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Fantasy EPIC Models

Well, seeing as it appears that GW are finally releasing their very own Fantasy EPIC game - I have decided not to bother with the publication of my own set until I have had the chance to see what they've come up with and see if my version is any better.

IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY OWN VERION OF THE FANTASY EPIC GAME THEN PLEASE E-MAIL ME AND I WILL POST THE COMPLETELY FREE RULES ON THE SITE!!
 
However, for the moment you will have to make do with simply seeing some of the models I have made for the game.

 

 

THE CITY WALLS / FORT'S

First up we have the fortifications which I have made for the game. Here we have the Empire City walls (Fort), which is made with the Empire in mind but is equally as useful for any force. I currently have 23 pieces for the fort, all of which are inter-changeable and can be made into a near infinite number of styles of defence. At the moment I have only scanned pictures of a straight wall and an outside corner section, but other sections include gate houses, towers, Higher walls (3.5 not 2.5 cm high), ramped sections to get to the high walls, T-junctions, inside corners and more on the way! Whilst I was making the pieces I had in mind the idea of making it the City of Altdorf - Home of the Empire cannon Schools. To this end most of the parapets have cannon points cut into them whilst foot troops can actually see over the top anyway.

 
A straight section of wall viewed from the front A straight section of the City Walls viewed from above

An outside corner section of the Walls from the front The straight wall section again, this time from the side, showing the black area where all the wall sections fit together The outside corner section of the wall viewed from above - showing the two 45 degree turns in the structure to produce the 90 degree finish

I Have also made an Orc Wood style fort but this is proving very hard to scan (sections keep breaking!) but I hope to get that on here soon as well!
THE CITY
A basic 6mm scale wood framed house - easy to make and effective!
Now - what use is a City wall without a city to go around? NONE! In fact, the first buildings I made for the game were some ordinary houses and a Pub (should ALWAYS be top of the list!). From there I got the Idea of a city, made the city walls and am now back to continually expanding the range of buildings in the city. Most of the Models follow the same basic design - various sized 2 story Tudor style buildings (with the overhang thing) with the Odd large hall style building to represent drinking houses and barns. Here I have scanned in the first of the buildings I made (and my first ever FANTASY EPIC building ever!). Its a simple design with all of the beams and windows simply painted on!
In the city there is also a selection of Barrack style (military) buildings which I will be adding to this section in the near future!
OTHER DEFENCES

As well as the walls to the city I have made a variety of other defences which can be used in conjunction with the walls or as a seperate outpost. Most of these are earthwork style. I tried to scan them in but you really couldn't see the detail on them so they have been left out of the section. As well as the Earthworks I have made a River which is designed to double up as a moat if the situation requires it (ie it fits nicely around my standard City wall layout).

There are also - of course - defenders to the city. Most of these have been converted from Old style SPACE MARINE (EPIC game - not as in the Imperium's finest) IG figures. Below we have a rough rider which has simply been trimmed down (lasguns off etc.) and painted as an Empire knight. Others include Old style IG troopers converted into Pikemen and the Obvious conversion of Ogryns into Ogres (filed off all their armour and re-modelled the arms with clubs).

A simple conversion stands in for an Empire knight
OTHER RACES
Fax paper Roll + a paper cone and voila!! An Orc Hut!
Not being one to discriminate/favour any one race in any of the games I play I have also created a small set of more barbaric defences. Including the Orc wood fort, I also have 17 Huts, 3 watch towers (Huts on stilts!), and 'orrible spiky defences. As said above, most of the small earth work style defences don't scan well, and the wood fort falls apart every time! I have therefore been reduced to only being able to show you some pictures of the Mud Huts I made! Its not the best quality model in the world but it serves its purpose well and they take about 10 min.s to make 12 models!
THANKS
Well - thats all of the Fantasy EPIC models I can show you at the moment. More will be posted in the not too distant future I can assure you.
Thank you all for taking the time to look at my miniatures, please remember that any mention of FANTASY EPIC is not anything official about the up-coming game and just my own attempt at creating a whole game only to be outdone by the big boys at the last moment :-(
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