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Offline OSHIROmodels

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Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« on: 18 May 2012, 11:32:09 PM »
This is the second one I've done of these but this time not really any WIP photos so I'll just post up the finished article.

It's for 28mm and it's about 300mm square.

If anyone has any questions then just shout out  :)












cheers

James

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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #1 on: 18 May 2012, 11:46:25 PM »
Darned nice!

What are the roofs made of? Just cardboard?
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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #2 on: 18 May 2012, 11:47:51 PM »
That is so good. Ditto on the roof.

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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #3 on: 19 May 2012, 12:07:07 AM »
Lovely work :-* :-* :-*
A small how on the roofs would be great :D

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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #4 on: 19 May 2012, 12:13:30 AM »
Beautiful work! well done  :-*
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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #5 on: 19 May 2012, 06:57:57 AM »
Thankyou kindly gents  :)

The roofs are a Japanese tile sheet that I have cast up stuck on a simple frame that follows the shape of the roof gable and that frame slots into the building. Fortunately the resin isn't 100% rigid so it can follow shallow curves but there is a fair amount of glue on the frame just to make sure. The ridge line is styrene with the ridge tiles marked on with a scalpel.

cheers

James

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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #6 on: 19 May 2012, 07:34:40 AM »
Lovely stuff again Jim! ;D

Its all those lovely wee touches you use to finish your model I like the best! The grass/moss into the crevices of the buildings, the wood piles and the different textures you use!!

Any chance of a breakdown on your method of painting the wood on the tower?

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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #7 on: 19 May 2012, 08:25:50 AM »
Superb!

I like the way it's open enough to actially use as a gaming piece. So many of these very lovely buildings we see on this forum are impractical for gaming- dolls houses really. Yours is beautiful and practical. Well done.
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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #8 on: 19 May 2012, 08:38:12 AM »
That is rather splendid. :-* Now get back to Saxon England ;)
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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #9 on: 19 May 2012, 08:38:21 AM »
Really very nice. Well done James.

Now where's my castle?  ;)  lol

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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #10 on: 19 May 2012, 08:42:25 AM »
Another great build Wibbly old boy
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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #11 on: 19 May 2012, 09:09:41 AM »
Wicked Cool  :D

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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #12 on: 19 May 2012, 09:32:25 AM »
Very nice - wicked cool even  :D

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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #13 on: 19 May 2012, 05:35:16 PM »
Lovely stuff jimbibbly, as always.  :-*

Ever consider adopting an American in his 40's.  ;D

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Re: Fortified Chinese farm (picture heavy)
« Reply #14 on: 19 May 2012, 06:03:08 PM »
Lovely, Jubbly!
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