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Offline FifteensAway

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NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« on: 16 July 2013, 06:07:25 AM »
http://theminiaturespage.com/news/?id=468991317

Come on, you know you want one -- or two.  Yeah, I know, 15 mm.  So?  You've been meaning to see the light and change to that scale haven't you?   :D

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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #1 on: 16 July 2013, 07:48:21 AM »
Holy baby little baby Jesus born in a stable batman! :o
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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #2 on: 16 July 2013, 08:26:48 AM »
Saw this the other day. What a brilliant model.
Now if it was in 28mm...   ::)

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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #3 on: 16 July 2013, 08:36:58 AM »
Exactly. I am contemplating using that model as a base for a scratch built one. It's got just the right elements to make it look spectacular yet reasonably practical.

I have long nurtured a plan to build an Afghan plan climbing a hill crowned by a fort like this. "Ayfan, the Jewel of the Valley of Smut. Bring a gun and take part in the fun!" says the tourist brochure.

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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #4 on: 16 July 2013, 08:39:46 AM »
Exactly. I am contemplating using that model as a base for a scratch built one. It's got just the right elements to make it look spectacular yet reasonably practical.

I have long nurtured a plan to build an Afghan plan climbing a hill crowned by a fort like this. "Ayfan, the Jewel of the Valley of Smut. Bring a gun and take part in the fun!" says the tourist brochure.

Forced perspective would work.
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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #5 on: 16 July 2013, 08:48:01 AM »
Mmm... I don't know. That's a great sculpt, but why didn't they make it in parts? Alltogether it's just a centerpiece, with no variability... but the sculpting is quite impressive. :)

Offline Arthur

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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #6 on: 16 July 2013, 09:21:14 AM »
Now if it was in 28mm...   ::)

...it would most likely be twice as expensive  lol ;) lol

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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #7 on: 16 July 2013, 10:04:32 AM »
Mmm... I don't know. That's a great sculpt, but why didn't they make it in parts? Alltogether it's just a centerpiece, with no variability... but the sculpting is quite impressive. :)
So you don't own a hacksaw and some milliput then?  :D lol
I've always had a wish to do NWF after reading a book from my Library when I was about 8 yrs old I think, way back in the late 60s/ early 70s anyway, only I can't remember the title or the author. It was about a boy who had a vast army of traditional lead soldiers and he waged war in the garden using the rockery and sandpit to represent the NWF, and it was illustrated with b/w line drawings. If that jogs anyone else's memory as to the name I'd be grateful to know. It fired my imagination and I've always fancied  doing this period, and although 28mm would be my preferred scale 15mm does have a lot going for it with the quality of the castings available for NWF that are coming out in recent weeks. I really must resist!! That is a handsome fort though.

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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #8 on: 16 July 2013, 10:21:16 AM »
...it would most likely be twice as expensive  lol ;) lol

considering that the cost of the resin is quite a big part, it could be up to 8 times more expeinsive!

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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #9 on: 16 July 2013, 02:34:37 PM »
Stunning model.  :o :o It would almost persuade me to enter into the NWF era in 15mm but if it were in 28mm and available in sections then I would go for it in a heartbeat. I could see punitive expeditions galore with that as the prize!!

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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #10 on: 16 July 2013, 04:44:46 PM »
It IS very lovely indeed, but looks somewhat sophisticated for the NWF - more mud brick and pine spars. I could see it as the centerpiece for an Indian Mutiny action or an Indian Colonial "what if?/historical fantasy".

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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #11 on: 16 July 2013, 09:28:29 PM »
Mmm... I don't know. That's a great sculpt, but why didn't they make it in parts? Alltogether it's just a centerpiece, with no variability... but the sculpting is quite impressive. :)

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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #12 on: 16 July 2013, 11:49:59 PM »
If you win a free one and don't want it, I'll put in my bid now to be first in the queue as you turn it down :~}

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Offline Arthur

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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #13 on: 16 July 2013, 11:57:02 PM »
considering that the cost of the resin is quite a big part, it could be up to 8 times more expeinsive!

Ouch !  :?

At $1,600 apiece, it would probably prove more economical to buy an actual 1:1 scale border fort in Pakistan. 

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Re: NWF WOW! This is quite the model.
« Reply #14 on: 17 July 2013, 06:38:09 AM »
Saw this the other day. What a brilliant model.
Now if it was in 28mm...   ::)

I'm heard that if you just ad water and place in a warm sunny location for a week or so.... lol

 

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