, but the small places have a homely Berenstain Bears look about them, I think. Hardly martial at all!
      Cheers,
      Ion

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  5. Archduke Piccolo,

    These are excellent examples of tabletop build-up areas! They will serve their purpose very well indeed.

    All the best,

    Bob

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    1. Cheers, Bob -
      I'm about to begin the account of my 'Laroc Sea' playtest naval operation. This is going to be lengthy, but the point of it was to try and test as much as possible in one action. I'd be interested in your views.
      Cheers,
      Ion

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