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Offline thejammedgatling

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Chinese walled compound project
« on: 12 April 2017, 04:05:31 PM »
Hi LAFers.

I thought I'd share my Chinese compound with you, now in it's finished form! I use it for BoB as well as Samurai. I also made up some rice padi fields to go with and a river to irrigate them. It was quite a fun project, with lots of learning curves on the way!

I looked at traditional Chinese buildings and especially the Hutongs..traditional suburbs of Beijing. Also lots of Kung Fu Panda with the kids! I designed the main components in autocad and then 3D printed them. Then made moulds and cast in resin so they are detailed and durable. The compound walls I did in the same way, though cast these in Hydrocal plaster..a very strong plaster, reinforced with glass fibre. The buildings all have lift off roofs and I made the compound in such a way that you could break it in half to make two smaller walled compounds or one larger one, with an inner courtyard if wanted.



As you can see, the resin sections are bonded to foamcore, giving it huge extra strength and some flexibility.



The roofs are all barrel tiles and resin, lifting off. They are all curved.













Hope you enjoyed!
TJG
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Offline Malamute

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #1 on: 12 April 2017, 04:11:14 PM »
Great stuff. ;D
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Offline Tom Reed

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #2 on: 12 April 2017, 05:22:10 PM »
Oh wow, very nice indeed!
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Offline wolfkarl

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #3 on: 12 April 2017, 05:24:07 PM »
Looks great. I love those rice paddies too!
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Offline OSHIROmodels

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #4 on: 12 April 2017, 05:32:13 PM »
Cracking work Lev  8) 8)

They've got the right feel of realism mixed with gamability.

cheers

James
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Offline Mr. Peabody

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #5 on: 12 April 2017, 05:39:21 PM »
Quote from: jimbibbly on 12 April 2017, 05:32:13 PM
They've got the right feel of realism mixed with gamability.

Quite so! Also just the right mix of 3d printing and hand crafting. This is a great example of how I imagine 3d printing contributing to awesome hobby projects.

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Offline marianas_gamer

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #6 on: 12 April 2017, 08:43:28 PM »
Really nice  :-* :-* My hat is off to you!!
LB
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Offline Poiter50

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #7 on: 13 April 2017, 02:53:16 AM »
C'mon Lev, this just cries out for a Tute!   ;) ;)
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Offline WuZhuiQiu

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #8 on: 13 April 2017, 04:32:11 AM »
Amazing work! Are you going to sell any components...?
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Offline Mr. Peabody

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #9 on: 13 April 2017, 05:25:20 AM »
Quote from: WuZhuiQiu on 13 April 2017, 04:32:11 AM
Amazing work! Are you going to sell any components...?

Or the .stl files?   8)

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Offline carlos marighela

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #10 on: 13 April 2017, 11:36:10 AM »
Lovely work!
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Offline LeadAsbestos

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #11 on: 13 April 2017, 01:28:53 PM »
Wonderful!
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Offline joekano

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #12 on: 13 April 2017, 06:21:25 PM »
Well done!
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Offline AKULA

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #13 on: 13 April 2017, 09:06:06 PM »
Great idea, well executed

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Re: Chinese walled compound project
« Reply #14 on: 13 April 2017, 09:06:48 PM »
Inspiring and wonderful work!
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