Vauban walls

[martin goddard]

Here are some pictures of the Napoleonic wall.
Ben has printed them in 3D.
The frontage shown is the 2 foot expected for the game.



martin

[Nick]

That looks very impressive.

Nick

[Smiley Miley 66]

Now that does look very nice.
Miles.

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

If you want to get a good impression of these forts in the UK I can recommend Berry Head, above Brixham, Devon. Built to keep out the French of course... Lovely granite enciente, dry moats opening directly out onto the cliffs, even an octagonal stone sentry box. The old Magazine is now the lighthouse.

Neil 

[John Watson]

I believe Berwick upon Tweed is also in the Vauban style.
John

[Panzer21]

I believe Berwick upon Tweed is also in the Vauban style.
John

Actually John I think it's pre-Vauban......Elizabethan.

https://www.visitnorthumberland.com/explore/things-to-do/attractions/historic-sites/berwick-elizabethan-town-walls

Neil

[John Watson]

Agreed but I think it looks Vaubanish (if that is a word). I am not an expert though.
John

[martin goddard]

No great problem chaps. The walls are decorational and not the main focus.
I expect some of the napoleonic fortifications were not pure vauban.

martin

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Indeed Martin,
Improvements in gunnery made the Vauban style which relied on enfilading fire a less efficient use of guns with greater range. This led to a simplification in the works and the adoption of lower more 'boxy' looking features like those at Inverness. By the time of the Napoleonic wars fieldworks like the Torres Vedras redoubts in Portugal shared more likenesses with Sengoku period Japanese earthworks than the more elaborate geometric defences of the C17 and C18.

Neil