*

Recent Topics

Author Topic: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?  (Read 9269 times)

Offline leonmallett

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1764
    • Kitbash Games
'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« on: 02 June 2011, 07:17:38 PM »
I am looking for some pre-made scenic elements in a 28-32 mm scale that would help suggest a Chinatown from turn of the twentieth century to present; can fellow LAF'ers offer any suggestions (trying to avoid scratch-build at this time)?

Foo Dogs are already accounted for BTW.

Thanks in advance.
« Last Edit: 02 June 2011, 07:45:54 PM by leonmallett »
Kitbash Games' web-page: http://www.kitbashgames.co.uk/

Offline uti long smile

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 4384
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #1 on: 02 June 2011, 07:21:48 PM »
Could you use Ainsty Front Street building fronts and then dress the street with billboards, Chinese lanterns etc?
Something Crooked this way comes...
http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/
Wargaming in the world of Cult TV

Offline leonmallett

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1764
    • Kitbash Games
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #2 on: 02 June 2011, 07:26:39 PM »
Could you use Ainsty Front Street building fronts and then dress the street with billboards, Chinese lanterns etc?

Buildings I am not too worried about, it is more the street 'stuff' that I'm after, such as the lanterns you mention - anyone do things like that?
« Last Edit: 02 June 2011, 07:45:43 PM by leonmallett »

Offline Hammers

  • Amateur papiermachiéer
  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Elder God
  • *
  • Posts: 16143
  • Workbench and Pulp Moderator
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #3 on: 02 June 2011, 07:44:15 PM »
Grimm made some excellent lanter things from pearls. Let me look in previous threads...

Offline matakishi

  • The Teacher
  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 4480
  • Cousin of Hammers
    • Matakishi's Tea House
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #4 on: 03 June 2011, 01:09:55 AM »
Beads make easy lanterns.









Cheap Chinese Buddhas (Milofo) are easy to find too.

Offline nervisfr

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 2606
    • Ch'ti Ré-Animator
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #5 on: 11 June 2011, 07:34:27 AM »
or try these french dealer, of "chinese" material that he import directly from china, like this balsa house at only 9.00 euros :



and



see here for some decoration items :

http://www.decorsminiatures.fr/category.php?id_category=36


Frenchy Eric, aka Ch'ti Eric or Re-Animator
"J'ai bon caractere mais j'ai le glaive vengeur et le bras seculier"

http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.fr[

Offline Hammers

  • Amateur papiermachiéer
  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Elder God
  • *
  • Posts: 16143
  • Workbench and Pulp Moderator
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #6 on: 11 June 2011, 08:39:13 AM »
Those are a bit bloody good!

Offline Centaur_Seducer

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3412
    • Gubbspel
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #7 on: 11 June 2011, 09:38:49 AM »
Bookmarking!
That was one awesome page.

Offline HerbyF

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1986
  • Why fear nightmares when you can be one
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #8 on: 11 June 2011, 03:08:57 PM »
I wonder if there is a US distributor for these products. They are great, but his shipping costs are prohibitive.
LHV 2015 +200 16 +770 17 +636 18 +888 19 +1015 20 +656 21 +174 22 +220 23 +312 24 +366 25 +254

Offline OSHIROmodels

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Elder God
  • *
  • Posts: 28302
  • Custom terrain a speciality.
    • Oshiro modelterrain
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #9 on: 11 June 2011, 03:22:28 PM »
I've got an additions set that would work at a pinch. Primeraly Japanese in design but you could get away with it  :)

http://www.oshiromodelterrain.co.uk/catalogue28.html

JA01 is what you are looking for, scroll down a bit on the page above  :)

cheers

James

Online traveller

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 4032
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #10 on: 11 June 2011, 07:45:58 PM »
Wow! Some really cool buildings. Thanks for the links!

Offline leonmallett

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1764
    • Kitbash Games
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #11 on: 11 June 2011, 09:23:33 PM »
or try these french dealer, of "chinese" material that he import directly from china, like this balsa house at only 9.00 euros :

...

Cheers; those balsa options look like they could be just the tab;etop dressing i need.

Offline Bravo Six

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Mastermind
  • *
  • Posts: 1890
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #12 on: 11 June 2011, 10:59:39 PM »
@nervisfr do you have a link to the seller of the buildings? I didn't see one in your post. Just one to the decorations. The building and arch are VERY nice.

-Todd

Offline Svennn

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 5342
  • Balding bloke with a 'V'
    • Svenns Little Men
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #13 on: 11 June 2011, 11:11:00 PM »
Same seller. choose Batiments>Batiments en Balsa from the left hand menu
"A jewelled sceptre plucked by order to serve their cause"

Offline Bravo Six

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Mastermind
  • *
  • Posts: 1890
Re: 'Chinatown' style terrain elements?
« Reply #14 on: 11 June 2011, 11:13:42 PM »
Ah, okay! Thanks Svenn.

-Todd

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
172 Replies
43196 Views
Last post 04 August 2025, 01:14:47 PM
by hubbabubba
8 Replies
5742 Views
Last post 06 June 2017, 08:55:30 AM
by Chris Abbey
7 Replies
3082 Views
Last post 20 November 2014, 07:44:10 AM
by Elk101
24 Replies
4947 Views
Last post 28 March 2021, 10:08:54 PM
by mikedemana
7 Replies
1487 Views
Last post 26 May 2025, 02:55:36 PM
by Sakuragi Miniatures