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Author Topic: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though  (Read 4856 times)

Offline Svennn

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Offline rob_alderman

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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2009, 04:38:27 PM »
I certainly hope it ends up in the British museum, that's amazing.

And we were all amazed by Overlord's brickwork!  :o

Offline Schogun

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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2009, 04:41:31 PM »
Wow!

You're right about the figs though. Maybe he should start over.   ;)

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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2009, 05:01:46 PM »
That's breathtaking. People like him make me proud to be in the same (more or less) hobby as them.
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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2009, 08:57:23 PM »
Very impressive.

Roughly 15mm scale ..... wonder if he'd let us use it for gaming ?
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Offline rob_alderman

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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2009, 11:57:45 PM »
I would have thought closer to 10mm, but hey, I'm no scale creep!

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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2009, 11:59:40 PM »
Come to think of it... if I was whittling those figures I wouldn't be too precise either. For what they're being used for I think it's an amazing effort!

And the castle... WOW  :o

Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2009, 07:59:38 PM »
He's sculpted 4000 figures which take three hours each  :o ???

That makes me feel a little better about my own sloth-like painting speed. I might even get my 100 or so Zanzibaris done before he finishes his project lol

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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2009, 09:35:58 AM »
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And while he sees it as a form of relaxation, he says his wife thinks he is mad.
'She wishes she'd married a normal person,' he said.

The common lament of a geek's wife  lol

But seriously forks, I can't even imagine having the level of project commitment to tackle something like that.  Incredible!

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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2009, 03:44:21 AM »
Religious or not, that's a very nice model. There's 31 too many Jesuses (Jesuii?) though ;).
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Offline Wolf 359

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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2009, 04:53:47 AM »

  That's an amazing piece of work. This proves that I'm not an over-achiever after all. One of the things I like seeing is a well thought-out diorama, and this is magnificent. This thing just begs to be the terrain piece for a Great Revolt battle with Romans and Jews.

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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2009, 06:17:38 AM »
Could you imagine making all the little footmen for that though? :o

Offline Sobriquet

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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2009, 09:01:45 PM »
Count me in disagreement over the figures -- I think they lend a bit of authenticity to it.  Don't get me wrong... had the figures been purely realistic I'd be suitably impressed, but the relative crudeness of the carvings works very well here.  And, given his attention to detail on the temple itself, I wouldn't be surprised if that's his intent.

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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2009, 11:47:04 PM »

  That's an amazing piece of work. This proves that I'm not an over-achiever after all. One of the things I like seeing is a well thought-out diorama, and this is magnificent. This thing just begs to be the terrain piece for a Great Revolt battle with Romans and Jews.



Agreed 150 percent.... unfortunately not much movement on the Jewish Revolt sprue over at the Wargames Factory these days, but hopefully it'll pick up at some point. This is just a war and period that needs to be covered.

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Offline Wolf 359

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Re: Decent bit of terrain - not keen on his figures though
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2009, 05:25:54 AM »

  You're right, Doc. Not enough interest in the Jewish revolt, but other figures can be adapted for use. I like the Biblical-era ancients in 15mm, but most people want to fight Romans vs. Gauls in 25mm. Or the Spartacus Revolt - another great era! We can always hope one of the manufacturers will take notice of the interest. Now if I could only get the idea out of my head for making the Siege of Masada in 6mm I'd be set, but now that I've seen this gentleman's Temple......


 

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