Monday, 15 February 2016

Russian Church, Part 10

The church is now painted and assembled.

In 13 days it has gone from this inspiration:


To this rough cardboard form:


To the finished product:







These shots, with only flash lighting, don't do the model justice, especially the gold spires, but you will get an idea until I have the chance to set up a proper "shoot".

One more step is required, to make the base, but I want to give this a little more thought. This may take a few more days.
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  1. Natholeon15 February 2016 at 21:59

    That will be a fantastic piece of scenery to have on your Crimean battlefields. Do Russian churches have graveyards beside them? That could make for an interesting detail on a base.

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    1. Mark Strachan15 February 2016 at 22:09

      Yes I had thought of a graveyard, but I'm not sure. I need to search around a bit more. This is going to be one of the central features of a game at Tarawera so I need to fins a way to accomodate a battalion irvtwo within the base.

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  2. Russ15 February 2016 at 23:23

    Absolutely incredible, the effort thats gone into it really shows! Really nice work all round.

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    1. Mark Strachan16 February 2016 at 06:44

      Thank you Russ. I just need to find some way to put it on a spectacular, but war-games practical, base.

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  3. Phil16 February 2016 at 02:15

    A wonderful job!

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    1. Mark Strachan16 February 2016 at 06:45

      Thanks Phil. It was lots of fun and kept me occupied for a few days!

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  4. Jonathan Freitag16 February 2016 at 03:08

    Wow! That is a stunning piece! You are very talented, Mark. Great work and anenjoyable "How to" series to follow.

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    1. Mark Strachan16 February 2016 at 06:42

      Thanks Jonathan. In restrospect I wish I had put that little bit more detail on the window frames. It would have made a difference.

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  5. Stuart S16 February 2016 at 07:18

    Now that is a centre piece - looking forward to seeing it on the tabletop.
    Cheers
    Stu

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    1. Mark Strachan16 February 2016 at 07:49

      Thanks Stu. I hope to complete the basing within a week. It will sit on a piece of raised ground and will have something of a cemetery.

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  6. John17 February 2016 at 13:25

    Hi Mark,

    I've watched this one with interest and have enjoyed the blow-by-blow details of its construction! I thought the watermill was impressive enough, but I think the church has surpassed that, although they've both had their different challenges (and in the church's case over 600 of them)!

    Very nice model indeed!

    Regards,

    John

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    1. Mark Strachan17 February 2016 at 13:34

      Thank you John. It was a fun one to make. I will work on the base for the model this weekend. I finished the orthodox priest who will go with the model just last night.

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