Stockyard and Santiago de Compostela

   A new terrain piece, a stockyard is ready. It is a versatile type of terrain as Sir Awdry says. Which means it is proper for a historical or any fantasy game as well! 

   I used balsa wood, MDF for the base, a piece of a white towel for the roof, little rocks and sand for the soil and pieces of my wife's straw broom!

The stockyard

Balsa wood for the carcass

Straws for the walls

Little rocks and sand for the soil

The white towel for the roof!

And the straw broom!

Ready!

A Russian NCO in front of the stockyard.

   Next stop of our trip was Santiago de Compostela. The city has its origin in the shrine of apostle Saint James the Great. This famous Christian pilgrimage started the Middle Ages. 

Catedral de Santiago de Compostela

Torre da Berenguela

Plaza de Quintana where is the entrance to kneel before the Saint.

The above entrance with the statue of the Saint.

The chancel

Plaza das Praterías

Church of San Fructuoso

   That´s it for today! Stay tuned for more! 

Ruined farmhouse and the Castillo de San Felipe in Ferol

   After all these scratch-built terrain pieces, here is a plastic kit for a change! The ruined farmhouse of Warlord Games is a very nice model and can be constructed in a variety of ways. Below you can see how I built it.

   I put both buildings on MDF bases and used balsa wood for the floors and plaster, little rocks and sand for the ground.

The big building of the farmhouse

The small building of the farmhouse

   Then I painted grey the stone walls, dark sand the walls and cork brown the woods.

   To continue our trip lets see some photos of the "Castelo de San Felipe" outside the town of Ferol. They say that there was a huge chain linking this castillo to the"Castillo de San Martín" on the opposite side of the river, which blocked the entrance of an enemy fleet, usually the British one.

The main entrance

The Castillo de San Martín on the opposite bank of the river

The river mouth

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!