WW1 Palestine troops and terrain

Most of my hobby time this week has been spent on the WW1 Palestine project finishing the Commonwealth forces, starting the Arab Rebellion forces, and making some terrain. The terrain will allow me to soon start playing a few One-Hour Wargaming scenarios with the Machine Age rules.

British cavalry

British cavalry

Having finished enough Turkish and Commonwealth units for a few One-Hour Wargaming I have now started on the Arab Rebellion forces. First up was a unit mounted on camels.

Arabs on camels

Another view of the camels

The next items on the list was the creation some suitable buildings and trenches for the scenarios. The buildings are made from blocks of wood and dowel which are then painted.

A game with the new buildings

Three builds, a minaret, and well.

A closer view of one of the smaller buildings.

The larger building with painted brick work

The trenches were made from multi-use insulating foam board stuck on to 4 x 2 inch pieces of MDF, which were then shaped. They were then painted, sprinkled with sand, and sandbags added made from green stuff.

 

Infantry with supporting machine guns.

Infantry behind trenches and artillery in the background.

The shaped multi-use insulating foam board. A pen was used to mark the boarding.

Trenches from the other side.

Next for the project, other than completing the Arab rebellion units, is to add some aircraft, armoured cars, trucks and a tank. I am thinking about scratch building these items.