More German Villages

Extra Crispy · Post by **Extra Crispy** » Sun May 03, 2015 10:58 am

I've been working on some villages for a Seven Years War game, but they have a lot of uses. Up next they'll stand in for small tons in my upcoming Flames of War game with lots of micro armor!

The buildings were free paper downloads. I shrank them down to about 1/600 or 3mm in order to get more buildings per town area. The bases are 4" beer coasters liberated from a friendly neighborhood pub. I'll add sand, flock and grass to finish them off.

I'm also making "hollow box" towns so they can be occupied by troops.

paul · Post by **paul** » Thu May 21, 2015 6:15 pm

Mark,

Have you flocked the village yet? If so, can you post new pics?

Extra Crispy · Post by **Extra Crispy** » Fri May 22, 2015 11:19 am

Yup. I even used them last weekend in a SYW game. I'll post a few pics tomorrow.

Extra Crispy · Post by **Extra Crispy** » Sat May 23, 2015 2:21 am

Here you are....two of the villages and two of the "shells" I use when I need to occupy them with troops...

paul · Post by **paul** » Tue May 26, 2015 9:59 pm

Mark, they look good. For micro armor would you shrink them down as well or leave them the original size?

Extra Crispy · Post by **Extra Crispy** » Tue May 26, 2015 11:43 pm

That all depends on your ground scale. If I'm playing a game like Flames of War, I'd keep them at original size and make the interiors accessible (just don't glue on the roof!).

Now if I'm playing a game more like Command Decision, then I prefer to shrink my buildings down, so my villages are not just one building. I know some gamers hate to have figures and buildings not match, but I hate to see a "town" made up of two houses and an outhouse. These were made for my Seven Years War game where 1"=100 yards but I'd use them for anything down to 1"=40 yards or more....