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Title: anyone have a model of a Hindu temple?
Post by: ray on April 19, 2011, 01:16:49 AM
I'm embarking on a small project of a Hindu-styled temple for 28mm, just wondering if anyone's done something of the sort or has a direction to point me in for game friendly pics.  Thanks, in advance!!
Title: Re: anyone have a model of a Hindu temple?
Post by: The_Beast on April 19, 2011, 02:40:59 PM
Not actually help, but I thought I'd ask what you have in mind.

Exterior, perhaps a small version for table center?

Interior wall plan? Ruins, maybe with free standing carved pillars?

Doug
Title: Re: anyone have a model of a Hindu temple?
Post by: Belgian on April 19, 2011, 03:01:08 PM
Hi, here are some links to some wargame temples I like.

http://arteis.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/great-ruined-temple-model/ (http://arteis.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/great-ruined-temple-model/)

http://chicagoterrainfactory.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/quick-links-alkemy-jungle-board/ (http://chicagoterrainfactory.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/quick-links-alkemy-jungle-board/)
Title: Re: anyone have a model of a Hindu temple?
Post by: Heldrak on April 19, 2011, 03:32:24 PM
I don't have any links, but I believe that some of the fishtank scenery folks make some very nice ruined Hindu temples...
Title: Re: anyone have a model of a Hindu temple?
Post by: 6milPhil on April 19, 2011, 10:38:30 PM
Cor that'd be a job. Most of the Hindu temples I've seen in India tend to look like this on the outside;

(http://www.sheshen-eceni.co.uk/images/hindu%20temple%2002.jpg)

Is that the look you're going for?
Title: Re: anyone have a model of a Hindu temple?
Post by: Chairface on April 20, 2011, 02:18:47 AM
Yankeepedlar has a really awesome little shrine here

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=27255.0
Title: Re: anyone have a model of a Hindu temple?
Post by: ray on April 20, 2011, 05:11:05 AM
Thanks a bunch!  In answer to the first, more of a centerpiece with a 10-12 inch footprint.  Some interior detail, not too much in the way of idols or major detail as it is for a game around 5-7 of May!  Maybe a three-tiered structure based atop an archway of sorts which could lead into a courtyard.  Oh, and 28mm.
Oh man, I think I'll have to build one like Chicago Terrain Factory's version!!!  It won't happen in a couple of weeks, though :'(
Yankee Peddler's was a wee smaller than I was looking, but thanks!
Thanks 6milphil, my one year old would be the happiest boy in all the land if he could get his chubby hands on that one! 
 
Title: Re: anyone have a model of a Hindu temple?
Post by: ray on April 20, 2011, 05:16:48 AM
Agreed on the fish tank pieces, very nice and sometimes quite reasonable given the level of detail and paint job.  All the ones I've found are usually ruins, I'm looking for ideas on a more intact structure.  I know I was a bit vague in my initial question!  Thank you!! :)
Title: Re: anyone have a model of a Hindu temple?
Post by: Hammers on April 20, 2011, 08:51:45 AM
You mean one of these ruins with frescos of heathens fornicat'n all over the wall? Now, *that* would indeed be a piece of resistance, as the French say...
Title: Re: anyone have a model of a Hindu temple?
Post by: ray on April 21, 2011, 07:32:05 AM
 lol Yeh, not really goin' for that "guess we're not in Kansas anymore" feel to it... just a li'l  ol' place where good folk go to talk about the hereafter and maybe set up a firing line or two while they're at it!
Title: Re: anyone have a model of a Hindu temple?
Post by: Poiter50 on May 01, 2011, 10:31:00 AM
Some years ago, I picked up a book titled "Balinese Temples" from a Kuta, Bali, bookstore/department store. Published by Periplus, authors Julian Davison and Bruce Granquist. Explains the layout of the Balinese Hindu temples, courtyards and alignment to the cardinal/compass points.
Title: Re: anyone have a model of a Hindu temple?
Post by: ray on May 03, 2011, 02:46:34 AM
Thank you!  Sounds like and excellent resource, I shall look it up!
Title: Re: anyone have a model of a Hindu temple?
Post by: FierceKitty on August 06, 2017, 11:49:50 AM
Very late to the party, but I've got a crumbly plaster souvenir from Angkor Wat; very shoddy plaster, but after about twelve coats of PVA it stabilised, and now it serves pretty well as an Indian temple.