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I have had a Hudson and Allen foamcore castle kit sitting in my cabinet of shame for a solid decade. I always seemed to prioritize my next army project over terrain, so there it stayed. During COVID lockdown, I started what I took to calling my Anyhammer project, which was a 28mm medieval army, specifically 1200-1300 AD. I based it so that the models could be simply ‘trayed’ or inserted onto larger bases to allow them to be playable in any number of game systems. I stuck with it too, and with a comfortable 200+ models done, I have turned to terrain for them. Playing proper sieges is on my bucket list, so the old H&A castle came out of the cabinet. I finished enough wall sections this week that I have a small but quite playable border fortress; a Keep on the Borderlands, if you will. Pics were taken in my gaming room on a 4’ x 4’ mat.

More ambitious additions are already planned…

Bravo, I can see the love of the project, both in the fortress and in the infantry.

This looks fantastic! I'm sure that you will have many happy hours defending it

The non uniformity on the shading/colouring of the rocks really works well.
Great work

Thanks. I stumbled on the recipe but it works. Base XV-88, splotchy application of Nuln Oil all over, drybrush with khaki. Then paint the details like doors, arrow slits, etc.

Looking great - do the roofs on the interior come off?

No. But the tower tops do

Both your castle and army look great.

If your after more castle stuff in 28mm. I know ESLO hobby used to make some fantastic 28mm castles that were like 3X3 but they were fully assembled and fully painted so they cost upwards of $300+




I also saw these block building kits on amazon

Renedra also has some plastic castle sets.

https://www.renedra.co.uk/product-category/castles-towers/castle-wall-crenellations/castle/

For starters great work on the army. Looking good and I like that you have the army playable in just about any genre that you feel like.

Great Work on the fortress as well. I have been meaning to create a Fortress for a long time using Hirst Arts Blocks. As of late before this post, I got a hankering for getting more terrain projects done, and my HA Fortress was on the list. Now more than ever. I particularly like the interior of your fortress.

Keep it up and of course I would like to see more additions when you can.