Looking Like a Pigsty
All glued together and painted, the pigsty was ready to fix onto a terrain tile up against the TimeCast farm building. And the resident pig? I think we all know what happened when Napoleonic armies were told to live off the land.
I got the original idea for my pigsty from an illustration
by Roberto Innocenti from his book Pinocchio. His
illustrations are full of detail and have, I think, lots of
interest for the wargames terrain maker. His Pinocchio
is set in his native Italy and his illustrations contain a
wealth of Italian features. I bought the book with an
Italian wargames landscape in mind. However, much
of the detail can spark ideas that easily translate to
other theatres and other periods. I feel sure it won’t be
long before I return to Innocenti’s work for more
inspiration.
Illustration copyright Roberto Innocenti.
The pigsty still needed a trough
of some kind. Probably a simple
large old ceramic or wooden
bowl would have been used
rather than either the long
narrow or expensive stone
kinds.
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