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Gabions are a simple scratch-building project that can be used to dress up your medieval artillery elements and in camps/BUAs. Basically, gabions are a simple field fortification comprised of a cylinder filled with earth and stones. The cylinder was typically woven of reeds (like a mat) or laced together sticks/staves and open at both ends. A large basket filled for earth is another possibility. By dumping out the earth, it could be easily moved during seige operations or transported between battles. For a modern equivalent, think of sandbags.
Here are some collected tips on scratch-building gabions:
Eric Lindberg:While on my way to looking up something else, I stumbled across this link (http://www.muenster.de/~elladan/AktProj/AktProj.htm#Befestigungsanlagen)
I was inspired by this to do my own 25mm gabions based upon the instructions. What I did was to cut 25mm tall wood pieces out of round toothpicks and glued them into a styrofoam base in a circle. I then used a roll of dental tape and wound it through the toothpicks, sticking to basic basketweaving 1.0 skills. (Remember that you want to have an odd number of sticks in the base, so that the weave comes out right.) When done, glue the tape in place and fill the gabion with tissue paper. Cover the top over with flocking, stones, and any other junk. Paint.
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Last Updated: Sept. 10, 2000
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