Sunday, May 1, 2016

Fort William Henry Arrives!


I finally ordered the Barzso Fort William Henry playset. I've wanted it for awhile but didn't really think I "needed" it, and still don't know if I will ever play with it in it's entirety, but now have some scenarios in mind where at least pieces of the fort will play a role. Bottom line. . . it's just cool and I finally gave in. . .

It's big; about 4 foot square. It's made of foam so it's pretty light. Designed for 54mm scale plastic toy soldiers, though not quite the actual scale size of the original fort, it offers a great base for customization that should provide a reasonably authentic set-piece for gaming wilderness-style sieges and assaults. In glorious  54mm, no less! If you look closely in the photo above you can see three "hatmen" of the new John Jenkins' 60th Royal Americans defending the ramparts. Here's another shot, to provide a sense of scale.


  
Unboxing the fort was definitely a family affair. Here's Lord Percy, lazily supervising the assembly from the comfort of the fort's packing materials. . .


 while Chief Engineer Rocky inspects the finer details of the construction here. . .



Maybe we'll debut the fort at Recruits 2017. Stay tuned.



See ya!




10 comments:

  1. That's a really neat looking fort. Very impressive. Also, I find I'm always under the watchful eye of our two "supervisor" kitties as well.

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  2. Yes, it is a beast. A big, cool beast!

    Rod - don't all gamers have cats?

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  3. Hope it is not rude to ask, but what is the value $$ of that fort

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  4. Would you be willing to part ways with it?

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  5. Would you be willing to sell it? I am looking for one.

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    1. Hi Tronix. If you're still interested in buying please email directly to chriscluckey@gmail.com

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  6. Would you be willing to sell it? I am looking for one.

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  7. This scale is truer to a 25mm soldier. I am building Fort Ticonderoga based on 25mm and an existing blue print. My fort will be 4.5 feet by 3.5 feet. Put some 25mm or 20mm soldiers and look at the scale.

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  8. Don't disagree re overall dims, but doors and windows, etc are scaled to the larger figure scale.

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