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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Mr. Peabody on June 09, 2009, 07:25:37 PM

Title: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: Mr. Peabody on June 09, 2009, 07:25:37 PM
Moving on with this project at last (I am sooo very slow to make things...) and I'm excited that I can begin playing with something other than proxy-huts. Working on the actual terrain next! Whoo-hoo!
I put these together using bamboo place-mats & teddy bear fur. The shells are styrene (plasticard). The photos are too warm & yellow, they don't catch the grey sun-bleached, washed-out look of the thatch, but I'm no photographer.

(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6799/imgp0473.jpg) (http://img209.imageshack.us/i/imgp0473.jpg/)
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/5688/imgp0475e.jpg) (http://img209.imageshack.us/i/imgp0475e.jpg/)
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3393/imgp0477.jpg) (http://img209.imageshack.us/i/imgp0477.jpg/)
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6797/imgp0474.jpg) (http://img209.imageshack.us/i/imgp0474.jpg/)

These were built with my 20mm Hut Templates; if you think they would be helpful to you I'll gladly share them. Send me a PM.
Painted with Golden Airbrush colours, Liquitex & Daler Rowney Inks, powdered chalk Pastels, Matte Medium, Future Floor Finish & Tamiya Flat.

Thomas
Title: Re: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: Wirelizard on June 09, 2009, 09:09:04 PM
You seem to have linked to the thumbnails - clicking just gets a photo the same size as the ones above.

They look great in the small pics anyway!

For the colour balance (or even color balance, for the Yanks present  ;) ) see if your camera has an internal colour-correction or white balance setting for shooting under incandesant lights - these are noticably (to a camera, anyway) more yellow than sunlight or flourescent bulbs, but most cameras have an "indoor" mode or something to help correct.
Title: Re: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: Mr. Peabody on June 09, 2009, 09:33:48 PM
Huh. Don't know why it's doing that... The same links work just fine over at Fields of Fire. I've edited the post and added some additional links that seem to work ok. I must be missing something obvious. Usually do. o_o

Thanks for that Wirelizard!
Title: Re: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: Wirelizard on June 09, 2009, 09:52:53 PM
Testing...

(pulled the actual image because they're Mr. Peabody's, not mine, and he's gotten them working in the original post now!)  :)

Seems to work. If you use the Forum code in Imageshack's "Embed This Image" block - to the right and below the image - that works. Links back to your Imageshack page too.
Title: Re: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: Svennn on June 09, 2009, 09:55:56 PM
Cracking! I love those.
Title: Re: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: Mr. Peabody on June 09, 2009, 10:19:47 PM
OK! I live, I learn. Once again thanks Wirelizard. That took a slightly different approach, but it works like 90!
Title: Re: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: Malamute on June 10, 2009, 08:26:40 AM
Quote from: Svennn the DH Nut on June 09, 2009, 09:55:56 PM
Cracking! I love those.

I second that, superb stuff. beautifully made. ;D
Title: Re: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: Dan on June 10, 2009, 11:11:19 AM
I really like those too , I'm going to scale the idea up for 28mm for my next project.
Title: Re: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: Doomhippie on June 10, 2009, 11:22:34 AM
Really great stuff.

Gosh, this forum is making me feel so useless...  ;)
Title: Re: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: gamer Mac on June 10, 2009, 11:22:43 AM
Very nice :-*
Great idea.
I can see an upturn in the bamboo place-mats business, in the near future. lol
Title: Re: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: Grimm on June 10, 2009, 03:25:11 PM
very clever !! must copy that  :D
Title: Re: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: opa wuttke on June 10, 2009, 03:55:09 PM
Superb work and it looks absoluty fantastic. Itīs a great idea and I think I will copy it to.
Great job !
Title: Re: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: Hitman on June 11, 2009, 01:00:48 AM
Those huts are awesome. I just saw them for the first time today, and was wondering what manufacturer made them until I read that you had made them from scratch. Excellent work...very realistic!! Thanks for sharing..
 8)
Title: Re: Peabody's bamboo huts for Vietnam gaming
Post by: revford on June 11, 2009, 07:49:38 PM
Wow, these look fantastic.  8)

It's a brilliant texture for them.