Keymonus Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) Fort Arltrees, February 620, El Oleonda The fort giving the name to the new Oleander settlement was finally completed. Fort Artrees was not much more than a palisade surrounding a few buildings, but now nobody could dislodge the small contingent without a hard fight. Lieutenant Marcel Dubois, the officer in charge of the garrison, was quite satisfied by the result: now, at least, nobody could take them by surprise, and more soldiers would soon have flowed towards the settlement… or at least that was the plan. Meanwhile, he had decided to reinforce all the weak points with additional defences: the soldiers built some cheval de Frise to protect the cannon loopholes... ...and deployed a real forest of pointy poles to prevent an attacker from approaching the wall with ropes and ladders. The garrison spent the rest of the time doing little jobs, such as unpacking tools, sharpening a blade with a whetstone or "testing the quality" of some Oleander aquavit. Others spend some time gambling, something strictly forbidden in most garrisons, but allowed in Fort Arltrees, considering the absence of any leisure or distraction. Everybody, however, was ready to run to his position in case of need… and more than grateful for the 24-pounders just unloaded from the warship Scamander. Overall view: Not so much to say about this build… I wanted to show the complete fort before licensing it. Despite the plot size (32x32) I will license it as a small fort, due to both the simplicity of the building and, storywise, the rushed and not exactly irresistible defences. Thank you for watching! Edited April 12, 2020 by Keymonus Quote
blackdeathgr Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 I am glad that the fort was completes so quickly. That speaks volumes about the competence of our military engineers! Quote
Fraunces Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 it is still a proper moc imo, much is going on on a relative small baseplate Quote
LM71Blackbird Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 A great fort design. Though simple in purpose, there are plenty of cool details to check out. Hopefully it doesn't get blasted to pieces by Loti or Carnite cannon fire! Quote
Keymonus Posted April 10, 2020 Author Posted April 10, 2020 Thank you guys! Probably the whole construction is not so impressive, but I'm quite proud of the little scenes going on! On 3/23/2020 at 3:10 AM, LM71Blackbird said: A great fort design. Though simple in purpose, there are plenty of cool details to check out. Hopefully it doesn't get blasted to pieces by Loti or Carnite cannon fire! I have that hope too! Quote
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