The Battle of The Alma

 One of our group is hosting a game at the Trumpeter's Salute convention next month and we decided to repurpose some of the panels from our Wagram game as - like Wagram - the Battle of The Alma, features a small river (the Alma) at the base of a hill. 

This is the map I am basing the panel layout on:

For this game I needed to make three more panels to extend the heights beyond the Alma as Russian reserves will be parked there, along with two redoubts (the goal of the attacking allies). 

The boards were covered in sanded grout and sealed with white glue:

.As part of the hillside was steep and rocky, I made use of some Woodland Scenics rock moulds:

Two layers of static grass (2mm Woodland Scenics and 4mm Peco), followed by scrub brush (Woodland Scenics foam bushes and Scenic Express SuperTurf) matches the new panels to the old ones.

The village of Bourliouk will be placed where the road meets the Alma, utilising the Battlefield Accessories buildings I made earlier. Although I am tempted to extend the roads as on the map, they do not play a key part in the battle and limit the new panels. 

There is still a bit of tidying to do of the original panels, and the redoubts and some vineyards to make before the battlefield is complete.