New Winterized Roads for Trenton Game

The town of Trenton, NJ in the winter

 

After looking at various pictures of winter terrain, specifically the roads, I decided to change the look of my roads from a light brown under color with snow flock to a black underfloor with snow flock. I think that the black roads give the desired effect of a cold, dark and freezing winter environment.

Closer view of the streets with the black and white snow motif 

A view of my game room

Battle of Princeton table top mock up

I have two game tables in my basement and now that Trenton is nearly buttoned up, I am turning my attention to the terrain and figures for my Battle of Princeton game. This one features my colorful Redcoats against the Continental army.

This is not the final tabletop set up, just a mock up to give me an idea of the spacing that is needed for the game. I only have one table at Historicon so I will have to tear down my Trenton game and then set up the Princeton game on the same table. Thus I will be able to use all of my winterized trees and roads in both game.

The pictures below show the brown roads that I previously had. You can compare the brown and black styles by clicking on the pictures in this blog post

The British 27th Regiment using Fife and Drum "Continentals" figures in tricorn hats for the British.

Battle of Princeton: the Clarke Farm. Both sides will fight for control of the farm area.

A small detachment of British 16th Light Dragoons

The 42nd Highlander Regiment
Fife and Drum Miniatures

I am not using British regiments that are specifically set for the British order of battle at Princeton, but rather, I painted units for which I already had the GMB Designs flags in my stock of flags. And of course, I had to have the 42nd Highlander regiment in the game.

I recently purchased some of the Perry dismounted 16th Light Dragoons to use in the scenario since Fife and Drum Miniatures doesn't make these particular figure - yet  LOL!

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