Warm Ale and Mud - It's Alive!!

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So my last few updates were about mojo loss and the scale of Warm Ale and Mud potentially being the cause, with so much left to do, and how doing a mini Mordheim would help regain the mojo as such a project would be much smaller and easier to complete.

I even bought some models for it.
BUT…

That is another project and will just delay Warm Ale and Mud.

The thought of two projects bummed me out.
Then realisation hit.
It is painting the undead that is causing the issue. So many more models to do..   bleurgh.

So I started making a field as I want to have my table look less lawn like and more countryside like.
The field has zero game mechanics attached, it does not affect movement or LOS. It is just there to make the table top look nicer.
It is hard to tell, but it is not completely flat either, it is very slightly undulating, maybe this will be easier to see later... 





Like I say nothing special, but when the table is set out with this and the farm and barn, and other fields and what not, it should be pretty nice. 



This then prompted me to start the barn that is needed to ‘complete’ the Pertwee Farmhouse (link).

Here is the build of the barn, based on the Townscape one:

 










As with my recreations of the amazing Townscape buildings they are not strict recreations, on the barn for example I did not like the corner stones that are shown so I opted to ignore those as I don’t think it fits.
Other than that it is pretty similar.
I mucked up the roof though and had to fill some gaps with plasticine covered in modelling paste.
Hopefully when done it will be unnoticeable.
Also a shout out to Merijn of Another Wargaming Blog for confirmation around the sizes.
He does great Townscape stuff!

I did my windows the patented way which got me thinking…




When I eventually do the bigger buildings, some of which have many windows I am debating making a few and then casting them myself, as they are slow work.
I used to sell resin terrain back in the day so I know how to do it, the question is though, would you buy them?
Resin cast windows of various sizes and doors?



Anyway, it turns out that my love of terrain making saved the day, things are being done again and it all it seems it took was the threat of another project.
What does that mean for Mordheim?
Back burner, but the Witch Hunter is coming to town, that is a mini game I have wanted to play since the inception.


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