Bridger's Stockade

I promised someone I'd upload these photos and I finally transferred them from my iPad to my Mac so now I can post them here.

 The benches are for interpretive events.

The fur press.

A shed full of supplies.

 I hope you can read the sign!

 A reconstruction, actual buildings have much neater and cleaner clinking.

A bit of sun's rays and a jaw bone and some bones.  Maybe it was a sacred 'cow'.

I made the sign as large as I could to help with reading for those so inclined.

An update on the Unified Field Theory (UFT)

Here are some photos of my "flavored" terrain pieces in their current condition, all 102 pieces.

An overall shot covering most of the 4' x 9' of the total 4' x 12' playing surface.  That is a piece of brown marine vinyl under the pieces.

 

 Some 'blonde' grass on temporarily green painted bases - 16 pieces.

 Then the 'tall' green grass, some on finished pieces and some in process with only the sand glued on - 12 total pieces.

 The 30 blank pieces that have just been spray painted brown, probably will give a couple or a few colors of fake fur added.  Very likely I will add some additional pieces, at least six, so that there are no fewer than 12 pieces for any 'flavor'.

 This is the late spring or summer grass, the farthest from the camera finished and the closer ones just with the green spray paint (rushed into service for a game last year, maybe even longer than that), 16 pieces.

 This would be the late summer into fall grass, 16 pieces.

 This is the 'tall' brown grass, 12 pieces.

Eventually, all of the pieces will be textured like this one with my 8 colors of paint layered on.  Blends pretty well with any season (winter is not a season in my gaming world!).

I welcome ideas for elements I can add to increase the diversity of my flavoring pieces.  Just remember, this is for use with my collection which is all 15 or 18 mm figures and stops circa 1900 and doesn't really get into ancient times - oldest are Vikings, newest are Boxers, might extend to WWI German East Africa.

Delayed Progress and Changes Opening Up

So, it's been a while - and I don't even know if I've mentioned this here on this blog or not, been a bit of a blur in many ways - but one of the big sources of delay in forward progress on many hobby fronts was my mom being diagnosed with dementia in 2013 and my being actively involved in her care and especially in managing her affairs since that time.  Well, this past January she passed away after a very long life.  I don't say this to seek any sympathy - she will be missed but death is part of life and her time came.  The point to be made here is that once all of her affairs are settled, there is a very good chance of a lot more progress on many of my too many hobby projects.  This may help some understand why a lot of posts seem excessively delayed in moving forward.  Not to say I've been idle on the hobby front, I've bought in most of what I will be acquiring, mostly just buildings and a few critters to get in and maybe an odd bit here and there.  There is still that bug-a-boo of too many projects, however.

To improve your brain...

...head over to the Boxer page tab above.  Okay, it might not improve your brain but it has a good chance of putting more information inside it.  Can't guarantee any staying power.  That's your responsibility.