I bought a few terrain items to go with my original batch of 2mm WSS stuff some years ago.
A small town, three villages, two farms and a chateau complex. All Irregular, tbh these are all a bit on the small side, more like 1/2000th than 1/1000th. I've never been hugely happy with them, not because they are small but because they just blend into a sort of blob with the bases. If you look really carefully, I have painted the houses and roofs different colours etc, they just aren't differentiated enough from any sort of distance.
So, when I was getting my latest 2mm increment, I wanted to get a few more scenic items and also brighten up the the existing ones. I got some more buildings from Irregular as I was ordering from them anyway, and here are the slightly more extensive holdings.
Here are the original three villages and two farms. I left the roofs alone but brightened up the walls with white, cream, light grey and a useful pale grey I picked at Partisan. Think whitewash, sandstone and limestone rather than glowering granite! I also highlighted the walls in much lighter colours which makes them stand out a bit more.
Much the same treatment on the town. I re-did some of the roofs in lighter colours too which helps a lot. The larger church is in a lighter grey which contrasts well with its slate grey roof.
The chateau/large house got a complete makeover with white walls, which makes it really pop. I also went over the various trees and shrubs in a lighter green highlight.
Two of the new farms, done in pale colours from the outset. Perhaps a bit of a La Haye Sainte vibe going on? The big difference between these and the older ones is that I didn't flock the inside of the enclosures, instead I did them a mid mud tone and the difference in textures contrasts much better with the flock outside the farm walls.
I was very impressed with the 6mm Irregular tents so I got some of their 2mm tent strips. These are great for military encampments of any era, and these particular ones come cast in strips of four. As the bases are quite thin I based them up on the same sized bases as my troops.
My last indulgence was this 'eighteenth century fort'. I'd completely forgotten I'd ordered it and was hunting for one of the Brigade models star forts at Partisan, so I'm glad they weren't in attendance.
I think poor old Vauban would be turning in his grave at this monstrosity, about 30% of the walls are not covered by flanking fire from artillery bastions and it apparently has the need of no less than three doorways! Despite that, it clearly looks like a fort and will do as a scenic item in a corner of the table for sieges or whatever.
I did the walls in a pale cream, similar in colour to the beautifully preserved Vauban forts around St Martin de Re on the Ile de Re off the southern coast of Brittany where we spent many happy summers camping when the kids were little.
Otherwise it was briskly military, white walled internal buildings with (fire resistant) slate roofs and a mud coloured courtyard. I flocked the scarps (correct term? external walls anyway) and I think it has come out OK. A bit of a learning curve with this very small scale stuff, like the figures you need to exaggerate the details and go with lighter colours than normal.
These are all useful additions to my range of ultra small scale scenics and expect some to appear in a battle reports soon! They aren't quite finished yet as I need to edge the bases and add some doors and windows with a lining pen, but I was keen to get them photographed.
