Sunday 28 April 2013

15mm Gamecraft Miniatures Hesco Barriers......

....also called a Hesco bastion and is a modern gabion used for flood control and military fortifications, designed by a British company in the late 1980s and consisting of a collapsible wire mesh container with a heavy duty fabric liner.

They're nice pieces of resin kit from Gamecraft Miniatures, a few of the pieces don't have detail on one side but that's my only quibble with them, I've included a 15mm Peter Pig AK47 to show some scale and some real Hesco barrier pictures to give you an idea of what they are for those who've never heard of them.












40 comments:

  1. And very nice they are too! I didn't know that was their name?

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  2. Always nice to have something in front of you when the bullets start flying!

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  3. So they put them together and then fill the containers with dirt and sand? Very simple. Thanks for the real photos, as I've not seen Hesco bastions before.

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  4. If they can stop a bullet then that has to be a good thing.

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  5. Nice simple bits of modern kit,; were they pricey ?

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  6. These are nice and Gamecraft really packed a lot of detail into them! I wonder if I can get some for my back yard. Better than a couch fort!

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  7. I've seen them before in various imagery and never realised what or how they are made. Yours look great and fit in well.

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  8. They look very good and especially in that scale too.

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  9. Hope he found what he was looking for

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  10. I have to say I'd never really heard of them but they certainly look useful.

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  11. that is very cool... interesting remake capture.

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  12. Something to hide behind, always good to have

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  13. Simple idea in real life and in gaming. And simple is often the best, nice and useful models.

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  14. Those look very nice. Very nice painting on that figure too.

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  15. I can attest that they are handy and do offer great cover. You build the basic box and can alter the dimensions. Larger cubes form the base with smaller cubes placed on top. The heat of summer, the rains of winter, and the nature of Afghan soil makes them solid as concrete. Razor wire makes them even more formidable! With careful planning in the fill, you can also surround the compound with a ditch. An instant castle, as it were, for modern warfare.

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  16. yep, first time I hear of it, very interesting, Fran!

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  17. So, Rome COULD be rebuilt in a day! Ironically they look like one of my favourite cookies. Nice.

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  18. They are very nice. I need some of them in 28mm scale...

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  19. I've not seen these before either Fran. Putting in the historical pics was a nice bit as it helped to understand their construction and function.

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  20. Great painting on the 15mm model. Impressed by that. Could see lots of gaming uses for the barriers. The pictures were helpful for us more unenlightened ones.

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  21. A wonderfully resourceful bit of kit, great job Sir.

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  22. Huh, I didn't know they had that name. I see these getting used on construction and earthwork sites all the time, and they just call them gabions.

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  23. Interesting - my buddy spent some time in Central America and described something similar they used there. Best, Dean

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  24. Nice scenic element. They look like they're pretty quick and rewarding to paint.

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  25. They called Hesco? Good to know...

    However those look good.
    But the 15mm miniature looks way better. Great paintjob, Fran!

    Cheers
    Stefan

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  26. Wow, I learned something today. That almost never happens. I had no idea what these things were called.

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  27. So they are basically mobile bunkers, or something like that?

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  28. I checked to see if you posted today as Ray said you two's blogs aren't updating. Have a good one big fella!

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  29. Really nice pieces to add to a modern-era games table!

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  30. Very nice Fran, inspired scenic element, very useful!!
    Phil.

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  31. I was clueless here, so googling helped. They're actually pretty cool

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  32. Spookily enough I was looking at some 28mm versions of these at Salute - Tablescape have just added them to their prepainted range

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  33. So their frames for a front end loader to dump stuff into? You forget to mention they make perfect cover for hide-and-seek, which looks like what they are doing in the last picture.

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