ALY MORRISON'S "BUTTERFLY" ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF WARGAMES AND TOY SOLDIERS

Thursday 10 June 2021

Lion Rampant… The Villa.

Greetings…

While I’ve been tidying things up in the wargames room in preparation for some building work later in the year… I realised that I hadn’t taken any pictures of my finished Roman Villa…

So here we are…




I am very pleased with the way it has turned out

It has been painted in the same way as my Roman Temple…

https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2020/12/lion-rampant-my-first-roman-building.html

The Villa is from Warbases… It is the Hurlingstone Villa but with extra small store rooms, some walls and a pool.

I was originally going to have the Hurlingstone Villa with just additional walls and the gate , but in the end I combined them all into one.

https://warbases.co.uk/product/hurlingstone-villa/

The water in the pond is Woodland Scenics Realistic Water…https://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/item/C1211

I got mine from Amazon

It’s the first time I have used this and I rather happy with the results… next time I may be a bit more adventurous.

The amphorae and bits and pieces came from Magister Militiumhttps://www.magistermilitum.com/era.html?cat%5B0%5D=61929

All the best    Aly





26 comments:

  1. Aly, this is a handsome villa. Great job!

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  2. Looks absolutely brilliant Aly. It very much reminds me of the villa that adorned the pages of the old WAB Fall of the West volume which I simply found fascinating. Full of wonderful Foundry figures from the Perry collections if my memory serves. Very nice indeed.

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    1. Thank you Carlo…
      I believe the buildings in Fall of the West were all scratch built by Alan and Michael..
      I must dig my copy out and have a look.

      All the best. Aly

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  3. That’s an excellent looking villa. Thanks for posting the sources for the buildings and bits and bobs

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    1. Thank you Peter…
      Is a pleasure…

      All the best. Aly

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  4. A splendid country residence for your upper crust Romans!

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    1. Thank you David…
      I should really make something for the lesser classes…

      All the best. Aly

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  5. Lovely villa Aly. The pond looks good enough to take a dip in!
    Regards, James

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    1. Thank you James…
      I’m very pleased with the results… given that it was my first experience with the water effect.

      All the best. Aly

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  6. A most splendid residence you have there.

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    1. Thank you Paul…
      I only wish my own house looked as good..😁

      All the best. Aly

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  7. I like the bird poo on the roof tiles.🤓

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    1. Why am I not surprised…😂
      Pigeons(and their poo) get everywhere…

      All the best. Aly

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  8. A very nice addition to your property portfolio Aly...hope to see it at the centre of a game sometime soon...or does that have to wait until after the real world building works?

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    1. Thank you Keith…
      I’m leaving some of the wargames toys till last… so I hope there will be a chance for a few games…

      All the best. Aly

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  9. Nice. Water (as in ponds, lakes, canals, rivers, the sea...) are not something I do in what could be described as a 'realistic' way!

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    1. Thank you Rob…

      I am not sure I would describe it realistic… although it is certainly shiny .

      All the best. Aly

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  10. Splendid looking villa! All the additional info is helpful too!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you Iain…
      I’m glad it’s helpful…it always a pleasure to share the source of nice toys.


      All the best. Aly

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  11. Worthy of a "before" picture on Time Team! Off to play a Lion Rampant game tonight: very inspiring!

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    1. Thank you Ed…
      I seem to remember a Time Team special about someone building a Roman Villa.

      All the best. Aly

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