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Miniatures Adventure => Interwar => Topic started by: levied troop on January 07, 2020, 07:40:20 AM
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Stackton Tressel, an English High Street intended for a big VBCW game and future Seelowe games.
I built this last year but in the confusion of moving house I didn’t actually post the build, so here’s some WIP shots:
(https://i.postimg.cc/KY1QMVLy/bench1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/CZVjycmv)
(https://i.postimg.cc/mrDR8y4T/image1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/0zLLNmr4)
(https://i.postimg.cc/pTMtLdsJ/image1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/mcjndTfP)
(https://i.postimg.cc/sXPr98vZ/image1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/HcLRT60p)
(https://i.postimg.cc/WzMX14sL/image1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/tn4hrp12)
(https://i.postimg.cc/L8ygLCvx/image2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/YvWSwx5F)
and two shots of it in use:
(https://i.postimg.cc/26n44XMn/IMG-1756.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/KkvkbQZY)
(not all my buildings there, the Ayton team added some splendid buildings to the whole table).
(https://i.postimg.cc/qq02QxHS/IMG-1762.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/47LKxtdQ)
Buildings are Petite Properties dolls house kits with a fair number of additions. The whole build was a bit rushed so I can see some improvements that need to be made, particularly drainpipes that seem to add instant realism to buildings, so I may revisit the build this year.
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Beautiful work!
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Great piece of work. When I saw your first photo with all the terraced houses, I was going to ask if you had planning permission ? lol
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It's a pleasure to see buildings that are in full conversation with the landscape. As so many tables buildings are dropped in with out any thought given .Which is a real shame as it changes your games immeasurably.
I always find it a little odd that people complain about the lack of realism in a rule set .Whilst having tables where buildings are devoid of any context and just plonked on as a vague nods at settlement.very few buildings have nothing around them but the great outdoors.
Gardens ,fences ,yards ,allotments,garages,greenhouses,and so on, are all wonderful storytelling additions and eye candy .But more importantly additional hazards that force you to use your armour and infantry differently .(there's no one turn flanking manoeuvres behind a row of houses when you've garden's and out buildings in the way.)
I do like your use of textured paper are they from an Italian company?
I'm quite a fan of 1/4 scale buildings you always seem to get a better quality of kit for the same sort of money .
Quite the investment too .I'd be eating pasta and probably divorced if I'd turned the house into a building site .Cracking project would love to see more.
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Excellent work, the whole village looks great. :-*
I remember Acorn Antiques! lol
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Magnificent- love H. Briss the butcher- very local.... :D
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Splendid looking high street.
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A really impressive piece of work 😊
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Top job LT. Spot on 8)
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Fantastic work, something really to aspire to. I'd also like to know the textured brick paper origin. Render is all very well but those buildings really Pop!
Thanks for sharing :o
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Looking good.
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Very nice wk.
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Looks lovely, and full of little details. I always like spotting the Diecast cars, like the British Petroleum truck. A classic. :-*
Or the dog lifting his leg at the monument. A proper layout, and I am curious as to how it'll look when you add even more detail. :)
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Aces. As mark said, it's always best when the buildings are so nicely laid out as a natural part of the terrain.
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That, my friend, represents a lot of work! What a great table for a game. :-*
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Stunning work , well done :-*
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Great set up.
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Thanks for the kind words chaps (and for not commenting on the various errors I can now see :o).
The brick paper is from here:
http://www.ebaystores.co.uk/starboc1
Basically it’s printed on embossed wallpaper so the texture doesn’t exactly match the printing but it gives the eyes the right impression and I stole the idea from Al’s Stalingrad build elsewhere on this forum.
I will be adding to this in due course - although I’d better get it out of the storage boxes and see if it all survived the move!
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Lovely stuff - the table looks great too.
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Terrific work. The last photo has me completely sold.
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Thank you, I’ve been an admirer of your work for some time.
I should note that the buildings and vehicles are mine but the ‘set dressing’ and road is by the redoubtable Purple - the whole table is a team effort.
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i have to say you have done a stunning job on the petit properties buildings...have you checked out their wonderful church?
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Thank you and yes, that church is on my 'wanna do' list. But I have the church hall/village hall ready for it:
(https://i.postimg.cc/XYmdTvZT/school3.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/sMPMWs4c)
(https://i.postimg.cc/3xd2SGwX/school1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/75rCbf0h)
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Stunning work
8)
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Awesome stuff!!!
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Wonderful looking table.
Would love to game on it.
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That's quite magnificent. All it needs are a few squads of Fallschirmjager running over it. I think I have a few lurking in unmade form somewhere. Now I probably should paint up my Home Guard too.. Any chance we will see it at a Scottish show in future? Carronade is coming up on 9 May :D
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That’s a cracking job on the village hall ..... and motivation for me to get mine completed!
Please post more photos if you get chance? Terrific inspiration.
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As many others have already said, it's a great looking build. It's also nice that you've posted the source of the embossed brick paper. I've been struggling to find embossed brick paper that I like for my own builds.
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Thanks chaps, you are too kind.
Please post more photos if you get chance? Terrific inspiration.
I’ll try my best although there may be a slight delay as I work through the other dozen projects I’m dabbling with :). Although if Tin Shed keeps showing those gorgeous cars it’ll jump up the list!
Any chance we will see it at a Scottish show in future? Carronade is coming up on 9 May :D
Tempting - although I need to sort out a couple of things before committing to show games again.
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We shall live in hope then... :)
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I'd say your going to busy . Because I have and their are .(take a look in the Follies and Home front ranges at 1st Corps . Theres haystacks , manure heaps, petrol pumps( forecourt set.), and the ever useful 'flock block' ,a one piece flock of sheep.I use it as a road block (the favorite way to block a lane in old Ealing movie's)
For Salute they'll be a load of stuff you didn't know you needed. ;)
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By way of a tease :) A couple more shots in action (which does highlight a couple of improvements I need to make before this gets another outing!):
(https://i.postimg.cc/VNs0PMWs/20190504-101049.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
The red brick building at the end isn't mine, its the local Methodist Chapel made by the excellent Purple, who also did the magnificent mats the buildings are laid on:
(https://i.postimg.cc/HxVJVgNf/20190504-101139.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
and the queue for the Chip Shop (run by a nice chap called Elvis):
(https://i.postimg.cc/8CyJp5ZR/20190504-101133.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
If only there was a NAAFI stall as well. Oh, wait a minute........ ;)
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Luvverly!
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Superb. 👍
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Loving the windows :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Brilliant work, love it.
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By way of a tease :) A couple more shots in action (which does highlight a couple of improvements I need to make before this gets another outing!):
(https://i.postimg.cc/VNs0PMWs/20190504-101049.jpg)
(https://postimages.org/)
I think I’ve been to that pub ;)
Looks almost real. Amazing job LT.