15mm WWII Berlin Building - Update 13/6/10

[Sangennaru]

Hy everyone! in the last week i worked a lot for my physics exams, but i found some time for starting a new project: a modular 15mm wwII house.
Probably here nobody's intrested in 15mm games, but just take a look and leave your comments!:)


the building is made for moulding, and I have already done the first parts of the modular whole house. I used mostly ceramics powder for this beta moudls, because the resin (I use Syntafoam) is really expensive...
here's the first shots:



I made just one ground floor with door and an upper floor... I am planning to make anoter grounf floor with no door and other 3 upper floor (two 3windowed and two 5 windowed...) so the two different floors will be different, with not copypaste effect!
Then i also have to prepare the floors and the roof, and then... i'm done



this is...... ehm... my "lab" 




hope you enjoy this! I will post updates as soon as possible!
Cheers,
Jack

[former user]

the model is marvellous
hope you enjoy Your Lab 

15 mm???it looks bigger with Your keyboard
since You can cast it, do You sell?

[Sangennaru]

15 mm???it looks bigger with Your keyboard

berlin (and milan) houses are pretty tall, around 3.5 - 4 meters per floor... so I made a 3,5 cm floors, that are realistic for 15mm and also suitable for 20mm, maybe a bit weird... 

since You can cast it, do You sell?

I will. I am really young and that's is almost my first project... but I am learning how to cast pretty good, and I am planning to finish this product for november... since then, i can think about selling....
why? are you interested? 

cheers,
Jack

[former user]

basically, yes

once You tell me how You are going to close the corners, the size of the doors and windows and if the product is going to survive transport, I might be thinking of it

btw, Milan is a lovely City
been there twice

[Sangennaru]

you'll see the finished product!

btw, I can cast in resin or ceramics (or other stuff that i haven't tried yet): resin is extremely hard and strong, and I can send you from a cannon with no scratches, but it is a bit expensive and you cannot mod it at all... ceramics is fantastic for modding (i've made the master mostly in ceramic), but I'm not shure about shipping..... i think i will have to test it! XD

really, i'm going to make a lot of improvements soon, so keep watching the post...

[former user]

I will

You are very talented
the casts look pretty professional

will You give me the measures?
Don't forget the balcony for the door side on upper levels

[Sangennaru]

ghghgh, tnx... I've a lot to learn more, i hope..... ^^"

I'm not really shure about measures, but I can say something about what will be:

the floors are 3,5 cm tall (the first one is 4,5), the doors are 1 cm large, and the windows about 0.6 cm. the standard floor should be around 10x15 cm (something less), but if you combine together different modules you can have a bigger building.

just because I have no experience, I have to admit that I have to figure out how to fit all the parts together, I've just an overall Idea... anyway, they will fit!

for the balcony..... I will do that after the first finished product... I am really curious to see it completed...

cheers,
Jack

[former user]

hmmm
I guess we have a misunderstanding
if the ground level is 4,5 cm, the door can't be 1
I think You gave me the width
I wanted to know the height  (altezza) of both
to be able to judge if they fit with miniatures

You might as well take a picture of the ground level plate with a 28, 20, and 15 mm figure

[fastolfrus]

Looks good so far, but waiting to see the finished building next to some figures for scale comparison.

[Sangennaru]

ups, former user... i thought you asked that for the base size of minis.... the height of the door is around 18mm, a bit short for a 20mm miniature... the overall size is pretty accetable, but the doors are a bit shorter... the windows, from the ground, are from 6 to 20 mm (around 14mm high).

for the photo, i'm sorry but my camera is out of charge, and I have to wait till tomorrow to go to my parent's room for another battery... tomorrow I will post photos!!

[former user]

18 mm is OK for 20 mm figures for old houses

unfortunately not for 28 mm 

[Bako]

It is if the population consists of midgets .

Sorry for the slight derail, but is that tooth paste I see in that last picture? And a computer mouse with... A gel-pad?

[former user]

don't look too  close
be warned - you might discover things you never wanted to know

if he sells his casts, I am sure we all could help to provide for a proper table, and a Reinemachefrau once a week 

[Remgain]

Ciao, Jack!

Great work! Looks quite impressive, and I like the idea of modular buildings.
Anyway, as it happens that I'm from Milan as well, in the ground floor I think you have to put the cellar windows (le finestrelle delle cantine) on all the sides.

And we have to discuss about that ceramic...

Bravo!
Marco

[former user]

I think he only started
and since he noticed (or better - planned) that the door piece is higher than the others, I guess there will be a 1cm piece with finestrelle for the ground foor window pieces as well as corner pieces with stonework