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Title: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 05 April 2015, 01:19:02 PM
Hallo all...

It being a rather fine day here, I decided to take some pix of a little bit of progress I've managed so far on my Sengoku project...  :)

I was hoping to get the wall sections for the castle completed by now, but I got a tad distracted and ended up making some bits for the castle town/village and trying to clear my backlog of unpainted figures... still a long way to go!!

Best wishes,

Snake
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 05 April 2015, 01:24:37 PM
... and a few more :-)

With thanks to the Great cat of Kamioka in the Land of the giant Azalea  :D
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Svennn on 05 April 2015, 01:34:25 PM
Absolutely bloody marvellous  :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 05 April 2015, 01:51:00 PM
Absolutely bloody marvellous  :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

Many thanks Svennn!  :D
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: olyreed on 05 April 2015, 02:26:54 PM
Oh my! Thats just outstanding. Please post more
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Steel fist on 05 April 2015, 02:28:24 PM
Well done fantastic attention to detail, particularly like the multi lantern standard, brilliant collection
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 05 April 2015, 02:31:08 PM
Very good  8)

Are they 1:72 figures?

cheers

James
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 05 April 2015, 02:50:47 PM
Thank you all  :)

Very good  8)

Are they 1:72 figures?

cheers

James

Hi James, many thanks, yes they are all Zvezda 1/72's... some rather heavily cut about...

Well done fantastic attention to detail, particularly like the multi lantern standard, brilliant collection

Thank you Steel fist, its amazing what you can do with  bent paperclips and few beads!!  :D

Oh my! Thats just outstanding. Please post more

Many thanks olyreed, I'll keep posting stuff as I complete it, but I am interminably slow... the rest of my bits are here...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/21992811@N05/

Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Pijlie on 05 April 2015, 02:59:52 PM
Fantastic project! Lovely to see the Zvezda put to use.
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 05 April 2015, 03:15:11 PM
Fantastic project! Lovely to see the Zvezda put to use.

Thank you Pijlie, I've had some of these figures hanging around for years and have had a few false starts on getting them painted, but I seem to be in the grove with them at last!! :D
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Burnin Coal on 06 April 2015, 05:39:03 AM
Wow  :o :-* :o :-* Lovely work - all looks absolutely superb - as many photos as possible please - everything works so well together and the banners set it all off a treat
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Vanvlak on 06 April 2015, 06:31:35 AM
That is SUPERB.
I was reading the intro and had half the first pic in view, and absently thought this was a photo from some historic site in Japan!

Beautiful pics and scenery; the out of scale cat is magnificent too.
And the lantern standard...  :o 8) 8)
And in 1/72 scale too....!
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 06 April 2015, 12:10:11 PM
Hi James, many thanks, yes they are all Zvezda 1/72's... some rather heavily cut about...

Impressive  :)

cheers

James
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 06 April 2015, 03:44:41 PM
Impressive  :)

cheers

James

Many thanks James, much appreciated  :D Your work has been the inspiration for me to tackle this!  :)
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 06 April 2015, 03:48:21 PM
That is SUPERB.
I was reading the intro and had half the first pic in view, and absently thought this was a photo from some historic site in Japan!

Beautiful pics and scenery; the out of scale cat is magnificent too.
And the lantern standard...  :o 8) 8)
And in 1/72 scale too....!

Thank you Vanvlak :-) My cat wanted to help out, so she decided to do a passable impression of a hill!  :D Glad you like the pics, the standard is made from wire rod with bent paper clips and beads for the lanterns, wonderfully OTT!
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 06 April 2015, 03:51:57 PM
Wow  :o :-* :o :-* Lovely work - all looks absolutely superb - as many photos as possible please - everything works so well together and the banners set it all off a treat

Many thanks Burnin Coal, Hopefully I'll be able to get the walls to the castle finished by the end of the week, if the weather stays fine, I'll try and get some pics posted... It's a major attraction of this period, the number of banners you can add to your units!... You can never have too many!!!  :D Thank you again.
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: andisan on 06 April 2015, 06:32:13 PM
Wooha!

Outstanding work!  :-* :-*

Aside from the perfect buildings you've created - your miniatures are on the same level.
Are you working with laser printed textures, or is it all created with brushwork?

And you must be lucky to have a cat AND perfect weather for Pictures :)
As I am living in the northern parts of Germany, you can wait some time for such a clear sky ;)

Cheers
Andreas
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 07 April 2015, 12:26:12 AM
Hallo Andreas, many thanks! :) I was following the progress of your 'Duel in the Edo Street' - very impressive! My stuff is a little smaller tho'  :D

 In answer to your question, I use a bog standard ink-jet to print out my patterns and textures, then rough them up, stain them and apply liberal layers of dust and ash to weather them; takes the pristine newness down several notches, and protects the printed surface, it also hides any white edges and many, many mistakes  :D

These last couple of days have been the first bits of good weather we've had this year so far, hopefully it will last until the end of the week... my cat always likes to get involved too...

Many thanks again,

S.
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Steve63 on 07 April 2015, 12:37:22 AM
Fantastic, the village looks real!
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: blacksoilbill on 07 April 2015, 12:27:21 PM
That all looks excellent. Great job.
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Damas on 07 April 2015, 01:06:08 PM
Good gravy that's impressive!  :-*
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 07 April 2015, 11:09:07 PM
Fantastic, the village looks real!

Many thanks Steve63  :)
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 07 April 2015, 11:10:36 PM
That all looks excellent. Great job.

Thank you blacksoilbill  :)
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 07 April 2015, 11:11:40 PM
Good gravy that's impressive!  :-*

 :D Thanks Damas
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: von Lucky on 08 April 2015, 09:15:59 AM
Stunning. Glad I popped my head into this thread.
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 08 April 2015, 10:59:45 PM
Many thanks VL... Keep popping in from time to time! :D
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Vagabond on 26 April 2015, 07:45:35 PM
Looking at the first 3 pics with the buildings and background it was easy to believe that you were showing real buildings. The bases gave it away but for a moment there I was convinced that they are not models. Really well done.
Thanks for posting as I think they are very inspirational.
Title: Re: More Kamioka Bitz...
Post by: Snake777 on 29 April 2015, 11:09:06 PM
Looking at the first 3 pics with the buildings and background it was easy to believe that you were showing real buildings. The bases gave it away but for a moment there I was convinced that they are not models. Really well done.
Thanks for posting as I think they are very inspirational.

Many thanks Vagabond  :D Glad you liked 'em! There are some more bits on the way...  ;)  Thanks again...