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Offline Argonor

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28mm Oseberg/A-Frame Tents?
« on: May 14, 2015, 09:25:02 PM »
Does anybody else than Krakenskulls make these, please?

They might do, but I would prefer something not quite as 'clean-cut'.
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Re: 28mm Oseberg/A-Frame Tents?
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2015, 12:50:35 PM »
Would the Renedra plastic ones be suitable?
http://www.renedra.co.uk/product.php?product=167

I'm guessing the warbases MDF one would be similarly too "clean cut"?
http://war-bases.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=66

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Re: 28mm Oseberg/A-Frame Tents?
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2015, 07:05:16 PM »
Hmmm... the Renedra tents are not quite the style I'm looking for, and the Warbases, yes, are very similar to Krakenskulls'.

May have to settle for laser-cut, then...

Well, thanks, anyway!

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Re: 28mm Oseberg/A-Frame Tents?
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2015, 08:45:25 PM »
You could opt to order only the frames from krakenskull (just saw they well those loose) and make the cloth with pva-soaked cotton or linnen? It may be a compromise, but it would look a lot more natural than the mdf "tentcloth"... A bit more effort than simple off the rack assembly, though.

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Re: 28mm Oseberg/A-Frame Tents?
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2015, 08:53:32 PM »
Hmmm, yeah, I have been toying with the idea of making something myself...

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Re: 28mm Oseberg/A-Frame Tents?
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2015, 09:22:08 PM »
You could opt to order only the frames from krakenskull (just saw they well those loose) and make the cloth with pva-soaked cotton or linnen? It may be a compromise, but it would look a lot more natural than the mdf "tentcloth"... A bit more effort than simple off the rack assembly, though.

That is what I have done. I'll post some results when I get my airbrush fixed.

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Re: 28mm Oseberg/A-Frame Tents?
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2015, 09:41:22 AM »
Hmmm, yeah, I have been toying with the idea of making something myself...
Definately the way to go. The Krakenskull ones look nice (the Dragon heads) but a bit too clean cut..(and after looking up Viking A Frame tents, possibly missing some struts?*) and all  being all  same size would, IMHO,  look too regimented .

Some thin twigs or  coffee stirrers cut to size  for the Frames and Modhail´s  tip of using material for the covering.
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Re: 28mm Oseberg/A-Frame Tents?
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2015, 11:28:22 PM »
Oh, yes, the Kraken Skulls and Warbases models both lack the beams going front-back, due to the canvas being made from lasercut MDF  lol

I was at a re-enactment fair with Vikings today and took some pics (as I intend to build a 1:1 model at some point) - seems that a lot of the local Vikings use Saxon and Norman tents (and why not), so it should be OK to mix in some of the Renedra tents.

 

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