Lead Adventure Forum

Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: CarlLeyland on November 09, 2016, 09:26:14 PM

Title: Help with 20mm buildings please
Post by: CarlLeyland on November 09, 2016, 09:26:14 PM: Hi Chaps

I was going to ask for your opinions on whether my next project should be modern 28 or 20mm but in writing the question I realised I had answered it myself. 20mm all the way-partly due to a trial last year with some Rhodesians (thanks to Ash etc on here) and partly due to cost and space restrictions.

One problem I do have is that I like to make buildings for my games in 28mm....usually they are passable and I can make what I need fairly cheaply. The problem with 20mm is that they never seem to look right!

What do you Chaps use? I was hoping to create a few African/Congo/Colonial type structures along with a few radio masts (not found any of those).

Any help would be great ie door sizes, typical building foot print size or even a guide to get this right.

Thanks in advance.

Oh and will Able Archer ever be a commercial set?
Title: Re: Help with 20mm buildings please
Post by: Gunbird on November 10, 2016, 09:33:05 AM: For radio masts just use Horby or Auhagen (or other H0 brands) electrical pylons and leave off all the extension bits. I made them for 20mm in mind but they work for 15mm (and tbh, for 28mm as well)

(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/15mm%20Sci-Fi/Towers_zps2d4c6f49.jpg) (http://s76.photobucket.com/user/wayswatcher/media/15mm%20Sci-Fi/Towers_zps2d4c6f49.jpg.html)

(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/Celltower_zpse310e75d.jpg) (http://s76.photobucket.com/user/wayswatcher/media/20mm%20Moderns/Celltower_zpse310e75d.jpg.html)

(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/wayswatcher/20mm%20Moderns/The%20Factory/PowerPylonlot.jpg) (http://s76.photobucket.com/user/wayswatcher/media/20mm%20Moderns/The%20Factory/PowerPylonlot.jpg.html)

For simple African buildings you can just make stuff with small wave cardboard and glue that to box shapes for anything from small warehouses to slums.
Title: Re: Help with 20mm buildings please
Post by: von Lucky on November 10, 2016, 09:57:17 AM: Google images is your friend. Just type in "20mm terrain" or "20mm modern Africa terrain" and you'll get plenty of great ideas.
Title: Re: Help with 20mm buildings please
Post by: CarlLeyland on November 10, 2016, 10:41:54 AM: Wow! The radio mast and pylons are amazing! I have had a search for them but turned up nothing, thanks for the pic and names....they are a must.

I have seen for real the type of buildings I want to make but wondered how others went about the construction of them. 5mm foamboard seems clumsy in this scale and I was hoping to discover how windows and doors were made? Everything seems so small compared to 28mm!
Title: Re: Help with 20mm buildings please
Post by: JArgo on November 17, 2016, 07:03:20 PM: Have you looked at Matakishi's website? I used some of his designs as inspiration and just downscaled them to 20mm.

If you don't like foamboard - how about thick mounting board? Doors I did by eye, 25mm I think.
Title: Re: Help with 20mm buildings please
Post by: carlos marighela on November 17, 2016, 08:13:36 PM: Dapol produce a 1/76ish (HO/OO) bungalow that's perfect for much of post war Africa. Replace or simply clad over the roof with corrugated plastic or card and Bob's yer uncle.
Title: Re: Help with 20mm buildings please
Post by: CarlLeyland on November 19, 2016, 11:31:09 PM: Thanks for this guys...never heard of dapol but I will search now. Mounting board/card may well be the way to fo in this scale for me. Thanks
Title: Re: Help with 20mm buildings please
Post by: johnl5555 on December 14, 2016, 07:42:40 PM: Cork can be your friend. I have used it for WW2 buildings in 1/32, old West 28mm and 1/72 scale buildings.