Poltava Town done (TMT)

On By The OneIn 6mm, Great Northern War, Towards Moscow Triology

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For this years Joy of Six project, you may be aware, I needed to represent the Town of Poltava, in searching for some maps from the era I came across this beautiful map from the period showing the Battle of Poltava 1709, it was made by Anna van Westerstee Beeck. She produced a lot of maps showing battles of the period for the Great Northern War and the War of the Spanish Succession (more here and here).

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Anyway the focus today is Poltava itself (see below). we can see the Swedish Siege lines on the left. I wanted to capture the general feel of the town – wooden walls and the wall in the middle.

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I set out some ideas on a 6mm mdf board.

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I then built up a some walls with 6mm underfloor heating polystyrene and tooth picks.

 

The wooden towers required some thought and was made using pieces of lego cladded with tooth picks and I then made one roof and made a mould from putty silicon and produced enough for all the towers.

 

Anyway, here it is, buildings from Total Battle and Timecast.

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/ All the best, hope that was of some interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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