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Miniatures Adventure => Back of Beyond => Topic started by: marianas_gamer on 19 September 2015, 08:04:37 AM
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So, for my birthday I received one of the great Kobbleston mosques for my birthday (Thanks Mom!). This is a large, detailed, and somewhat intimidating set of castings.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/Mosque_zpsu5qnu7mt.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/Mosque_zpsu5qnu7mt.jpg.html)
In an effort to force myself to move forward on this I thought that I would post my progress of painting this beast. I decided to start with the tower and domes. I am painting the mosque as a composite mud brick and stone structure with ceramic tile and cast bronze details. Here is the muezzin's tower.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-08-31%2020.04.07_zpskhoddkn1.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-08-31%2020.04.07_zpskhoddkn1.jpg.html)
The tower with the first paint layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-15%2021.14.44_zpssywzswud.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-15%2021.14.44_zpssywzswud.jpg.html)
The tower with the 3rd paint layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-15%2022.13.34_zpsmbfe9ns6.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-15%2022.13.34_zpsmbfe9ns6.jpg.html)
The main dome.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-08-31%2020.03.11_zpsiwyswyh4.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-08-31%2020.03.11_zpsiwyswyh4.jpg.html)
The main dome with 1st paint layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-15%2016.41.56_zpstwmuz7vb.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-15%2016.41.56_zpstwmuz7vb.jpg.html)
The main dome with second paint layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-15%2017.36.18_zpsqcxezq95.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-15%2017.36.18_zpsqcxezq95.jpg.html)
The main dome with the 3rd paint layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-15%2018.33.42_zpsyzy4dxed.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-15%2018.33.42_zpsyzy4dxed.jpg.html)
The secondary dome.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-17%2017.45.08_zpsdgonx8zk.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-17%2017.45.08_zpsdgonx8zk.jpg.html)
The secondary dome with the 1st paint layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-19%2014.35.36_zpsdbwg0eo5.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-19%2014.35.36_zpsdbwg0eo5.jpg.html)
The secondary dome with the 2nd layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-19%2015.17.13_zps6rvpcer6.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-19%2015.17.13_zps6rvpcer6.jpg.html)
The secondary dome with the 3rd layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-19%2015.45.51_zpsgvdrahhx.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-19%2015.45.51_zpsgvdrahhx.jpg.html)
More to follow.
LB
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Love it :-* :-* :-* :-* Never seen the model before but I want to see it fully painted after your great start and spot on colour choices. Its going to be awesome!!
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A mighty looking piece that, a great start with a fine choice of colouring.
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Looking good so far Lon 8)
cheers
James
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Wow. That's an impressive model, Lon.
Never actually heard of that manufacturer before. Will have to check out what else they do.
Good luck with the painting. It's going to look great, I'm sure.
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Can't wait to see it all painted.
You are off to a great start.
I hope you gave your Mom lots of hugs and kisses. :)
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A great start on a stunning building.
I look forward to seeing this reach completion.
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They are a great range of buildings that I have had half an eye on for ages.
You are making me think of looking again now..... >:D
Soooo nice......
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Thanks for the nice comment fellows. It was a rainy Sunday here, while another tropical depression is building over us, so I had time to do some more painting. Here are two more panels done. First the easiest.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-17%2018.28.09_zpsaxhfohbd.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-17%2018.28.09_zpsaxhfohbd.jpg.html)
1st paint layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-18%2005.58.17_zpsavnf5kec.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-18%2005.58.17_zpsavnf5kec.jpg.html)
2nd paint layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-18%2019.44.22_zpsclyphg0n.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-18%2019.44.22_zpsclyphg0n.jpg.html)
3rd paint layer
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-18%2020.04.13_zpsjvprzx3i.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-18%2020.04.13_zpsjvprzx3i.jpg.html)
Next the back door to the mosque where there is sure to be nefarious goings on later.
1st layer of paint.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-20%2018.38.56_zpsdckchyoy.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-20%2018.38.56_zpsdckchyoy.jpg.html)
2nd layer of paint.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-20%2019.11.44_zpseaefytjn.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-20%2019.11.44_zpseaefytjn.jpg.html)
3rd layer of paint.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-20%2019.31.10_zpsayn6nyim.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-20%2019.31.10_zpsayn6nyim.jpg.html)
Finally a view of the side of the mosque that is mostly painted at this point.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-20%2019.39.21_zpsty1sza7f.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-20%2019.39.21_zpsty1sza7f.jpg.html)
Once I have gotten going on this project it has painted up surprisingly fast.
LB
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Looking great already, Lon.
Some lovely colours are textures coming out there.
:-* :-*
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Wow :o :o That is some model. Like others I have had my eye on this range of buildings but had not dipped my toe in the water. I just might after this. Can't wait to see the finished building.
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Great job! thanx for the tutorial ,I need help painting buildings.Ineed one for my India games.
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Looking great.
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Looking good! Can't wait to see the finished product.
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Stunning model and great painting!
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Cracking! Is the Mighty Fu branching out into religious real estate?...
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Awesome.
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Bukharan building approval endorsement 8)
Keep building :-*
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Keep building :-*
Yes, for gawd's sake keep building-the Beast will need a new hiding place soon lol lol lol
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I am afraid to keep building as the Beast is usually preceded by a mass influx of personnel and "agricultural implements" lol lol
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Don't stop now!
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Very impressive!
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No my friend keep building o_o o_o
After all the harvest is in and we must give praise 8)
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Progress on my mosque continues. The last two weeks I have been working on the showy entrances. The windows and their surrounds were fairly time intensive but I am happy how they turned out. I think that I have a new recipe for windows now that will translate into a big Pulp building that is on the painting stocks for the future. Here is the first entrance with black undercoat.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-09-17%2017.45.23_zpslkatfnqc.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-09-17%2017.45.23_zpslkatfnqc.jpg.html)
With first paint layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-10-11%2019.50.52_zpsl2thygig.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-10-11%2019.50.52_zpsl2thygig.jpg.html)
With second paint layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-10-13%2019.37.43_zpsw4egkgb6.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-10-13%2019.37.43_zpsw4egkgb6.jpg.html)
With final layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-10-20%2017.42.02_zpszrcdhvgx.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-10-20%2017.42.02_zpszrcdhvgx.jpg.html)
Here is the main entrance with black undercoat.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-10-17%2016.08.30_zpstqokfsb7.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-10-17%2016.08.30_zpstqokfsb7.jpg.html)
Main entrance with first paint layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-10-18%2009.18.56_zpsiarrvpd4.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-10-18%2009.18.56_zpsiarrvpd4.jpg.html)
Main entrance with second paint layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-10-20%2016.30.41_zpsmifnop1f.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-10-20%2016.30.41_zpsmifnop1f.jpg.html)
Main entrance with final paint layer.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-10-20%2017.16.25_zpsnufysbfg.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-10-20%2017.16.25_zpsnufysbfg.jpg.html)
Here is an idea of how the entrances come together on the mosque.
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-10-20%2017.25.58_zpsran2wxnl.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-10-20%2017.25.58_zpsran2wxnl.jpg.html)
Sorry the photo is a little washed out. I had to bring in extra light so that the shadowed doors could be seen. As always my photography is less than inspired.
All that remains are they two ends of the mosque. They will be more difficult to paint because they are attached to the box structure of the mosque. Also, the one end has the Muezzin's tower and will be fairly complex and fun to paint.
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Excellent progress.
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Lovely tones.
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Very well done.
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That is coming along very nicely, Lon.
I think that you will certainly do it justice when you have finished.
:D
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So it has been quite a while since I posted on my mosque. I will plead that I have declared this the year of the Warlord Chinese and have been pumping them out........ until I got distracted by a bunch of U.S. Siberian AEF minis (still half painted) and now my mosque -Oh,LOOK so shiny!- I have been disciplined enough to keep everything confined to the Back of the Beyond (except for the busty lady spearfisherwoman for a pal -28mm I swear!- and then those Inca traders with a pack llama for another pal) That's my story and I am sticking to it. Anyway on to the mosque. Here is the end opposite to the muezzin's tower.
Undercoated
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-10-21%2008.24.17_zpsscjw10uk.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-10-21%2008.24.17_zpsscjw10uk.jpg.html)
1st layer of paint
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-10-24%2012.42.18_zpsj3a8bt5i.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-10-24%2012.42.18_zpsj3a8bt5i.jpg.html)
End result
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-11-01%2019.25.39_zpspj9eqzdo.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-11-01%2019.25.39_zpspj9eqzdo.jpg.html)
Here is the end with the muezzin's tower, which was much tougher to paint than it might appear. Lots of nooks and crannies plus some problems balancing.
Undercoated
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2015-10-21%2008.24.32_zpspw9mog0p.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2015-10-21%2008.24.32_zpspw9mog0p.jpg.html)
1st layer of painted
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2016-07-11%2004.45.57_zpswpdjyjpo.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2016-07-11%2004.45.57_zpswpdjyjpo.jpg.html)
2nd layer of paint
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2016-07-13%2006.17.02_zpswpjluri4.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2016-07-13%2006.17.02_zpswpjluri4.jpg.html)
End result
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2016-07-16%2001.16.42_zps4mkky7bn.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2016-07-16%2001.16.42_zps4mkky7bn.jpg.html)
Now a couple of shots in it's natural environment (limited because my good wife gets ticked when I clutter up the table with my toys)
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2016-07-16%2001.28.53_zpsmv1v8hak.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2016-07-16%2001.28.53_zpsmv1v8hak.jpg.html)
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s360/marianas_gamer/2016-07-16%2001.30.28_zpsmptr594z.jpg) (http://s511.photobucket.com/user/marianas_gamer/media/2016-07-16%2001.30.28_zpsmptr594z.jpg.html)
In general, I am very pleased with the building and would heartily recommend Kobblestone buildings to the membership of LAF. Very nice models at a good price. Plus the fellows at Kobblestone are good people. I imagine that this mosque and its resident imam will be a thorn in the side of the Dogmeat General in the coming years. I am only hoping that it will avoid the Beast of Bukhara's attention so that there is not an incursion of fanatics and "agricultural implements" here on Guam lol lol lol
As always comments and critique welcome. It is how I learn and improve.
LB
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Perfect ,I love it .
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Very Nice job :-* :-*
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Turned out great!
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That is a lovely finished example, sir.
You should be rightly proud to be the owner of such an exquisite example of man-toy.
You have certainly done it justice, mate.
:-* :-*
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Superb work! Looks perfect, very nicely painted. :-*
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That's a very fine end product! I like the insitu shots giving an overall impression of the pieces.
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Looks great Lon 8) 8)
cheers
James