[Warmaster] Headquarters Great Tent

[marell le fou]

Here is a tent i bought from Baueda range.

It is originaly designed for 15mm but suits well our range (in my humble opinion).





I have dedicated a topic to the Baueda range on our french forum with some pictures of the tents i found interesting (and bought) for the Warmaster range here (in french) :

http://warmaster-fr.niceboard.com/t2451-decor-tentes-et-autres

And the complete tutorial and painting job of my tent is here, for the curios ones.

http://warmaster-fr.niceboard.com/t2591-tente-d-etat-major-imperial-ou-bretonnien

[Stormwind]

Oh wow!

Great find Marell and well painted to boot!

Just been going through your threads there and there's LOADS that would fit in 10mm.

http://www.dreamsstudio.com/baueda/hoppidus.html#15FOR-A

Even the fort could work as a Kislev one with those sharp wood pallisades.  Most of the supplies would also work as well - to create objective counters/diorams or fill carts etc.

The Egyptian pillars are beautiful too - would make great desert terrain.

[marell le fou]

there's LOADS that would fit in 10mm.

Yeas, loads of things would be, i suppose, fitting our scale.

generaly, 15m sceneries are fitting well our range, but be carefull, they are primarily designed for 15mm so some of them may not be correct for us.

I did not orderd (yet) the fort, but i thought too it would be nice for less civilisated races (lizardmen, kislev, orcs...).

But i think i will, for i was satisfied by everything (but one tent) i bought them. As said in my (french) topic.

[Stormwind]

Yeah, I saw that the Viking tent was too large, and so the contents in it looked too big as well.

I notice that you don't have too buy the full earthworks - there are ground bases that mean you can very simple forts that are simply palisades / stakes in the ground.  That in particular I think would work well.

[BlackEd]

Thanks marell!  And Google translate works pretty well (for those of us who can't read French)!

[marell le fou]

Yes, viking tent (my prefered halas !) is too large, but it could be possible to drill the stuff at the interior and try to use it anyway. I will try that, as i bought it.

I notice that you don't have too buy the full earthworks - there are ground bases that mean you can very simple forts that are simply palisades / stakes in the ground.  That in particular I think would work well.

Yep, i did not bought any wall as i wanted first to check the size of the tents, but i think i will by a complete stone and wood set one day or the other. It could be used by any race i think, even the Empire or Bretonnia as a far advanced fort.

[Islacrusez]

Hmm, would anyone be interested in Stronghold 1 style palisades? ie, entire trees sharpened and stuck in the ground, 3-4 rows deep?

[marell le fou]

Working on painting the characters around the tent.

[marell le fou]

I finished the characters. Few things where not yet painted on this pict, but it's done now.



I will prepare a small scener with a group of person welcoming the general, walking out of his tent with his bodygards.

Squires and servants.



General and guards.



Tent guards. Last one conducting a horse. Second horse will be tied near a tree on the right of the tent.





I'm currently thinking about the base of the scenery. I have a thin (3mm) wooden plaque which i have sanded down on the border, to lower the thickness effect. I would like it to show reliefs and not be strictly flat, so i'm working on this idea for now. I know ther will be a tree on the right of the tent, but that is all for now. Any help on that appreciated.

[Stormwind]

I use Vallejo Grey Pumice to add texture to my bases!

[Geep]

If you're after extra detail maybe try water troughs for the horses? and an empty Empire Wagon would look right as well.

[marell le fou]

Grey Pumice fro mVallejo and Prince August Artificial Stone are more or less the same thing. Texture is a little bit different but franckly, there won't be an important difference.

I'm unsure how it will appear with a large (10 cm) surface. I have never done it yet on such large bases. I wonder if i make an important relief or not.

If you're after extra detail maybe try water troughs for the horses? and an empty Empire Wagon would look right as well.

I plan to make a complete tent camp, and i must keep some ideas to represent the living camp too. So i must not spare all my ideas with this HQ tent. I will keep the idea of an important presence of other animals for the rest of the camp, probably.

But maybe a simple bucket would fit a place where you put the horse of the general, yes, thanks for the idea

[Stormwind]

I'm using it on forest bases - I'll post a pic later.

[marell le fou]

Yeah, I would be happy to see how it goes, thanks !

[marell le fou]

Here is how i will probably place the various characters around the tent.





I have shaped a little the base to give fiew relief.

I have begun to use the Artificial Stone to base everything.



I will have to continue glueing the figs one by one, and then texture the base around it before i continue to the next one.



For now i have some few interrogations left.

- Do i paint the base dark brown to represent mud in front of the two opening and at the horses waiting ? Probably yes.
- Do i add shourds for the tent ? Probably no, it would add to confusion i fear.