Russian Church - Part 1

With the completion of the mounted Sardinian officer shown in the last post, I have conquered the lead mountain (only temporarily because another order is due towards the end of the month). I needed another project. 

 

For me these fill-in projects are always terrain items and I wanted something spectacular, something Russian. What better than a Russian church that I can use for the Crimea, for the Napoleonic Wars and for the future Great Northern War project.

 

After a brief search on the web I drew inspiration from this image.

It has all things I like in a model building; stone and wood (both of which give me the opportunity for deep texture), an irregular roof line to give character, and some gilded steeple roofs to give a final bit of dash.

 

I quickly sketched up the basic shape and made up the cardboard form, shown here.

I know it looks rough here, but inside a week it will have started to take some shape.

The spires will be added towards the end of the process (when I have figured out how to make them). The front porch will also be added at the end.

The first level of texture will start tomorrow.