Japanese pagoda 28 mm scale

[LotB]

Please, someone could give me some tips for building a  3 - 5 floors Japanese pagoda (Shinto-Buddhist temple) on a 28 mm scale?

Many thanks,
Sergio
Naran Team Turin
http://www.naran.it/

[Cheeky Monkey]

You might want to check out this thread on the Hirst Arts Forum. This guy has done an absolutely wonderful Japanese structure.
http://hirstarts.yuku.com/topic/4126
Another place for inspiration is this site which has paper models of just the sort of thing you are looking for. You can print one out and build it to see how it might be done in your scale:
http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/2025/list_15_1.html
Good luck - hope to see what you come up with

[Captain Blood]

Please, someone could give me some tips for building a  3 - 5 floors Japanese pagoda (Shinto-Buddhist temple) on a 28 mm scale?

Many thanks,
Sergio
Naran Team Turin
http://www.naran.it/

You need Jimbibbly-Corp. He's the Japanese buildings maestro...

[Malamute]

You need Jimbibbly-Corp. He's the Japanese buildings maestro...

I second that suggetsion

http://www.oshiromodelterrain.co.uk/

[LotB]

You might want to check out this thread on the Hirst Arts Forum. This guy has done an absolutely wonderful Japanese structure.
http://hirstarts.yuku.com/topic/4126
Another place for inspiration is this site which has paper models of just the sort of thing you are looking for. You can print one out and build it to see how it might be done in your scale:
http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/2025/list_15_1.html
Good luck - hope to see what you come up with

Hi,
Many thanks for the info, you are very nice.
I have already made the 28 mm scale models of japanese buildings: a castle, a teahouse and a tori. They will be used by our team for the battles of Fantasy Warriors (Naran italian version) to the convention Comics & Games in Turin last year. This year I want to bring a temple and a pagoda. For the temple I have many difficulties to made the rounded roof that is above on the front of the Japanese temples, which the castle built by Protano has on the left (in the image):



You can see pictures of the two battles at the following links
http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Torino_Comics&Games_2009/SamuraiVsHobgoblins/Battaglia.html
http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Torino_Comics&Games_2009/SamuraiVsElfiOscuri/Battaglia.html

And these are some of the images of models:

castle


















teahouse & tori








Bye,
Sergio
Naran Team Turin
http://www.naran.it/

[duhamel]

for me to play 

[Malamute]

for me to play 

Tres Magnifique Mon Amis

And Sergio your set up is wonderful too.

[LotB]

I second that suggetsion

http://www.oshiromodelterrain.co.uk/

Many thanks to you too,
bye
Sergio

[Hammers]

The dogs bollocks, lads!

[LotB]

for me to play 
[omissis]

Hi, Duhamel,
complimenti, bravissimo!
I see you've got as model the Kakegawa Castle (Osprey book, "Japanese Castle 1540-1640", page 15) as I did. I then added some elements taken from the castle of Azuchi (page 31 and the cover), thereby obtaining a new original castle for our fantasy world.
Please, can you tell me how did you made the thatched roof of the house?

Bye,
Sergio

[duhamel]

Hi, Duhamel,
complimenti, bravissimo!
I see you've got as model the Kakegawa Castle (Osprey book, "Japanese Castle 1540-1640", page 15) as I did. I then added some elements taken from the castle of Azuchi (page 31 and the cover), thereby obtaining a new original castle for our fantasy world.
Please, can you tell me how did you made the thatched roof of the house?

Bye,
Sergio


hello, thatched roofs are made with synthetic fur (like teddy bears) coated with glue and paints. I hope this may help

[LotB]

The dogs bollocks, lads!

By the Thor's hammer, can be this a compliment in typical Viking dialect?

Bye,
Sergio

[LotB]

thanks, but where do you buy the synthetic fur? In what stores is it sold?

[duhamel]

thanks, but where do you buy the synthetic fur? In what stores is it sold?

in France we bought it in a "dry goods", but I do not know how they say in English, then I can say in a store that sells fabric.

[Cheeky Monkey]

In the US you can buy the faux fur in any Michael's, AC Moore or even Wal-Mart. Anybody who carries craft supplies should have it.