Now that I have gotten into 28mm skirmish gaming with Pulp and F&I, I have had to expand my terrain to support this style of gaming. Most of my earlier terrain was built with mass forces in mind, so terrain choices needed to match the ground scale, more than the figure scale. This was defiantly the case with bridges. Normally, rivers are represented by narrowish features, so only need relatively small bridges. Well, that is not the case with skirmish gaming! I had been on the lookout for a decent bridge for my games, but found that most the bridges that had sufficient length, normally were far to wide. Well, while going through some Old Glory terrain, I found a perfect bridge for my needs! It was long enough and narrow enough to make a good stone crossing (unfortunately, I do not see it in their catalog any longer).
The model came in grey hard resin, as one piece (which one would expect for a stone bridge). The casting is a mixed bag, as the detail is good, but there are a lot of bubbles. As it is rought stone, this is not too much of a problem and I can live with it.
I wanted to do something a little different with the paint job and not just go the normal shade of grey stone. As it is a large piece, I thought it should stand out a bit. So I decided to go with a brick and stone look. To achieve this, I stated with a red brown spay paint to cover the entire model. I hit it with a dark brown wash and dry brushed it up. I then painted up the dirt into a tan sand effect. I felt that a little more character was needed, so hit the key and capping stones with grey paint and then washed and dry brushed them up. The side base was a bit square, so I decided to just add some flock to tone that down and tie the piece into any future terrain cloth. Some Dull Coat and I now have a long bridge!
- Manteuffel