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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: LaserCutCard on 05 July 2013, 07:00:20 AM

Title: Spaza shop / shisa nyama
Post by: LaserCutCard on 05 July 2013, 07:00:20 AM

Hi - I posted this on dakkkadakka a while back but given that it is related to my earlier post about modern bush war vehicles I thought I would post it again here.

I live in Durban, a port city in South Africa. Access to retired shipping containers means a lot of them end up converted into roadside stores called "spaza" shops.

(http://www.e-spaza.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/sml-spaza-IMG_0908.jpg)

So I thought I would make a table top version of these based on the shipping containers I have already done.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fVyGmfYu9No/UcPvlP5uq9I/AAAAAAAABVY/7e0C0jU70Vk/s1600/SG08f.JPG)

The blue one is the spaza shop. The orange and white is another South African feature - a "shisa nyama" (an informal pub/tavern).

There are a ton more pictures here if you are interested: http://nothingunpainted.blogspot.com/2013/06/container-retail-set.html (http://nothingunpainted.blogspot.com/2013/06/container-retail-set.html)

Title: Re: Spaza shop / shisa nyama
Post by: Mason on 05 July 2013, 07:07:51 AM

I like that!
 8)


Very nicely done.
 :-*

Title: Re: Spaza shop / shisa nyama
Post by: Michi on 05 July 2013, 07:35:12 AM

Very cool and although it is an actual feature it could well be post-apocalyptic as well!

Title: Re: Spaza shop / shisa nyama
Post by: Rob_bresnen on 05 July 2013, 03:38:16 PM

I think you can consider that idea 'borrowed' by me. nice work.