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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: FifteensAway on July 16, 2013, 06:07:25 AM
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http://theminiaturespage.com/news/?id=468991317 (http://theminiaturespage.com/news/?id=468991317)
Come on, you know you want one -- or two. Yeah, I know, 15 mm. So? You've been meaning to see the light and change to that scale haven't you? :D
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Holy baby little baby Jesus born in a stable batman! :o
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Saw this the other day. What a brilliant model.
Now if it was in 28mm... ::)
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Exactly. I am contemplating using that model as a base for a scratch built one. It's got just the right elements to make it look spectacular yet reasonably practical.
I have long nurtured a plan to build an Afghan plan climbing a hill crowned by a fort like this. "Ayfan, the Jewel of the Valley of Smut. Bring a gun and take part in the fun!" says the tourist brochure.
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Exactly. I am contemplating using that model as a base for a scratch built one. It's got just the right elements to make it look spectacular yet reasonably practical.
I have long nurtured a plan to build an Afghan plan climbing a hill crowned by a fort like this. "Ayfan, the Jewel of the Valley of Smut. Bring a gun and take part in the fun!" says the tourist brochure.
Forced perspective would work.
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Mmm... I don't know. That's a great sculpt, but why didn't they make it in parts? Alltogether it's just a centerpiece, with no variability... but the sculpting is quite impressive. :)
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Now if it was in 28mm... ::)
...it would most likely be twice as expensive lol ;) lol
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Mmm... I don't know. That's a great sculpt, but why didn't they make it in parts? Alltogether it's just a centerpiece, with no variability... but the sculpting is quite impressive. :)
So you don't own a hacksaw and some milliput then? :D lol
I've always had a wish to do NWF after reading a book from my Library when I was about 8 yrs old I think, way back in the late 60s/ early 70s anyway, only I can't remember the title or the author. It was about a boy who had a vast army of traditional lead soldiers and he waged war in the garden using the rockery and sandpit to represent the NWF, and it was illustrated with b/w line drawings. If that jogs anyone else's memory as to the name I'd be grateful to know. It fired my imagination and I've always fancied doing this period, and although 28mm would be my preferred scale 15mm does have a lot going for it with the quality of the castings available for NWF that are coming out in recent weeks. I really must resist!! That is a handsome fort though.
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...it would most likely be twice as expensive lol ;) lol
considering that the cost of the resin is quite a big part, it could be up to 8 times more expeinsive!
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Stunning model. :o :o It would almost persuade me to enter into the NWF era in 15mm but if it were in 28mm and available in sections then I would go for it in a heartbeat. I could see punitive expeditions galore with that as the prize!!
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It IS very lovely indeed, but looks somewhat sophisticated for the NWF - more mud brick and pine spars. I could see it as the centerpiece for an Indian Mutiny action or an Indian Colonial "what if?/historical fantasy".
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Mmm... I don't know. That's a great sculpt, but why didn't they make it in parts? Alltogether it's just a centerpiece, with no variability... but the sculpting is quite impressive. :)
If you win a free one and don't want it, I'll put in my bid now to be first in the queue as you turn it down :~}
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If you win a free one and don't want it, I'll put in my bid now to be first in the queue as you turn it down :~}
get off of my castle. U.U
Mine.
Mine.
(http://www.nchistoricsites.org/reed/mine-shafts.jpg)
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considering that the cost of the resin is quite a big part, it could be up to 8 times more expeinsive!
Ouch ! :?
At $1,600 apiece, it would probably prove more economical to buy an actual 1:1 scale border fort in Pakistan.
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Saw this the other day. What a brilliant model.
Now if it was in 28mm... ::)
I'm heard that if you just ad water and place in a warm sunny location for a week or so.... lol
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I'm afraid I'm with Hobbit on this one - yes it is impressive but also far too grand for an Afghan hillfort... This is more based on the illustrations of the fortresses of Ghazni and Kabul
One only has to go online to see the standard of local building in the Afghan hills. At most you are looking for a Chitral-esque watchtower and a few fortified compounds and houses... Ian Weekley did a magnificent version of Chitral back in the day...
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ian+weekley+chitral&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=qlXmUY2uFMuW0QWooYHgBg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=576
Don't mean to rain on their parade - it is a lovely build, but will it prove practical enough for 15mm for punters to shell out the cost? I'm converting the 1:72nd Zvezda timber fort into an Ottoman Haiduk fort in 15mm - but even then that will have limited playability (at a fraction of the cost). In 28mm at least there would be scope for colonial skirmish/pulp scenarios for a building of this kind...
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I go with Hobbit and Sukhe on this, far too elaborate for NWF. If I was to use it, I would be looking at making it into a Rajput hill fort for late 18th Century or early 19th Century warfare(maybe a scaled down version of the Seiges of Bhurtapore). Maybe with a lot of verdant vegetation around it, move it further south for use in the Mysore Wars.
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I'd like to reiterate that I did say it was a very lovely model and I didn't want to ruin anyone's day.