Keeping watch towards the disputed border, the Jagers of this watchtower scan the forest edges. These are the Jagers or border patrol for the Duchy of Reissenshein, that Forgotten Minor State of forest and mountains.
Glued on, tucked away on the hex edge, some mountain rabbitsRoof made removable with a little card retaining frame inside. Notice boards made for inside.15mm Peter Laing Jäger or Alpini figure, HO forest animals from Noch including fox with bird
Details of the two Noch sets including the Laser Cut Mini cardboard jagerstand
So much for getting a game in this morning, instead first I needed to build this old laser cut mini card kit from Noch.
Gallia Farmhouse with Peter Laing 15mm figures ECW / 1715-45 range
Lockdown Sort Out: One of the long surviving and bashed buildings I have is a resin farmhouse from the 15mm of range in the 1980s by Gallia.
This is not as you can tell the original chimney. This was lost sometime in storage over the years. However I found a suitable replacement chimney in a job lot bag which kind of fits, badly, in a characterful way.
If it got anymore wonky, Trumpton Fire Brigade would have to be called to fix it.
1983 Battle for Wargamers – Wargames Manual (Ed. By Stuart Asquith) advert for Gallia range
This Farmhouse was the only resin building that I bought then as I relied like everyone else on old bashed Airfix railway buildings, Airfix Forts, surviving parts of the Waterloo Farmhouse and homemade cardboard ones. Surprisingly large numbers of my games were fought then around strategic targets such as railway stations!
Gallia resin buildings were expensive enough c.1982/83 to have been chosen as a present. When it arrived, the resin still had a strong chemical smell which has thankfully faded over the years. I never tried their figure ranges.
One downside I found with this resin building is the fixed roof, so that you cannot place figures inside.
1982/83 magazine advert and prices. I assume ruined buildings were a bit cheaper than whole ones?
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