Andy's thread of Curiosities (Formally the Museum Thread)

[Captain Blood]

Wonderful.
All hail the gloop!

I hope you're going to put a bell in that tower... 

[Dr. The Viking]

Wow!!!

I just loooooooove this pulpy aegyptian thing! Sahib you are my guide!

Fucking catastrophic date you chose for McLam. 

[oldskoolrebel]

Wow!!!

I just loooooooove this pulpy aegyptian thing! Sahib you are my guide!

Fucking catastrophic date you chose for McLam. 

Actually thats been the general consensus.

We're looking at alternative dates for next year. Feb and march sound like possibilities. Also next year we're planning on promoting it a heck of at lot more 

[oldskoolrebel]

Some more work tonight; while watching the new version of the thing (its amazingly similar to the original... for a prequel)

Maybe not the tidiest of constructions but I like them. Plus they are super cheap to make... maybe a pound for all 5; the balsa wood being the expensive bit. The planking is from coffee stirrers. I reckon I need some more. Also I was wondering does anyone have a good method for putting a cover on them? I might do one or two in wood, but would love for the rest to have a 'cloth' effect. 


I also fancy at least one of these dotted around the board.

Ok so it's not middle eastern, more Indian, but I don't think that it looks out of place. Do ya?

I've seen Wolf Girls scaffolding thread and I might try that. But what other 'street furniture' do you think you'd find?

Cheers
Andy

[Mason]

nevermore did a great piece on scaffolding in Mogadishu.
Part 1:  http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=32609.0

Part 2:  http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=32610.0

Matakishi has a great town including a market area as part of his Conan project.
Cannot remember the name of the thread at the moment......

[Malamute]

Also I was wondering does anyone have a good method for putting a cover on them? I might do one or two in wood, but would love for the rest to have a 'cloth' effect.  

Cut out some tissue to the correct size you want and glue it to the frame with PVA. Then either dilute some PVA and brush it onto the tissue or apply some superglue to the tissue instead to harden it.

I prefer the latter method, it sets rock hard very quickly and can then be painted. Using the PVA method is trickier as the tissue can split when you apply the PVA with a brush, you have to have a very delicate touch.

In this photo the canopies on the left where done with diluted PVA, on the right superglue.

[oldskoolrebel]

Cut out some tissue to the correct size you want and glue it to the frame with PVA. Then either dilute some PVA and brush it onto the tissue or apply some superglue to the tissue instead to harden it.

I prefer the latter method, it sets rock hard very quickly and can then be painted. Using the PVA method is trickier as the tissue can split when you apply the PVA with a brush, you have to have a very delicate touch.

In this photo the canopies on the left where done with diluted PVA, on the right superglue.

That is stunning; I like results of both methods. The superglue sounds dangerous, but I think it is worth a try.


Is that the ainsty dockside that I see?

I've ordered some Palm trees which I'm waiting on arriving. I love this table. (and the bell  )

nevermore did a great piece on scaffolding in Mogadishu.
Part 1:  http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=32609.0

Part 2:  http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=32610.0

Matakishi has a great town including a market area as part of his Conan project.
Cannot remember the name of the thread at the moment......

Cheers for the links; they look good :-D



This thread I thinks. I really like this too.

Wonderful.
All hail the gloop!

I hope you're going to put a bell in that tower... 

Need to steal some chocolate bunnies! for their bells of course, not the chocolate (ooft! Matron! That sounds wrong!)


Cheers
Andy

[Malamute]

That is stunning; I like results of both methods. The superglue sounds dangerous, but I think it is worth a try.


Is that the ainsty dockside that I see?


Andy

I actually prefer the superglue methond now, having tried both. It gives a smooth finish and is easier.

The dockside is scratchbuilt from Wills scenic sheet, foamcore and balsa wood.

And the bell was provided by Colin.

[Mason]

Thats the thread (Matakishi).
Great inspiration there, methinks!


Word of warning on the chocolate bunnies:
Wrong type of bells, at least they were the last time I had one....

[oldskoolrebel]

Thats the thread (Matakishi).
Great inspiration there, methinks!


Word of warning on the chocolate bunnies:
Wrong type of bells, at least they were the last time I had one....

Awww and here was me thinking that I'd have an opportunity to eat chocolate!

Actually; another word of warning. The kinder egg plastic toy containing containers have changed. I didn't discover this until I'd bought one. Still usable (It's the tower's dome) but not quite as effective as before. Still I love the chocolate in Kinder eggs so it wasn't too much of a hardship (sadly the toy is completely unusable)

Cheers
Andy

[Jules]

looking great I can't wait for the final touchs

[OSHIROmodels]

I prefer the latter method, it sets rock hard very quickly and can then be painted. Using the PVA method is trickier as the tissue can split when you apply the PVA with a brush, you have to have a very delicate touch.

Please wear a mask when doing this!

Looking good Andy, coming together nicely 

Sounds poncy and expensive but you could use silk as stall cover and then cover it with said glue. There's a nice fine texture with silk and it's a bit easier to work with than tissue (befo putting the glue on of course).

For street furniture there is always the obligatory boxes of crates etc but would you include begging peasants or civilian street types?

cheers

James

[FramFramson]

By superglue, do you guys mean cyanoacrylate? Doesn't that stuff usually come in titchy little tubes with hard nozzles?

[Malamute]

By superglue, do you guys mean cyanoacrylate? Doesn't that stuff usually come in titchy little tubes with hard nozzles?

Yep, thats the stuff.

[FramFramson]

Huh.... I guess I would have to try and find a larger amount then? I can't imagine doing those roofs with those little needle-nosed tubes.