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Title: Scratch built roman town - part14 - Tholos
Post by: Paul on November 04, 2013, 02:26:24 PM
The Little Island town of Scalpere artificare slowly takes shape
(http://i42.tinypic.com/2vll07r.jpg)

More pics and a a bit on how the roofing is made HERE (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2013/11/scalpere-aedificare-roman-town.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town
Post by: The Dozing Dragon on November 04, 2013, 05:26:49 PM
Very nice. Keep meaning to start a mediterranean sort of thing but it needs to join the queue of ideas already formed...........
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town
Post by: von Lucky on November 04, 2013, 11:46:57 PM
Nice renovation, and good to see this coming along.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 2
Post by: Paul on November 07, 2013, 02:46:54 PM
Thanks  :)

 I´m making the  buildings  detachable so I can add ever more to the town..
(http://i43.tinypic.com/11vmr0i.jpg)
More pics HERE (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2013/11/roman-town-2.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 2
Post by: Suber on November 07, 2013, 04:22:33 PM
I really love the aspect of this project. Congratulations! :)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 2
Post by: warburton on November 07, 2013, 09:38:42 PM
Very impressive
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 2
Post by: Paul on November 09, 2013, 01:32:32 PM
Thanks  :)
A slave market and a  temple are nearly finished. Then onto the rest  :)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 3
Post by: Paul on November 11, 2013, 12:12:40 PM
Now with temple and a small slave market
(http://i39.tinypic.com/2rzsww6.jpg)

Close ups HERE (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2013/11/roman-town-3.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 3
Post by: Steam Flunky on November 13, 2013, 07:09:28 AM
Nice work.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 3
Post by: Suber on November 13, 2013, 07:16:19 AM
Beautiful :).
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 3
Post by: Eric the Shed on November 13, 2013, 08:45:05 AM
looking great
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 3
Post by: Captain Blood on November 13, 2013, 09:26:27 AM
It looks like a scene from Spartacus Paul :)
Good work.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 3
Post by: Paul on November 13, 2013, 12:42:06 PM
Thanks  :)
Another street section with Shops, a middle class house, grain store and an admin building finished.....apart from the roofing tiles (I Need to eat a load more biccys) and a Ludus ( loosely based on the Spartacus series) started.

lupanarium planned...but should I add the "paticipants" ?  :D
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 4
Post by: Paul on November 16, 2013, 01:56:21 PM
another 3 buildings added, more Shops, a grain store and an "admin" building.
(http://i39.tinypic.com/fwslch.jpg)

Close ups of the new buildings HERE (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2013/11/roman-town-4.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 5
Post by: Paul on December 01, 2013, 02:53:54 PM
An Upperclass house
(http://i44.tinypic.com/2hs93bt.jpg)
Close ups HERE (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2013/12/upper-class-roman-house.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 5
Post by: von Lucky on December 01, 2013, 08:52:47 PM
Absolutely beautiful. The red of the tiles, the courtyard tiles and the mosaic flooring are stand outs.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 5
Post by: Suber on December 02, 2013, 09:54:25 AM
I concur, that is really beautiful :-*
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 6
Post by: Paul on December 09, 2013, 01:01:41 PM
Thanks  :)
The town gets bigger...the first completely newly built building so far, all the rest are re-roofed etc. The house of batiatus (loosely based on the spartacus series
(http://i43.tinypic.com/2iiis5y.jpg)

Close ups and the whole town so far HERE (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2013/12/house-of-batiatus.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 6
Post by: carlos13th on December 09, 2013, 01:12:40 PM
Often these kind of projects end up with places a little to small for anyone to actually live in. This doesn't look to be the case here. Great work.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 6
Post by: Paul on December 09, 2013, 04:33:30 PM
Thanks  :)
I know what you mean. The town will get a forum, Arena and a Lupinarium so it´ll Need to look "balanced" and  I´ll definately add a few more  houses.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 7 - Forum added
Post by: Paul on December 20, 2013, 12:38:12 PM
Roman Forum...the centre of roman social life
(http://i41.tinypic.com/4k6vjb.jpg)

Close ups HERE (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2013/12/forum-romanum.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 7 - Forum added
Post by: Mencey on December 20, 2013, 02:30:18 PM
What a good work!!! Awesome!!! :-*
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part 7 - Forum added
Post by: von Lucky on December 20, 2013, 08:26:52 PM
That is beautiful. I like how you're adding the forgotten colour to Roman architecture.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part - Plebeian housing
Post by: Paul on January 08, 2014, 05:07:32 PM
Housing for plebeians
(http://i42.tinypic.com/2dan1iw.jpg)
Close ups HERE (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2014/01/roman-housing-for-plebeians.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part - Plebeian housing
Post by: von Lucky on January 08, 2014, 08:53:04 PM
My concern for your health (eating too many biscuits) is unfortunately outstripped by a desire to see more of your buildings. Sorry.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part - Plebeian housing
Post by: Mitch K on January 09, 2014, 11:26:08 AM
Paul, this is fantastic, and so prolific! You are probably the biggest Roman construction magnate since Hadrian! lol
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part - Plebeian housing
Post by: Saucy Jack on January 09, 2014, 03:35:59 PM
Hi Paul,

fantastic work. Please put some tutorials up on how you have made the walls and roofs.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part - Plebeian housing
Post by: Paul on January 09, 2014, 06:27:39 PM

Thanks  :)
Hi Paul,

fantastic work. Please put some tutorials up on how you have made the walls and roofs.
I´ve nearly completed a how to, from walls to Roof.  It´s quite Long and is taking a bit of time but it´s nearly finished  :) 
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part - Plebeian housing
Post by: Suber on January 09, 2014, 06:46:11 PM
Paul, this is fantastic, and so prolific! You are probably the biggest Roman construction magnate since Hadrian! lol

Haha! lol

This is absolutely fantastic, a magnificent, lovely project, congratulations :).
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part - Plebeian housing
Post by: Chairface on January 11, 2014, 02:39:24 AM
How did I miss this thread? awesome work
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part - Plebeian housing
Post by: Paul on January 11, 2014, 10:05:57 AM
 :) Thanks. On the workbench..a new Taverne and thermae (baths)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part8 - Taverne MKII
Post by: Paul on January 11, 2014, 01:00:00 PM
Taverne MKII
(http://i44.tinypic.com/ipmxad.jpg)
Pics of the inside  HERE (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2014/01/roman-taverna-mkii.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part8 - Taverne MKII
Post by: Poiter50 on January 11, 2014, 02:42:04 PM
Paul, your Roman collection is stunning, almost wish I had stayed with 20 mm.  :)

Very reminiscent of Ostia Antico.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part8 - Taverne MKII
Post by: Paul on January 11, 2014, 05:08:14 PM
Paul, your Roman collection is stunning, almost wish I had stayed with 20 mm.  :)

Thanks.  :) When I´ve got the How to finished it can be seen that to create the buildings in 28mm or whatever is totally possible..in fact, 28mm would probably be a lot easier.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part8 - Taverne MKII
Post by: FramFramson on January 12, 2014, 02:40:27 AM
Say, question if you don't mind. I'm used to thinking of Roman forums as purely the open space, perhaps with a centrepieces but not as an enclosed building. Your forum is more of a courtyard, which I guess is something that happened with smaller forums? In cases like that, what would the surrounding building house?
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part8 - Taverne MKII
Post by: Paul on January 12, 2014, 03:15:59 PM
law courts and offices. The central area would be used for a market place
http://www.timetrips.co.uk/roman%20towns-towns.htm
The ones shown in the link are Grand affairs compared to my lowley effort, which, if I´d built one along those lines it would have been massive. On a rough calculation,  a copy of the one at  Silchester, with attached basilica,  would be a model of over 1m square. Law Court (Basilika) is planned, which I left off due to construction Problems but I could attach it later.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: Paul on January 15, 2014, 05:14:38 PM
Baths
(http://i39.tinypic.com/1zwkec1.jpg)
Close ups and the whole town so far HERE (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2014/01/roman-baths-thermae.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: Suber on January 15, 2014, 05:37:36 PM
This. Is. So. Beautiful.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: Captain Blood on January 15, 2014, 06:48:38 PM
Wow  :-*
The baths are great, Paul. Well done.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: Paul on January 15, 2014, 07:52:21 PM
Thanks  :)
I think I´ll stop at around 40 buildings...and a wall.....any maybe an aqueduct..and...... :D
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on January 15, 2014, 08:04:29 PM
Extremely nice, Paul, looking forward to see the whole city.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: MediumAl on January 17, 2014, 06:44:07 PM
Terrific job. Admire your energy. The interior elements are a great touch.

Al
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: FramFramson on January 19, 2014, 02:53:32 AM
Beautiful thermae!
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: Red Orc on January 19, 2014, 11:17:46 AM
Really fabulous work on the town.

Fram, I think that enclosed fora are the norm in Roman towns.

This is the example from Leicester (where I live):

(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/redorc01/RomanForumLeicester_zps31d23e91.jpg~original)

In the foreground is the forum (with its basilica and surrounding colonnaded shop-units) and in the background is the 'macellum', another market-complex, with the same general plan but no official functions.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: Eric the Shed on January 19, 2014, 05:36:04 PM
I see Leicester has changed since the last time I visited
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: FramFramson on January 19, 2014, 09:37:05 PM
I see Leicester has changed since the last time I visited

 lol
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: Paul on January 21, 2014, 05:21:53 PM
 Great info. I´ll convert the present Forum into a macellum and build another with a basilica and the surrounding shop-units   :)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: nervisfr on January 24, 2014, 12:51:53 PM
Excellent work .

Start my building for gaming with the excellent rules from Ganesha Games....."Song of Shadows and dust" http://www.ganeshagames.net/product_info.php?cPath=1_14&products_id=240 (http://www.ganeshagames.net/product_info.php?cPath=1_14&products_id=240)

But for skirmish purpose, i'll produce only few building......follow here the construction (French texte but the Translator work well) :
http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.fr/2013/12/rome-ne-sest-pas-faite-en-un-jour.html (http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.fr/2013/12/rome-ne-sest-pas-faite-en-un-jour.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: Poiter50 on January 24, 2014, 02:59:30 PM
Great work, love what you have done. SDH has great potential.

Excellent work .

Start my building for gaming with the excellent rules from Ganesha Games....."Song of Shadows and dust" http://www.ganeshagames.net/product_info.php?cPath=1_14&products_id=240 (http://www.ganeshagames.net/product_info.php?cPath=1_14&products_id=240)

But for skirmish purpose, i'll produce only few building......follow here the construction (French texte but the Translator work well) :
http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.fr/2013/12/rome-ne-sest-pas-faite-en-un-jour.html (http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.fr/2013/12/rome-ne-sest-pas-faite-en-un-jour.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: Paul on January 25, 2014, 01:53:52 PM
Excellent work .

Start my building for gaming with the excellent rules from Ganesha Games....."Song of Shadows and dust" http://www.ganeshagames.net/product_info.php?cPath=1_14&products_id=240 (http://www.ganeshagames.net/product_info.php?cPath=1_14&products_id=240)

But for skirmish purpose, i'll produce only few building......follow here the construction (French texte but the Translator work well) :
http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.fr/2013/12/rome-ne-sest-pas-faite-en-un-jour.html (http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.fr/2013/12/rome-ne-sest-pas-faite-en-un-jour.html)
Great looking building and minis. The ganesh rules are the ones I´ll be using  :)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part9 - Baths
Post by: Paul on January 25, 2014, 01:54:12 PM
The town so far  and a "how to" now on the BLOG  (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2014/01/roman-buildings-how-to.html)


(http://i42.tinypic.com/1038itj.jpg)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part10 - Insula
Post by: Paul on January 29, 2014, 04:27:46 PM
A high rise house for the workers
(http://i42.tinypic.com/16k8kmc.jpg)
Close ups on the BLOG (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2014/01/roman-insula-no1.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part10 - Insula
Post by: dampfpanzerwagon on January 29, 2014, 04:33:44 PM
Very impressive.

Tony
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part10 - Insula
Post by: OSHIROmodels on January 29, 2014, 06:08:48 PM
Missed these before which is a shame.

Cracking work  8) :-*

The high rise (insula?) is my favorite  :)

cheers

James
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part12 - Merchants house
Post by: Paul on February 05, 2014, 04:45:31 PM
A merchants house (?)
(http://i57.tinypic.com/35a2nhh.jpg)

a couple of Close ups on the BLOG (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2014/02/another-roman-house.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part12 - Merchants house
Post by: War In 15MM on February 05, 2014, 05:56:17 PM
So much to borrow; so little time.  Great stuff.  Really enjoying it.  Richard
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part12 - Merchants house
Post by: Elbows on February 05, 2014, 09:51:04 PM
This is all simply superb (and equal parts ridiculous).  Well done!
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part12 - Merchants house
Post by: warburton on February 05, 2014, 10:41:47 PM
Excellent. The "How To" is very useful. Thank you for going to the effort.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part12 - Merchants house
Post by: Paul on February 06, 2014, 05:56:33 PM
Thanks  :)
Excellent. The "How To" is very useful. Thank you for going to the effort.
The how to took Ages..i kept getting ahead of myself and having to use another building to take pics of the relevant stages..then Blogger didn´t (and still won´t) let me upload the last two pics. I had to use one PC to upload the pics and another to edit. the text!!!! >:(
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part13 - Forum MkII
Post by: Paul on February 19, 2014, 06:02:57 PM
Forum MKII
(http://i60.tinypic.com/2guef5u.jpg)
Close ups and the whole town (half finished)  HERE (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2014/02/forum-romanum-mk-ii.html)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part13 - Forum MkII
Post by: OSHIROmodels on February 19, 2014, 06:32:50 PM
Grander and grander  8) 8)

cheers

James
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part13 - Forum MkII
Post by: Poiter50 on February 20, 2014, 12:11:15 AM
I am so green with envy!  :P
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part13 - Forum MkII
Post by: Furt on February 20, 2014, 12:54:47 AM
The forum is a masterpiece!!  :-*

All the Roman gang stuff is becoming a little hard to ignore and if I was to do some of it, it would have to be done on a table like Paul's amazing city.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part13 - Forum MkII
Post by: janner on February 20, 2014, 08:17:58 AM
Impressive project, Paul  :D

Are you going to Hamburg this weekend?
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part13 - Forum MkII
Post by: Emir of Askaristan on February 20, 2014, 10:32:16 PM
Paul,
This was an inspirational book to me when I was a kid. I don't know if you've seen it before. But your project made me look for it again. It might be of interest to you.

http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/City.html?id=rxxVECt0WN8C&redir_esc=y (http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/City.html?id=rxxVECt0WN8C&redir_esc=y)

Keep up the great work

 :)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part13 - Forum MkII
Post by: FramFramson on February 21, 2014, 04:57:14 AM
HALF done? Yikes!

By the by, you could maybe put a small fountain in the centre of the Macellum instead of a full Tholos?
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part13 - Forum MkII
Post by: Paul on February 21, 2014, 05:38:08 PM
Thanks  :)

Are you going to Hamburg this weekend?
Oddly..I´ve Just got back from Hamburg...(Winsen an der Luhr) working for the DB.
Paul,
This was an inspirational book to me when I was a kid. I don't know if you've seen it before. But your project made me look for it again. It might be of interest to you.

http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/City.html?id=rxxVECt0WN8C&redir_esc=y (http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/City.html?id=rxxVECt0WN8C&redir_esc=y)

Keep up the great work

 :)
Thanks. I´ll see if I can get a copy.
HALF done? Yikes!

By the by, you could maybe put a small fountain in the centre of the Macellum instead of a full Tholos?
The other Forum has a water thingy
http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2013/12/forum-romanum.html
but a fountain sounds a good idea. The Tholos is half finished..
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part13 - Forum MkII
Post by: FramFramson on February 22, 2014, 01:40:18 AM
Oh, haha, I meant instead of a Tholos if you didn't have the room (as you were saying on the blog). I was reading that some Macellums didn't always have a full Tholos and had fountains instead. But if a Tholos fits, so much the better!
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part13 - Forum MkII
Post by: janner on February 22, 2014, 07:00:10 AM
Thanks  :)Oddly..I´ve Just got back from Hamburg...(Winsen an der Luhr) working for the DB.

Sorry to miss you. You'll have to make to with photos from Tactica then :)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part13 - Forum MkII
Post by: Paul on February 22, 2014, 07:59:37 PM
Sorry to miss you. You'll have to make to with photos from Tactica then :)
Damm!! I knew there was something this Weekend!! I should have stayed put for the Weekend!!
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part13 - Forum MkII
Post by: Paul on February 22, 2014, 08:01:12 PM
Oh, haha, I meant instead of a Tholos if you didn't have the room (as you were saying on the blog). I was reading that some Macellums didn't always have a full Tholos and had fountains instead. But if a Tholos fits, so much the better!
:)The Tholos I´ve built too big for the present Forum..I might leave it as a set Piece on it´s own.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part13 - Forum MkII
Post by: janner on February 22, 2014, 10:30:55 PM
Damm!! I knew there was something this Weekend!! I should have stayed put for the Weekend!!

Sorry your not here, it's an excellent convention. Well done to Frank and the team :)
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part14 - Tholos
Post by: Paul on February 23, 2014, 12:14:54 PM
A Tholos.  Where fish were sold, or the place where official weights and measures were held for reference or as shrines to the gods of the market place
(http://i59.tinypic.com/2u5tisg.jpg)
A pillars "How to"  along with another pic HERE (http://paulsbods.blogspot.de/2014/02/tholos.html).
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part14 - Tholos
Post by: warburton on February 24, 2014, 02:04:09 AM
Nice work!
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part14 - Tholos
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on February 24, 2014, 06:03:33 PM
Paul, your threas inspires again and again. Now finally a piece I would be able to build, too. Seriously, I liek the idea of having a place such that in the midst of the market. Put to the list of things to be built.
Title: Re: Scratch built roman town - part14 - Tholos
Post by: Paul on February 24, 2014, 07:54:03 PM
Thanks  :)
Thing about Roman buildings, the more you look the more there is to make...I´ve found an excellent example of an early imperial insula..and another temple, an aqueduct wouldn´t go amiss either..and ........................... :) Only 40 buildings? might not cover it all  lol