Biting off more than I can probably chew

[Adam]

I was racking my brains last night trying to think of something that could fit on a CD and decided on a Roman calendar scenery piece, a la the one in HBO's Rome with the pegs. I'll be doing it in the form of a plinth, a little bit like the one in the picture below rather than a wall like on the program, so it will fit on to a CD base.



I think it might turn out to be a lot more challenging than I first thought looking at that picture. I'm not an experienced modeller/painter and there is an awful lot of writing on there but hopefully uploading WIPs etc on here will spur me on a bit. And if it looks crap, at least I pulled my finger out this contest.

[Red Orc]

That's the spirit!

A suggestion, if it does come out looking not as good as you hoped; it would probably look awesome as a ruined monumnet... so I think you can't really lose here, either you get a nice intact piece of terrain, or a nice ruined one!

Good luck with this, I'm intrigued as to how it'll turn out.

[Adam]

I'm thinking that using something along these lines might be an easier way of doing the letters:



They do them as small as 1/8" but I can only find them from an American store that has a minimum $20 order (they're $3.60). I'll keep looking for a UK source as I think if I stamp them into some sort of putty, then apply a wash during painting, they might do the trick.

Also, the calendar writing is looking a little less daunting after watching the opening credits of Rome and finding this version of the Roman calendar:
http://www.aerobiologicalengineering.com/wxk116/Roman/Calendar/RC01.gif

[Sangennaru]

if you find some really small of these, i'll be interested!