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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Lt. Hazel on March 07, 2008, 03:25:55 PM

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Post by: Lt. Hazel on March 07, 2008, 03:25:55 PM
Hi All!
I didn´t post anything because my cam was down. But thanks to my father he gave me his. So here´s my first hut, I´ve already painted some Arab Slavers but they will be hidden until the next LAF painting league starts  :mrgreen:
My thanks goes to lurch, owner of the http://www.miniaturicum.de/index.php , as he sold me this hut for a very good price .
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s274/snilloc_photos/hut001_r2_c2_r1_c1.jpg)
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Post by: Shikari Sahib on March 07, 2008, 03:38:19 PM
hey very nice,
expecially as your "first "hut

Piero
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Post by: Driscoles on March 07, 2008, 04:17:42 PM
Oh my god he did a hut-trick.

Looks great Hazel. I always had those in mind but wasnt sure to buy them.

How is the quality ?

Björn
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Post by: Malamute on March 07, 2008, 04:20:33 PM
Very nice, I like all the little details like the bananas :)
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Post by: Lt. Hazel on March 07, 2008, 04:25:20 PM
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How is the quality ?

Not the best. Mine has some big mouldlines. But after extensive drybrushing I think they´re covered well.
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Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on March 07, 2008, 05:14:02 PM
:love:
love it!
Old Glory?
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Post by: dominic on March 07, 2008, 05:20:34 PM
Lovely work!  And such a beautiful paint job!!
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Post by: knoxville on March 07, 2008, 07:30:31 PM
nice one, Jan! Yours looks far better than mine! :)

Did you make the bananas yourself?
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Post by: Lurch on March 07, 2008, 11:44:31 PM
Wow, is this realy the ugly yello thing you got from me? :o

It's impresive what a base with some details and color is able to change.

I guess the bananas is actually "Kümmel" or in englisch "caraway" seeds?.

It is not an Old Glory hut, but they are very close. The OG ones are not that high.
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Post by: Rhoderic on March 07, 2008, 11:56:11 PM
Quote from: "Lurch"
I guess the bananas is actually "Kümmel" or in englisch "caraway" seeds?.


Is that what caraway seeds look like? Finally another use for the stuff besides making akvavit! :)
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Post by: R A Norton on March 07, 2008, 11:57:56 PM
Super job!  I want to live in that hut - away from all the noise and traffic of city life...
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Post by: twrchtrwyth on March 08, 2008, 12:59:16 AM
Very nice. 8)
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Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on March 08, 2008, 06:34:36 AM
Quote from: "Lurch"

It is not an Old Glory hut, but they are very close.


and whose hut is it?
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Post by: Lt. Hazel on March 08, 2008, 09:18:43 AM
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and whose hut is it?

MINE  :mrgreen:
The leafs and bananas are made from green stuff, because I hate Kümmel (caraway) and there´s not a single seed in my kitchen  :roll:  But I think they would give good bananas too.
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Post by: Lurch on March 08, 2008, 09:58:26 AM
Uups, as I heard by now they are old glory too.

I received two different sets and I thought one was by old glory and the other one from someone else.

But, both were OG. Sorry for confusing you.

Yes this caraway seeds looks like bananas if they are painted.

When Hammershied was looking for banana bunches he was asking me if I got some. There are some in one Foundry pack, but it's quite expensive to buy a bilster with many pieces if you just looking for the two babana bunches in there and you need a lot.

Then I started thinking of a way to scratch build them. I started with a simple roll of green stuff and started to add the the seeds around row by row.
It is not easy but it is working. Unfortunatly because of other workload I never finished them. The idea was tho make a mold a cast them.

Maybe this is something for Zafarelli to do.

I will look if I can post a picture of my start.