At the time of writing this post, Historicon is less than two weeks away. The only major task left to do is print out and laminate the unit stat sheets, although I may make another fifty trees if time permits. I am now in the stage of Final preparations for Pavia.
With the weather being good this weekend I wanted to layout all of the terrain mats to check that everything fits together and to lay the park walls out on them to ensure that they are all the correct length. This post will show the images of this test layout. I know that the subject matter is not overly exciting, but it was a job that needed doing. It also gives an overall impression of the size of this project. In two weeks time I will be posting a lot of images of the final set up at Historicon. That should provide a lot more eye candy for regular readers.
The layout.
A number of post back I presented a drawing of my table design for the terrain mats. To save scrolling back, here is that drawing again:
This drawing shows the terrain mats that I will use for the park. There are another two terrain mats that I will use for the city of Pavia and the Five Chapels area. Each of the terrain mats are 4′ x 6′ giving a total playing area of 168 sqft.
In the drawing the brown areas are muddy areas that will be used for the woods. The green areas are the more open areas. The blue area at the top center is the Vernavolo stream.
The park mats.
The following images show the terrain mats for the park. I laid out the park walls and the Castello Mirabello to check how things fitted. There is a lot more terrain to go on the table, but it wasn’t necessary to lay it all out for a test fitting. I really liked the look of the brown areas of the woods verses the more open green areas. This difference should really pop once the trees are laid out.
This first image shows the overall layout with the walls and the Castello Mirabello. It was lucky that I did the layout as one or two of the wall sections needed a little trimming to fit correctly. After the photos I made the required adjustments to the walls. To show the shear size of the table the next image shows the walls with a 28mm figure. The above photos don’t really capture the size of the walls.
On the subject of scale, the Castello Mirabello is a huge terrain item, occupying an area of 26″ x 26″. In the first photo it looks like a small item, but the next image shows a close up.
The final image shows the walls where the Vernavolo leaves the park.
For this section I modeled the wall on the image of the same area in the Pavia tapestries.
Mats for the city of Pavia and the Five Chapels
The final two mats are for the city of Pavia and the Five Chapels. You will notice that in the top right corner there is the edge of a river. This is the Ticono and I will place the famous pontoon bridge from the Pavia tapestries across this river.
Summary of Final preparations for Pavia
The Final preparations for Pavia are now in the how stretch. It will be great to see how everything comes together on the table at Historicon. This test fit of the mats has given me a lot of confidence that everything will fit and that there will be space for movement and a good game. If you have signed up to play at Historicon, I look forward to seeing you there.
I will be posting a load of photos in a couple of weeks time.