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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

A Gaggle of Gabions!

Got all of the (29!) Gabion sections I purchased from Acheson Creations last month painted and  ready for the Siege game Saturday! 


We will be using the near final draft of Eric Burgess's forth coming siege warfare rules, "Vauban's Wars". 


I am very happy with how easily and nicely these painted up!


A couple of British guns for scale comparison purposes. 


The height and width are just about perfect for use with my bases. 


Same thing for these British infantry. 


Steady, men!


Hold the line!


Once again, the scale looks just right. 


"Old Nosey" takes refuge in a gabioned bastion. 


"He's just another pounder!"
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27 comments:

  1. Jonathan FreitagDecember 11, 2019 at 11:19 PM

    Very nice!

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  2. caveadsum1471December 12, 2019 at 1:47 AM

    Great looking gabbions! Rapidly turned around too!
    Best Iain

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    1. GonsalvoDecember 12, 2019 at 6:16 AM

      Thanks, Iain. I wanted to be sure they would be ready for this weekend"s game.

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  3. PhilDecember 12, 2019 at 1:54 AM

    Useful and beautiful, stunning collection of gabbions!

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    1. GonsalvoDecember 12, 2019 at 6:17 AM

      Merci, Phil. This SHOULD be all I ever need...

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  4. PeterDecember 12, 2019 at 1:55 AM

    They look very effective.

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  5. pancerniDecember 12, 2019 at 1:49 PM

    Good, something to hide behind as I batter the works......

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  6. Eric BurgessDecember 12, 2019 at 2:22 PM

    Looking good Peter! Can't wait for the playtest report!

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  7. Eric BurgessDecember 12, 2019 at 2:22 PM

    Are you just using them for gun emplacements? Not the parallels, right?

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    1. GonsalvoDecember 12, 2019 at 9:04 PM

      Yes, the gun emplacements. I have 6" long sections for infantry positions.

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  8. Eric BurgessDecember 12, 2019 at 4:14 PM

    BTW Peter, with little effort I think you could tweak Vauban's Wars for ECW sieges too. They are much less sophisticated, so you could add and drop parts of the rules as needed.

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  9. john de terre neuveDecember 13, 2019 at 5:21 AM

    That is a lot of gabions, they came out nicely.

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  10. OliDecember 14, 2019 at 2:44 PM

    These are great Peter, a really useful addition to your collection - you know how much I love siegeworks!

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  11. Lawrence HDecember 14, 2019 at 4:05 PM

    These really came up well Peter. Nice work.

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  12. ChasseurDecember 14, 2019 at 4:10 PM

    Brilliant, looks great and very useful things to have!

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    1. GonsalvoDecember 14, 2019 at 9:29 PM

      Thanks, Mark. As I was setting up the game I discovered another four sections of 6" long earthworks that I had base spray painted a few years ago, and then forgotten about. So I really am well supplied with siege works. :-)

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  13. Sgt SteinerDecember 15, 2019 at 7:12 PM

    Useful items indeed for whole horse and musket period

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    1. GonsalvoDecember 15, 2019 at 8:07 PM

      Thanks, Gary. yes, probably usable back as far as the Great Italian Wars, even.

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  14. gsayhiSeptember 12, 2021 at 3:27 PM

    They look great! Thank you for sharing!

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