BSC2023 Tarnegol I Samuel 5:2

[Tarnegol]

...control tower looking bit...

Yes, I must admit that's exactly how it looks! I had similar, but less well expressed concerns. It will have to change, but I'm not yet sure how.

[FifteensAway]

Thanks for the reply on the size.  Going to order some of all the offerings to create different sized windows from small cabin windows to store front types.  Might not be a 'perfect' solution but will save me TONS of time.  And maybe use some as 'frames' for doors.

As to the "control tower" issue - it may resolve itself before you finish but a simple fix might be to close in the central windows on each side.  Having those smaller windows might make the difference. 

Be interesting to look into windows from that era - I do believe they used some materials for windows way back then, maybe some sort of opaque glass or very thin shell.  Recall reading something like that somewhere in the dim past.

[Tarnegol]

I think you are right about fewer windows. I shall have to determine whether it's better to change them or fill some in.
These have a fine brass mesh, but I believe that one of the glass alternatives in antiquity was the stretched and oiled skin of a bull's penis.

[Tarnegol]

A (very) tiny update. The Ark of the Covenant, correctly made from Sinai shittim wood, and the Tablets of the Law, from lapis lazuli (though from Afghanistan rather than Egypt).
Gold and cherubim tomorrow, if my ageing eyes have recovered!

[carlos marighela]

Now that is an impressive bit of detail using those mTerials. Well done.

[Vanvlak]

Good grief! That scores points for realism! 

[Tarnegol]

Thank you.

Good grief! That scores points for realism! 

I have had a Hebrew army for nearly forty years, and have spent a large part of that time, at least since the internet, looking for shittim wood to make an authentic Ark. It had to be done!
The dirt on said army's bases is from Megiddo, so authenticity may be a bit of an obsession...

[has.been]

I have had a Hebrew army for nearly forty years, and have spent a large part of that time, at least since the internet, looking for shittim wood to make an authentic Ark. It had to be done!
The dirt on said army's bases is from Megiddo, so authenticity may be a bit of an obsession...

I hear & applaud you brother.
My Napoleon's base has a stone from Corsica,
My William III & James II, stones from the river Boyne, &
ACW Generals, ones from America.
I ask friends to bring back tiny pebbles from their holidays.
Still to do things like Volksturm (from Berlin), also
Great siege of Malta, fellow LAFer is out there on holiday right now.
 

[Tarnegol]

I'm so relieved that I'm not the only one! My son often works abroad, so always asks if I want stones or dirt brought back, so I now have, amongst others, The Alamo, Hamlet's castle, various Macbeth sites and Culloden and my favourite of all, Roswell. He's off to the Greek islands soon, so I'll be able to base my Cyclopes.

Perhaps we should start a 'dirt exchange'...

[has.been]

I'm jealous., especially about the Alamo.

Leaving a History exam (many, many years ago) there was the usual, 'Which questions
did you try?'  My wargaming buddy (Steve O'Leary aka Oscar) like me had gone for the
war based ones, 'The one about the Alma..' 'Oh, I did that one too!'  a classmate interrupted,
he then continued, 'Wrote loads about Davy Crocket, Jim Bowie & Santa Anna'.
 

[Tarnegol]

PM me an address and I'll put some Alamo dirt and dried vegetation in the post. They used guns at the Alamo, so it's a bit modern for my interests! I have a solitary Crockett model to do when I can be bothered, and that's only to use the dirt! I've got loads of Kronborg Castle, if you want some.

[FifteensAway]

Tarnegol,

Just stopping by to say a big THANK YOU, again, for the tip on the dice trays as windows.  Just got my order today - some of all the types and all the sizes - and they will really allow me to make tremendous progress on various projects stalled for lack of windows (and doors, can adapt for that, too).  Some is a misdemeanor, really A LOT.  Though I'm not sure how useful the corner pieces will be but I think I can use them, too.  Very cool and inspired find on your part.

Now I really need to get back to my contest project soon.  Life sometimes just gets in the way.

[Overlord]

That's a very neat build.    Looking forward to seeing the painted entry.

[Tarnegol]

Finished, photographed and submitted!
Best of luck to all who finished and commiserations to those who fell by the wayside.

[Tarnegol]

Here's the bit that didn't get shown properly along the way, the Ark itself.

Made, as instructed, from Shittim wood. (It has taken me over twenty years to find some!) Cherubim are N gauge model rail cats with cigarette paper wings. All gold leafed, with a bit of paint to fill the missed bits and tone it down a little.

And, of course, the contents of the Ark. The Tablets of the Law, made according to tradition from lapis lazuli, and rectangular rather than round-topped. A jar of manna from the time the tribes were wandering in the desert (Essex Miniatures) and Aaron’s rod, made, as it should be, from Almond wood. (Courtesy of a guitar plectrum).