The Definitive Siege Warfare and Field Fortification System
The Renedra Gabions scenery set brings authentic, heavy-duty defensive infrastructure straight to your wargaming table, showcasing the exceptional design work and clean casting lines of UK-engineered hard plastic injection molding. This 1/56 (28mm) scale terrain asset is an invaluable tool for players looking to construct historic earthworks, protected gun emplacements, and bulletproof siege lines. Historically accurate from the late 16th century through the 19th century, these modular defensive wickerwork cylinders are a perfect visual addition to English Civil War bastions, Napoleonic artillery batteries, and Crimean War redoubts. They are fully compatible with Perry Miniatures historical ranges and rural buildings, providing seamless scale continuity across your historical layouts.
Molded in high-quality gray hard plastic, this kit captures the tightly woven wickerwork texture of traditional open-ended baskets with spectacular fidelity. Historically carried flat in ammunition trains and filled with local soil on-site, these field fortifications protected sappers, engineers, and siege gun crews from small-arms fire and shrapnel. Unlike fragile resin pieces that chip easily or flat laser-cut alternatives, these robust polystyrene models fit together beautifully with standard liquid plastic cement to form a permanent solvent weld. They provide excellent heavy cover and serve as immediate line-of-sight blocking scatter scenery for tactical rulesets like Black Powder, Pike & Shotte, Sharp Practice, and The Silver Bayonet.
Product Specifications
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Scale Accuracy: True 28mm (1:56) Scale, sized perfectly to line up alongside historical artillery pieces and crew models
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Material Composition: Precision injection-molded in high-quality gray hard plastic for clear texture definition and table durability
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Kit Contents: Contains two (2) identical sprue frames delivering a total of twenty (20) individual multi-part gabions
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Completed Dimensions: Each assembled wicker fortification cylinder measures approximately 1” H x 1” Diameter
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Packaging Dimensions: Ships in a compact clear plastic hanging package measuring 7.5” W x 11” H x 0.5” D
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Recommended Ages: Perfect for young hobbyists and adult modelers ages 12 years and up
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Assembly Profiles: Arrives factory unpainted and attached to sprues; parts require cleanly snipping with sprue cutters before assembly and painting
Tips: To paint these gabions efficiently, assemble the cylinders and texture the top interior earth using fine modeling sand or ballast. Prime the entire piece in a deep earth brown. Give the wicker basket weave a heavy dry-brush of medium wood brown or a light khaki, then finish the dirt interior with a gray-brown shade and a light tan highlight. To make them look truly embedded in the field, add small clumps of static grass and place a few vibrant Gamers Grass tufts exploding out from the base where the baskets meet the turf.
Recommended Paint Palette
The recommended paints are:
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Wicker Basket Weave: Vallejo Model Color German Camo Pale Brown or Middlestone
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Earth Filling Base: Vallejo Model Color Flat Brown or Earth Brown
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Sun-Bleached Wood Highlights: Vallejo Pale Sand or The Army Painter Skeleton Bone
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Shading & Recess Washing: The Army Painter Strong Tone or Vallejo Umber Wash
