African native fort

Hi, here are some photo's of a new terrain piece I've been making for my Mbuij Mayi/ Darkest Africa setting. This time I decided to make a Boma or a fortified place where civilians could hide during a raid of slavers. I was inspired when I read some interesting things on Wikipedia. I also did some further research on Congolese fortifications in books of the colonization of the Congo by Leopold II.

"Fortifications. Angolan armies at times made extensive use of fortifications. In a 1585 campaign against the Portuguese, the Ndongo for example constructed palisaded camps, each a day's journey apart. Use of strong defensive positions on hilltops or in forests was also common, as was the use of fortifications in offensive maneuvers. The Imbangala for example usually built a strong fort in enemy territory to bait opponents into exhausting their strength against it. Some of these positions could be quite formidable, with trenches, parapets, hidden roads, sharpened stake traps, mutually supporting bulwarks, and covered trenches to protect against artillery." from wikipedia

After some research I decided to built a generic round fort with parapets and palissades, here are some photo's. I started the built with the search of some old terrain I had lying around that was never finished.

Then I added the huts, the outer and inner pallisade. afterwards I filled the gaps between the pallissade with plaster to from the parapets.

Then I textured the piece with PVA glue and white sand and give it two basecoats of scorced earth.

Hopefully it will be finished soon!

Greets,