PanzerKaput Goes To Barons' War

I have completed the Dark Age Fort bundle from Sarissa and I have to say it is a lovely bit of kit. It comes with a Manor House and a Keep/Tower and walls and a gate.

The palisade was one of the most important forms of defence and, as such, its history dates back to the Hillforts of the Iron and Bronze Ages and the Forts of the Roman Empire! Palisades were made of heavy timbers and later became a feature of the Norman Motte and Bailey Castles built by the Normans.

The purpose of the palisade was to protect the interior of a fortification.  A fence of pales forming a defence barrier or fortification – a pale was a fence made with a stake or pointed stick which enclosed the area. The Norman Motte and Bailey Castle tower was surrounded by a rampart and palisade. The wooden Palisade was the early forerunner of the massive stone Curtain Walls which replaced them as they were subject to rot when built on an earth base and could be destroyed by fire.

An evolution of the Saxon hall, Norman manor houses were adapted by Norman lords settling in England, and being invaders there was sometimes a need for them to be heavily fortified.

I have upgraded the walls of both the keep/tower and the manor by using Sarissa Stencil System and instead of using them with paint I have instead used a wood filler and PVA mix to use a stone texture effect to them. I have used a rough stone stencil on the keep/tower and the manor house I used a block stone stencil.

I painted them using the tried and tested Gerry Can method of painting stones and I think they have come out rather well. I will be posting a little later just how I have created the effect using the stencils and filler.

I think this is a rather filling centre piece as a Fortified Manor House for my Barons’ War games but what do you think?