I am the keeper of two 6mm (Heroics & Ros) English Civil War armies based for the WRG's DBR rules that have been sitting in a shoebox since their last outing more than 10 years ago. The fact is though, all of my wargame projects are long term projects which means the urge to tick something off some list or other I made decades ago (I make lists constantly) resurfaces now and then.
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| Hilltop church in 6mm |
Anyway, an item on my to-do list was to make a medieval church suitable for the period. Something small but typical was what I had in mind. So, after a bit of searching on the internet I found this example, the Honeychurch Church of St Mary in Devon.
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| Honeychurch Church of St Mary |
The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon "Huna's Church" and it was built around 1150AD. It is one of the few Norman churches remaining that have been relatively unaltered since built (particularly by those interfering Victorians).
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| View from the South-West |
For my 2026AD version, construction was from the usual polystyrene offcuts and cardboard stuck together with wood glue (PVA). Painting involved undercoating in black then dry-brushing in grey and ochre with some dark wash added to create a bit of depth. Details added include an area of churchyard on a separate bit of cardboard as well as some 'stone', walls made from polystyrene strips mounted on coffee stirrers.
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| Coat of Arms of Charles II |
Obviously it wasn't possible to make anything to go inside the church but it was interesting to find out that the real church has various paintings inside, including this one depicting the coat of arms of Charles II (noting as usual that Scotland's unicorn is chained so that it can't get away).
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| View from South-East |
Anyway, having exhausted my list of Civil War related items to make I should now be ready to get the roundheads and cavaliers out for a game, unless I can find (or add) something on the list to put off that fateful day...
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