Hougoumont

Probably the most iconic buildings from the Battle of Waterloo is the Hougoumont Chateau. If you've had a look through earlier posts, you will have seen my earliest (reduced footprint) model of this famous farm, which was made many years ago. This model was designed to represent the complex in a sensible size for use on the games table whilst still being pretty much recognizable, but I wanted something that would be better as the centrepiece of a game based around it's defence rather than the whole battle.

As usual, I've used textures as close as I can get to those of the actual building and I've taken as much information as possible from photos. There are so many different plans for this complex, particularly the plan for the chateau itself. The plan I eventually decided on is one in which the tower is included within the rectangle of the house rather than as an extension. These illustrations show a few of the variations

The last of these are the plans I eventually settled on. The next set are photos used for choosing textures.

These are the nets for the farm complex. I've not done instructions as it's fairly evident where each part goes. These are scaled for use with 15-18mm figures or 1:100 for different scales, re-size using the template included.