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Miniatures Adventure => Back of Beyond => Topic started by: Howard Whitehouse on September 26, 2007, 10:48:42 PM

Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Howard Whitehouse on September 26, 2007, 10:48:42 PM
Some photos of my recently built Tibetan lamasery.

(http://i22.tinypic.com/kd966h.gif)

(http://i20.tinypic.com/9pw9ci.jpg)
Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Helen on September 26, 2007, 11:39:15 PM
Very nice work Howard. These buildings would work well with my Tibetan Jingal Gun set that was a limited edition way back with the subscription of the book from Foundry on "Small Wars and Skirmishers" by Edwin Hebert.
Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Yankeepedlar01 on September 26, 2007, 11:53:29 PM
Very nice work Howard. I feel I may have visited it in a previous life...
David
Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Ironworker on September 27, 2007, 12:57:20 AM
Very nice!
Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Howard Whitehouse on September 27, 2007, 01:47:00 AM
This is actually the fourth lamasery i have built on the same basic plan; the first was at a customer's request, then someone saw it and asked for another. Then I built two more, with the intention of keeping one -- but I didn't. $200 is $200 ---

Anyway, I still don't have one of my own. Huh.
Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Plynkes on September 27, 2007, 10:02:18 AM
Would go well with the Copplestone Tintin. You would just need flying bases for your monks, and get an Abominable Snowman.
Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Grimm on September 27, 2007, 04:33:30 PM
AH ! cool I realy like it
Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Hammers on September 28, 2007, 07:51:30 AM
Cdertainly nice. But have you ever heard of resizing images. The picture doesn't even fit into my laptop screen. :-)

What was the name of that monk-boy in Tintin in Tibet? Lapsang?
Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Howard Whitehouse on September 28, 2007, 03:04:56 PM
I know, it's just too darn big. I resized it to 50%/. Let's try resizing to 25% ---

(http://i23.tinypic.com/1zn4rir.jpg)
Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: PeteMurray on September 28, 2007, 03:09:25 PM
When I was in the army, they issued us llamas at the lamasary.

We had to sign for them. If you called it a camelid during training, you had to do fifty pushups.
Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Hammers on September 28, 2007, 03:28:37 PM
Quote from: "Howard Whitehouse"
I know, it's just too darn big. I resized it to 50%/. Let's try resizing to 25% ---


Well, you know what they saY. the camera adds 10 pounds.
Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Plynkes on September 28, 2007, 05:15:07 PM
I don't recall the monk-boy. The levitating monk who had visions was called Blessed Lightning in the English version. The Chinese boy whose rescue was the object of the story was called Chang.

I'll have to go look it up. Can't place who you're talking about.


Edit: Ah, the boy who Snowy attacks, to gain the monks' attention so they'll go and rescue Haddock and Tintin.

He's called Lobsang in the English edition I have (1979, don't know if they're still using the same translation).
Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: warrenpeace on September 29, 2007, 03:41:47 AM
:o Oooohh!!!  Can we come to your house to play with your toys??? :mrgreen:
Title: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Howard Whitehouse on September 29, 2007, 09:41:26 PM
Polynikes knows much more of the history of the boy detective than i do - I must seek this book.

My associations with this sort of scenario are based on -

Indiana Jones versus evil Nazis

The first scene of "Bulletproof Monk", with Nazis in sort of Afrika Korps kit being very unfair to Buddhist monks (except the bullet-proof one)

Those enthusiastic Shaolin chaps with all the kicking and hitting

Lost explorers of the 'Lost Horizon' sort -- H
Title: Re: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: sukhe_bator on January 23, 2009, 02:54:40 PM
Excellent modelling there... Nice to see some unusual scenery out there
Thought you'd like to see my Mongolian monastery for Back of Beyond/RCW (in 15mm) Work in progress
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x200/sukhe_bator/Mongolian%20monastery/mongol004.jpg~original)
Title: Re: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Westfalia Chris on January 23, 2009, 03:06:25 PM
Thought you'd like to see my Mongolian monastery for Back of Beyond/RCW (in 15mm) Work in progress
(...)

The evil scale (TM), but fine work, nonetheless! I assume those are resin pieces?
Title: Re: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: sukhe_bator on January 23, 2009, 03:16:15 PM
Everything is scratchbuilt, using polysterene, filler, foamcore and milliput for the brickwork. Tiling is from a 20mm Wills accessories pack
Title: Re: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Westfalia Chris on January 23, 2009, 03:18:39 PM
Everything is scratchbuilt, using polysterene, filler, foamcore and milliput for the brickwork. Tiling is from a 20mm Wills accessories pack

What! :o Sir, may I express my humblest apologies and deepest respect for this excellent work.
Title: Re: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Grimm on January 23, 2009, 05:00:24 PM
 :o :-* :o oh canīt find words !!!
Title: Re: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Saya on January 24, 2009, 09:11:53 PM
Master work!!!!!!! really really terrain!!!!
Title: Re: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: Overlord on January 25, 2009, 05:26:57 PM
Very nicely done. 8) I'd love to see pics of the finished item.  :)
Title: Re: A Tibetan Lamasery Wot I Built
Post by: tsar1701 on January 28, 2009, 10:05:07 AM
superb !