Breeds Hill Earthworks

With the up and coming Bunker Hill battle I obviously needed some earthworks for the American forces to defend (hide behind). Having checked a number of scenarios and historical maps I felt there were two options a bespoke structure or something more flexible. As usual this second option is my preference creating some earthworks which could be used for anything from the dark ages right through perhaps to Operation Sealion ? I sketched out some ideas and got stuck in with card, foam block and glue.

Some thick grey card bases roughly cut and shaped, painted dark brown

Foam board cut into roughly square strips

The best glue to affix these is ‘No More nails’ so they need to be left overnight to dry properly

Then carve the rounded shape and attach some stick, these were from a modelling bag I bought ages ago but could be sourced in the garden just as well, I went for a mixed and fairly random look, these were stuck again with ‘no more nails’. Then PVA glue and some sand to cover the foam

Base coat of dark brown and then some lighter brown dry brushing.

A little scatter grass, above with the ‘log’ side

And here the soil side they work both ways, they may get some more grass in the future ?

The plan was to use the wicker baskets to fill the gaps, this means with ten pieces the whole can be arranged in a number of different ways, the above configuration being the likely set up for Breeds Hill, and I have enough to build two of the flèche to the north.

And now for something completely different some Early war German zombies 🤣 these are part of a totally random idea to create a parallel branch out from my operation Sealion campaign. Who knows where this madness will lead !

Thanks for looking 👍