well, my plans are all skewed now, because as soon as i finish the vikings, i now have 90% of a Roman army thanks to the generosity of my brother. for the moment i’m giving it its own thread, though once i start assembling and painting the Legion i’ll post stuff here.
in addition, i have another project (yeah i know, i’m crazy, probably too much at once), to build a “fortlet” for use as a castle in Siege games. inspired by Saxon Burhs and iron age hill forts to a degree, but mainly by Roman forts. in particular i am plannng on drawing lots of inspiration from Roman Mile Fort 21 in Cumbria, which had some features i thought interesting. in that it had turf walls with pallisade (rather than the more common stone seen closer to hadrian’s wall and the Antonine Wall), which is a look i wanted so i can use it for lots of different factions, as well as buildings built right into the wall itself, which is honestly very uncommon for roman forts. but having buildings (barracks, offices, etc) right up against the walls lets me put in some nice wide steps for units to be placed “guarding the walls” without absurdly wide walkways. plus it will add visual appeal, make it look more like a walled town than just a berm with some spiky trees on it.
I already have my baseplates and much of the raw material i need. still gotta find some foam to make the lower walls.
