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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: thomas oliver on 18 April 2011, 02:23:01 PM
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just thought I would show you some pics of my new build I have based it on the science museum in London. At first I was going to use it as the HQ for Dr Frankenstien and Dr moreau but as i was working on it it soon became victorian Torchwood HQ
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51881669@N05/5631311784/in/photostream
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Looks fantastic :-* Needs more photos and close ups for sure
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:o :o :o :o :o
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all scratchbuilt?
yes, closeups please!
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Instructions, closeups, and which ruleset / how you're modifying it for VSF/TW please, yes.
This is quite impressive.
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Good gravy that's awe inspiring! :o
A 'how to' article is definately required as well as many, many close ups! ;D
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Very nice.
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follow the slideshow
but a bit closer coseups would be nice :)
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Wonderful stuff. I really like the gingerbread man too :)
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So awesome. More pics would be great!
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Well, after the palace, a mere bagatelle... lol
Just teasing! Inspiring work, that!
Closeups on the details WOULD be appreciated. Are the columns individually bricked?
I would say not, but I've underestimated you before! :o
Doug
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You don't think small do you Thomas?
Lovely work!
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cheers for the comments bigger always works better for me lol the colums are individually brick just need to put a little more detail on the colums then it is ready to paint am thinking a light stone brown for this piece going to do the interior as well.
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I'd advise slightly different materials for different portions of the building, to diminish the monolithic appearance and make it look more realistic
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What an absolute stonker! I hope I convince you to make a Step-by-step over in Workbench.
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when i get round to my victorian streets I will use a different material (blue foam) to create them after being inspired by Pappa Midnight buildings. Im only using foamboard for my buckingham palace, science museum and British museum not really into doing step by steps because i always forget to take the photo after doing another Bit of it lol
Im starting to think of the interior now am thinking lab jars holding creatures which could hav been court any ideas would be welcome
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WOW
That's fantastic, very, very well done.
Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/
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Wow! Amazing work! :-*
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Small Dino skeleton perhaps ? theres plenty around in the "poundshops" -various
plundered sorry preserved wonders of Rome Greece and Egypt
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well Ive got 2 dino skeletons for my british museum I was thinking more war or the worlds alien took captive by torchwood plus weapons test area, shooting range and lab table.
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well Ive got 2 dino skeletons for my british museum I was thinking more war or the worlds alien took captive by torchwood plus weapons test area, shooting range and lab table.
Take a look at Alan Moore's 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' The are a few interiors from museums there which may give you a few ideas on how it could look.
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I wish someone would do a really good large building, instead of all these piddly little garden sheds. >:(
lol ;)
What a fantastic piece of work! It looks better made than the real house seen in the background lol
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Black Cat do a range of "things in Jars"
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well Ive got 2 dino skeletons for my british museum I was thinking more war or the worlds alien took captive by torchwood plus weapons test area, shooting range and lab table.
There's something to be said for having both terrestrial and extra-, side by side.
Black Cat do a range of "things in Jars"
I was thinking Reaper did some similar, but what would really be apropo would be some of the Horrorclix thingies I just can't seem to find anymore. Oh, wait, too easy for m'lawd Thomas? :D
Doug
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I know that Reaper's done a lot of things that could easily be put in jars, but not "things in jars" per se.
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You could try these from Westwind:
http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=1542
They might be the kind of thing you're looking for. Pretty cool anyway.
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I like them, I'm getting some for myself
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Wow - that is BIG!
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well I was thinking of crateing my own lab jars sort of thing and havin a werewolf perhaps smashing out of one, And also perhaps an iron giant in the corner perhaps.
For my british museum exhibitions I was was thinking of dino skeletons, a giant human skeleton, creatures from narnia (centaur and minotaur) and perhaps the wardrobe its self, flying monkeys from OZ ,card soldier from wonderland, giant gingerman perhaps, sword in stone and mummies.
I want it to get the feel as if the British Empire had explored all these amazing places of the literature.
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Magnificent!
I also need some more close ups etc
As for interiors:
If you want your building to house Torchwood HQ the choice is obvious. Offices with desks & etc furniture, plus lots of paper and assorted materials for the bureaucrat section, libraries and labs for the science dept, the obvious large meeting room with the huge meeting table with the globe, maps, books, pontium,telescope, small tables with various artifacts on display, paintings (a good escuse to hide safes behind them) etc
(there was a book with a nice "admiralty meeting" I think by wizard diorama maker Sheppard) some inspiration might be taken here:
http://tidders-kingdomofwittenberg.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-04-02T08%3A56%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7
As a general remark, in the HQ the specimen used are not in display quality, but only one or two at a preparative stage, prior to move in their display place to the Museum.
If you also need a Museum you have to decide what the theme of the Museum would be. Prehistory and Egyptology (a good excuse to have cavemen and prehistoric beasts or mummies to pop-out), archaeology (also a nice excuse to use your romans or greek ancient warriors -not battling anymore), history (you may have Washington or Frederick the great or even Napoleon etc revived in a different time in your games), palaeontology/natural history museums (with carnivorous plants or dino predators chasing some of your heroes in the night) or even a science or music museum just to display some nicely painted miniatures (like Bach & Co with their musical instruments by Eureka you always liked but had not the chance to incorporate them in a more modern era.) or a combination of all.
black cat bases offers things in a jar but do not be afraid to use some components from doll houses, or just print outs from various websites or just photos and images from the net. For example a nice photo of Silurian sea can be used as a background for a small nice 3D diorama by adding a small model of a prehistoric fish putting it inside a display cabinet made of transparent plastic sheet in circular form. Some more ideas for inspiration can follow as soon as you decide the main them of the interiors and the dimensions of the rooms you draw.
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Haven't had much luck finding the figs I had in mind, but for an appropriate Victorian Torchwood, how about:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=27445.0
?
Doug
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Well figures I got for my victorian Torchwood was Faith & George Tobias and Constance Bowbridge from Foundry Miniatures. I was thinking of having a Werewolf,Frankenstien and a swamp creature in there as part of Agents of the Crown. Plus I was also going to use some of Brigade Games figures as well. Ive got Bits for inside Torchwood from black cat bases as well.
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Ive got Bits for inside Torchwood from black cat bases as well.
See also Frontline Wargaming, several interiors that will suit youQ
http://www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/
of particular interest the 25/28mm range with libraries, conference rooms etc.
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Outstanding work there my friend. :o
I'll take half a dozen. Let me kno when they're ready. ;)