Breast Works for Me

A slight double-entendre there, but I notice from Fran (http://theangrylurker.blogspot.co.uk/) and Ray's (http://onelover-ray.blogspot.co.uk/) blogs that getting the word 'breasts' into the title helps with viewing rates.  I'm sure it should be written as 'Breastworks' instead of being separated into two words, however, this post might get more attention with it written as two words!

Anyway, to the main subject of the post.  I have been meaning to post this for a little while now.  I purchased a magnificent resin 28mm breastworks set from 'Paul's Modelling Workshop'  http://www.paulsmodellingworkshop.com/

This the 'Field Breast Works 1' set.  There is a 2nd set available too now.  This model comes unpainted  or painted (I chose unpainted so I could have a go myself) and it is a most wonderfully designed and sculpted set, with lots of raised texture.  I could see that a layering approach with final dry-brushing would do the job of painting very quickly and effectively.

To my amazement, it only took about 3 hours work in total to paint it all up.  Dry bushing the colours really was the way to do it, once the basic shades were on.  I started with a matt black so that the wooden inner planking supports would show depth.

I added small tufts of grass to finish off around the bottom edge to help it to merge into the table. The breastwork set is going to be used a lot in black powder era games.  I have a particular eye on using it for an ECW Battle of Lansdown game.

Anyway, a few more pics here to finish off.  I have only shown it with a few figures just so you get an impression of how it looks, without me crowding the scene with troops!  I absolutely love this model and I look forward to playing a lot of games with it as a key feature.