French Village 1870 ‘Neuville’
Alphonse de Neuville was not only a superb military artist of the Franco-Prussian War period. He fought in the war too. His dramatic paintings have a wonderful feel for the time-worn surfaces of the houses in the French countryside, and the damage done by the new rifled shell-firing guns of the Prussian artillery.
I asked Franco Fusco to draw a selection of building models of the period, to include St Privat church, captured in one of de Neuville’s greatest pictures. I’ve painted them to try to bring the colour and character of the master’s work to your wargame table.
Of course, there was only one, strangely appropriate name we could give to our new town: Neuville
- Instructions
- Wall Bases
- Small Houses
- Larger House Open Windows
- Larger house Closed Windows
- Tavern
- Portico House 3 Storey
- Portico House
- High Arch House
- Church 1
- Church 2
- Church 3 Roofs
- Churchyard Gate
- Plastered Walls
- Stone Walls
- Tombstones
- Shop Windows
- Windows
- Cobbles
Note
Once downloaded, the sheets can be printed as often as you like, which means you can build up large Villages very cheaply.
You will need scissors, a craft knife, glue, appropriate paper and some stiffer card for bases, all of which are described in the how-to section.
The figures are laid out in A4 format, which will print onto US legal sized paper, or will fit US letter size printed at 93%.
The figures are laid out in A4 format, which will print onto US legal sized paper, or will fit US letter size printed at 93%.
You can, of course, print the figures in any scale you choose, making them uniquely flexible in this respect.
Our Motto is Paper Villages, Proper Villages!
Enjoy.