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A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« on: 30 November 2014, 06:28:24 AM »
I bought a new BOB building on eBay recently.  It is an MDF constructed building from a fellow that I have bought from in the past.  They are quite sturdy and I like the form but the paint jobs are just too bright and yellowish for my mud brick town.  So, I spent the weekend repainting it and another market complex.  Here is what it first looked like.


Here it is with the new paint job.


...and just because I can not resist taking out some more of my toys here it is as part of my BOB village

...and the new and growing Chinese end of town

C and C always welcome. Forgive the poor photo quality.
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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #1 on: 30 November 2014, 08:07:34 AM »
That's coming on a treat  :)

cheers

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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #2 on: 30 November 2014, 08:18:32 AM »
What a difference your paint makes.  Cracking town
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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #3 on: 30 November 2014, 08:33:31 AM »
I really like the town!
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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #4 on: 30 November 2014, 09:41:35 AM »
Looks great
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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #5 on: 30 November 2014, 09:48:04 AM »
Lovely work.
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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #6 on: 30 November 2014, 11:05:18 AM »
That is a really nice set-up, mate.
Love it!
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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #7 on: 30 November 2014, 11:52:28 AM »
That's very impressive Lon.   :)

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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #8 on: 30 November 2014, 12:08:50 PM »
as commented before, everything comes along nicely. Also the pictures are nothing a bit of doctoring can't fix  ;)
I especially like the large oasis town.

what doesn't work for me is the combination of buildings in the last picture. Not because of the variety of looks, but because the variety of building material. mudbrick architecture together with heavy timber framework doesn't really go consistently together. Neither do you build of mudbricks where it rains regularly so that trees can grow, nor do you transport large amounts of construction timber into arid regions where mudbrick constructions are sustainable.
similar goes with reed that grows only where there is a lot of water around the year.
« Last Edit: 30 November 2014, 12:10:45 PM by bedwyr »

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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #9 on: 30 November 2014, 12:20:05 PM »
Splendid!!!
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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #10 on: 03 December 2014, 12:48:52 PM »
Lon
Looks a nice peaceful place  8)....for now  >:D

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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #11 on: 03 December 2014, 11:32:08 PM »
You spend all this time building a peaceful hamlet ,only to unleash havoc! With that said ,great job!

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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #12 on: 04 December 2014, 05:23:52 AM »
That turned out really well

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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #13 on: 04 December 2014, 07:47:00 PM »
Thanks for all the nice comments chaps. former user, I am in substantial agreement with your comment but I really don't know where to get mud brick buildings that are ethnically Chinese and I want a clearly Chinese quarter. The reed thatched buildings are more problematic. But I like them damn it  lol lol
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Re: A New Market Place in my Back Of Beyond Town
« Reply #14 on: 04 December 2014, 09:53:52 PM »
chinese mud brick?  maybe with different roofs?
I thought I'd rather expect timber frame and such?
reed/straw roofs shouldn't be such a problem in east Asia

THX a lot, learned something new today. Here is a nice picture


but I am certain You researched that already
« Last Edit: 04 December 2014, 10:06:48 PM by bedwyr »

 

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