Shtim's Dutch Colonial Adventure - Small House, HMG team, and Civilians (06/01)

[Plynkes]

Not necessarily sheltered, just geographically disadvantaged. The Tintin comic strips were massively popular all over the world for decades. Just not in America. Probably because they had their own comic thing going on there, with leaping tall buildings in a single bound and all that stuff. Tintin is quite the veteran, mind. He is actually older than the son of Jor-El. 



Really lovely work, Shtim, as is to be expected at this point.

[FifteensAway]

Thanks, Plynkes.  Apparently I missed the Spielberg movie.  Now I know more - courtesy of Wikipedia. 

[Shtim]

Hello all!

It's been a while since my last post, but I do actually have something to show for it!

The theme of this week? From old to new (or in other words, redoing past builds I was unhappy with/finishing off existing projects before starting something new )

First up, I finally got round to working on some of the items bought at Salute50. I came across the MDF terrain by Warbases and couldn't resist the tempation.
Here is a small office to manage/administer the town market. I am yet to finish the interior, but the 'slotted' MDF design is immensely useful and allows me to easily remove the roof - perhaps something to add to my own builds! As always with MDF builds, I added my own detailing to get rid of that MDF look.



Next, I made some good progress on the Ramses cinema. After a lot of back and forth, I settled on two English language films from 1921 for the signage above the door, with posters on either side to match. The lettering adds a lot of character, and I am very pleased with how it turned out. I will probably add something along the lines of "SHOWING TONIGHT" in red on the top line (albeit in Dutch perhaps?) - yet to decide! For now I'm calling this one done.





With the cinema finished, I moved on to the tailor shop ("kleermaker") from my last post. I was really unhappy with how it had turned out in the end - it came across as sloppy and just didn't do it for me. After a lot of umming and ahing I completely redid parts of the façade. And now... well, see for yourself - before and after pictures included below:

Before:



After:





Finally, I got to work on the post office - one of my oldest builds. Similarly to the tailer shop, I had fallen out of love with parts of the building. So, I took the plunge, stripped off certain facade details and got to work. I'm yet to finish this one, still working on some details for the front (lanterns, boxes, a plaque of sorts for on the walls etc.) but the bulk of the work is done. Also including a before and after below - in particular the decorative bricks and eaves at the top of the building.

Letterbox courtesy of Oshiro models - I bought a few things from the "miscast bin" at Salute that I will surely be showing off in the coming months. (All excellent quality, and yes I will happily take a corporate sponsorship    )

Before: (on the right side)



After:



Final view of the improved builds:



Thanks as always!

[OSHIROmodels]

Love it 

[marco55]

Beautiful! You have created an awesome display. Keeps looking better and better.
Mark

[Marine0846]

Really lovely buildings.
Sooo, on the tops of a few of the buildings,
I spy some crates.
Inquiring minds would like to know? what is in them.
I see lots of possibilities.
Some body up to no good. ,
or other dastardly things. 
Oh, the stories the crates might tell.

[Poiter50]

Just be careful how you pack it before you send it to me! 

[tomrommel1]

very beautiful

[.:Gunslinger:.]

Fantastic work and some very nice improvements made on these buildings (its only after seeing the before/after shots that it is possible to see how the originals could yet be improved)!

I must say I love the idea of a window full of posters, postscards etc. that you had in the old version of the Post Office, maybe something you can redo for another building?

[FifteensAway]

Nice work - and takes a bit of study to see some of the changes but all good.  Though I'm in the camp in favor of the posters.  I liked them, a bit of 'character' to the scene.  But it is your world and ultimately you are the one who has to be satisfied with the results.

[Grumpy Gnome]

Every thing in this thread is just amazingly inspirational.

[MaleGriffin]

Magnificent! Absolutely top notch! Fantastic buildings with gorgeous figures! Inspirational!

[Shtim]

Thank you all for the kind comments!

[…] I spy some crates.
Inquiring minds would like to know? what is in them.
I see lots of possibilities. Some body up to no good. ,
or other dastardly things.  Oh, the stories the crates might tell.

The best part? I have plenty more crates to paint!  I think they add a great sense of scale, and are very useful in filling otherwise empty spaces! (And yes, very useful to hide your ill gotten gains, secret loot, or… former enemies…?)

[…] I must say I love the idea of a window full of posters, postscards etc. that you had in the old version of the Post Office, maybe something you can redo for another building?

[…] Though I'm in the camp in favor of the posters.  I liked them, a bit of 'character' to the scene.  But it is your world and ultimately you are the one who has to be satisfied with the results.

Not to fear gents, the posters will return! Fully agreed that they add a good bit of character. Once all of the other bits are in (street lanterns, bollards, etc) I will surely add posters too!

Thanks
Shtim

[Smokeyrone]

Tin-Tin, ooh she was so hot!

I remember her.  Thunderbird!   Smokey is GO when it comes to her!

[CapnJim]

Ah yes - well done to all that!  It all looks quite proper-like...