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Miniatures Adventure => Adventures in the Far East => Topic started by: Shipka on September 09, 2018, 08:00:47 AM

Title: 28mm Indo-Chinese build projects
Post by: Shipka on September 09, 2018, 08:00:47 AM

The latest project allied to collecting figures for the French in Indo-China. This construct is being done by Geoff Lacey of Purple Lion Creations for me.

It's in 28mm scale, you will see a Gringos40 Black Flag casting for scale

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Roo on September 09, 2018, 08:15:28 AM

Wow :-*

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Post by: Belisarius on September 09, 2018, 09:16:22 AM

Looks superb.✔️✔️✔️

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Post by: Byblos on September 09, 2018, 09:49:35 AM

Wow superb  :-*

I will, with a lot of pleasure, copy you  lol

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Post by: lethallee61 on September 09, 2018, 10:13:06 AM

Bloody hell!!   :o  :o :-* :-* :-*

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Post by: clanmac on September 09, 2018, 11:28:17 AM

That is stunning. Can't wait to see how it develops.

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Post by: Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye on September 10, 2018, 12:55:44 AM

That looks great!

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Post by: blacksoilbill on September 10, 2018, 01:25:57 AM

Now that is looking good!

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Post by: gringo on September 10, 2018, 08:10:05 AM

looking splendid Geoff! :D

cheers
Geoff
www.gringo40s.com

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Post by: marco55 on September 10, 2018, 12:35:05 PM

Beautiful work of art. :o :-*
Mark

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 10, 2018, 05:45:05 PM

Thanks Mark, this project is for the Son Tay campaign 1883, the Citadel  is an abstract the compound is 16 inches by 16 inches cost dictated I didn't go larger or include walled pagoda, I am however going to have a free  standing watchtower /flag Octago all in shape based on the one I. Hue but minus the observation cupola.

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Hupp n at em on September 10, 2018, 07:14:55 PM

Ooh that's a really pormising start. Very interested to see how it turns out.  :)

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 11, 2018, 10:45:12 PM

Here are the Gate treatments

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 13, 2018, 10:11:10 PM

Render going on, bricks etched and battle damage

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Post by: Byblos on September 13, 2018, 10:41:21 PM

Superb  :-* :-* :-*

I'm currently building from scratch a big gunboat (A french Crocodile class) to bombard your Indo-Chinese citadel  ;D

That fort will be no match to us  ;D

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 13, 2018, 11:06:24 PM

Ah but I will board your  gun boat at night via my fleet of sanpan on The Red River

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: marianas_gamer on September 14, 2018, 08:38:47 AM

Its only true if you have pictures Shipka  lol lol   I need to see this fleet of sampans

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Post by: Byblos on September 14, 2018, 08:41:31 AM

Quote from: marianas_gamer on September 14, 2018, 08:38:47 AM

Its only true if you have pictures Shipka  lol lol   I need to see this fleet of sampans

I have pictures of my Gunboat  :D

But I have to admit that I had not thought of junks: foutues jonques !

I am going to have to make also armed rowboats to protect the gunboat  :D

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 14, 2018, 08:47:58 AM

Post some pics of your gunboat please

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Byblos on September 14, 2018, 10:18:33 AM

Quote from: Shipka on September 14, 2018, 08:47:58 AM

Post some pics of your tugboat please

Belle tentative : it is not a TUGboat but a GUNboat : i know you prefer that is a TUGboat but no , it's a GUNboat  :D

I will post pictures today or this weekend  ;)

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 15, 2018, 04:14:35 PM

First undercoat on

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: armchairgeneral on September 15, 2018, 04:42:43 PM

Very nice indeed. Makes me think of the Alamo.

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Post by: Byblos on September 15, 2018, 05:27:30 PM

Excellent  :-*

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Post by: marianas_gamer on September 16, 2018, 01:18:04 AM

Really nice! :-*

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Post by: secharles on September 16, 2018, 12:01:41 PM

beautifully done. can I guess construction is foam?

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Post by: gamer Mac on September 16, 2018, 12:25:30 PM

Cracking build and It looks like a good start on the paint job :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Is this based on a real building?
It is a bit strange to have so many doors on a castle, being the weakest point and all that?

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 16, 2018, 06:35:32 PM

This is a condensed Vietnamese Citadel, it is an abstract build based on elements seen in eyewitness drawings along with remnants of period gates. A citadel would be encompassed by city walls and embrasures.The Citadel was not a castle! And would have historically four  gates.

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: juergen c. olk on September 17, 2018, 02:32:32 AM

You are crazy good at this.

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 17, 2018, 09:06:50 PM

Still being painted, ignore the yellow

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Byblos on September 17, 2018, 09:15:09 PM

Wow it's really a good job  :-*

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Post by: Codsticker on September 18, 2018, 03:10:09 AM

It's coming along great- beautiful work.

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Post by: DintheDin on September 18, 2018, 06:02:07 AM

How did I miss this?
The job is superb! Cheers!

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 18, 2018, 06:29:47 AM

Once this is complete, I have to look at the practicality  of building the main wall that encompassed Son Tay, this is not as easy as it seems the overall shape of the perimeter was a kite shape and this will take up all of a War games table!!!!!!

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Poiter50 on September 18, 2018, 06:54:14 AM

Build it as the edge or a corner of your table?

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Post by: levied troop on September 18, 2018, 07:28:11 AM

Get a bigger table  lol

Seriously, it would be worth it for something this magnificent   :-*

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Byblos on September 18, 2018, 08:16:58 AM

Quote from: Poiter50 on September 18, 2018, 06:54:14 AM

Build it as the edge or a corner of your table?

That's the idea !

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 18, 2018, 10:31:07 PM

Just some extra paintwork to walkways and bullet holes to externals to be done

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Byblos on September 19, 2018, 01:25:40 AM

Superb , very inspiring  :-*

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Post by: DintheDin on September 19, 2018, 06:05:57 AM

Sturdy yet elegant construction, its geometrical features very well calculated! I like the stonework where the rendering has fallen and the weathering as well! Very nice!  :-*

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 19, 2018, 06:50:49 AM

The gates are accurate representations of  Vietnamese  gateway's  as are the Gate doors, the sweep above the North and South Gates are as seen in period de Lonlay etchings, the gun ports unify the lot

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: शेर खान on September 19, 2018, 08:20:40 AM

This is a truly inspiring piece of scenery! I can already see the Gringo range fighting for it.

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: gamer Mac on September 19, 2018, 08:32:21 AM

Great painting :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
I don't think this would work as a corner piece, so just go ahead and build the whole town walls ;) ;) ;)

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 19, 2018, 09:02:32 AM

It was never meant to be a corner piece but the kite shaped perimeter walls are a huge build not in complexity but space wise...

I am looking with the builder Geoff  Lacey how to achieve the right look but saving space, meanwhile there is The Black Flag redoubt to consider, paddy fields, outlying  Pagoda and village dwellings!

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Byblos on September 19, 2018, 09:08:46 AM

Quote from: Shipka on September 19, 2018, 09:02:32 AM

I am looking with the builder Geoff  Lackey how to achieve the right look but saving space, meanwhile there is The Black Flag redoubt to consider, paddy fields, outlying  Pagoda and village dwellings!

Sounds really interesting  :D

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: marianas_gamer on September 19, 2018, 08:48:02 PM

Excellent finish  :-* :-* and so quick for the quality of the build! I look forward to your additional builds and to see them on your table.
Lon

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 20, 2018, 12:11:14 AM

Final pics

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: DintheDin on September 20, 2018, 05:42:09 AM

Looks very realistic! The wall damage, the doors, the weathering!
Well done! A supeb item for your collection! Cheers!

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Byblos on September 20, 2018, 09:25:00 AM

It's accomplished  :-*

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Helen on September 20, 2018, 10:26:43 PM

Wonderful work Jeff from the model maker. Looks a treat! Your attic must now be full of these wonderful creations you have been commissioning?

Best wishes,

Helen

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Marine0846 on September 21, 2018, 04:46:13 PM

Wow, an excellent building.
So well done.
I am always amazed at the talent people on this Forum have.

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 21, 2018, 09:58:02 PM

Work has begun on the octagonal observation tower, which is an abstract  construct

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Byblos on September 21, 2018, 10:19:15 PM

This octogonal tower is very special and sympathetical !

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Post by: carlos marighela on September 22, 2018, 01:21:35 AM

Nice model! The Hanoi citadel has one of those octagonal towers, I visited earlier this year, it’s right next to the main military museum. It seems the rather curious circular apertures were not a unique feature. Up close they are round windows with radial spokes, like a cartwheel.

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 22, 2018, 06:27:39 AM

Carlos this is an abstract construct, some elements might be changed!

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Post by: marco55 on September 23, 2018, 01:59:16 AM

Beautiful artwork.This would be worth having as a showpiece even if it wasn't for wargaming. :-* ;D
Mark

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 24, 2018, 09:44:32 PM

Tower construction early stages

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Byblos on September 24, 2018, 10:15:46 PM

Wow !

Where are you found the round windows !?

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 25, 2018, 12:08:14 AM

They were a special order, based on a Vietnamese window design I supplied to Geoff who is building this for me, they are 15'mm mdf

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Post by: Byblos on September 25, 2018, 12:43:32 AM

OK thanks !

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 27, 2018, 04:03:31 AM

Current progress on the tower

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Byblos on September 27, 2018, 09:22:15 AM

Superb work  :-*

The "bricks and mortar" effect is by engraving !?

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 27, 2018, 10:15:12 AM

I believe Geoff made a stamp he uses!

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 27, 2018, 10:11:15 PM

Further work on the tower

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Post by: gamer Mac on September 28, 2018, 02:12:58 PM

Love the shapes you have with that building
Looks like it will paint up nice as well

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Post by: Romark on September 28, 2018, 04:27:50 PM

Terrific build :)

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 28, 2018, 09:03:50 PM

Well the roof line on the plinth did not work, so we have gone back to the flat plinth

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on September 30, 2018, 09:43:21 PM

Priming and understating being done

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Post by: Byblos on October 01, 2018, 09:12:00 AM

Well done  :)

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Post by: Papierschnitzel on October 01, 2018, 04:13:44 PM

Very beautiful and interesting build!

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Post by: joekano on October 01, 2018, 06:04:35 PM

That's looking great! Can't wait to see the finished project!

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on October 04, 2018, 08:15:51 AM

Well within next few days the Observation tower will be finished, just weathering and the Windows to paint

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Post by: Byblos on October 04, 2018, 09:13:05 AM

Excellent work Shipka !

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Post by: DintheDin on October 04, 2018, 05:24:33 PM

It already looks very realistic! Cheers!

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Post by: gamer Mac on October 04, 2018, 09:17:04 PM

very nice :-* :-* :-*

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on October 05, 2018, 09:20:25 PM

The completed tower

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Post by: Byblos on October 05, 2018, 09:27:30 PM

Brilliant Shipka ! Brilliant  :o :-*

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese Citadel build project
Post by: Shipka on October 05, 2018, 09:46:40 PM

In situ within the citadel

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Post by: marianas_gamer on October 06, 2018, 12:19:21 AM

Most excellent! :-* :-* Those round laser cut windows really make the tower pop.
Lon

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Post by: Marine0846 on January 01, 2019, 08:49:29 PM

Excellent fortress.
It is sure to be the center point of many battles.
 :-* :-* :-*

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Post by: Shipka on January 02, 2019, 06:05:54 AM

A village house under construction

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Post by: gringo on January 02, 2019, 09:22:47 AM

looking good Geoff :D

cheers
Ged
www.gringo40s.com

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Post by: has.been on January 02, 2019, 11:55:34 AM

Beautiful work. Keep it up and please keep posting.

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Post by: DintheDin on January 02, 2019, 04:55:47 PM

Coming out great! Very realistic walls, eager to see it finished!

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Post by: Shipka on January 02, 2019, 11:31:27 PM

There will be some further buildings to come, Pagoda, village farmers house, etc

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Post by: joekano on January 03, 2019, 05:11:25 PM

Stunning work!  Love how this is coming together

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Post by: Shipka on January 11, 2019, 09:18:00 PM

Work on roof has begun

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Post by: Shipka on January 14, 2019, 10:14:08 PM

Work continues, I have included a pic of a Chinese structure which was used for inspiration for some of the elements

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Post by: Codsticker on January 15, 2019, 05:50:01 AM

Fantastic little structure- so much character! What are you using for render on the walls?

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese build project
Post by: Shipka on January 15, 2019, 06:05:51 AM

Whilst I commissioned the model, I am not privy to all of the builders secrets, sorry to say!!!

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Post by: archiduque on January 15, 2019, 11:41:17 AM

Excellent stuff!! ;)

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Post by: marco55 on January 15, 2019, 09:00:46 PM

Great stuff! :)
Mark

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Post by: Belisarius on January 16, 2019, 10:38:33 AM

Superb and realistic modelling, a great thread. ✔️

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Post by: Smoke Frog on January 19, 2019, 02:06:09 AM

So realistic, those windows are gorgeous. And the brickwork looks just like the real thing!

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese build projects
Post by: Shipka on January 24, 2019, 09:19:34 PM

The finished dwelling, the first of the village which will be defended by Black Flags

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Post by: marianas_gamer on January 25, 2019, 02:58:31 AM

Love it! You must be very happy to have that on your table.
Lon

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Post by: DintheDin on January 25, 2019, 06:36:48 AM

A so perfect miniature!  :-*

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Post by: Hammers on January 25, 2019, 07:17:19 AM

What gorgeous builds! Could you expand on wehat techniques that are used? are the walls foam boards. How are the  masonry and brick work sculpted?

Title: Re: 28mm Indo-Chinese build projects
Post by: Shipka on January 26, 2019, 08:10:28 AM

The builds whilst not my creations have sub structures of foam core , mounting board, externals are worked in polymer clay