Tuesday 2 February 2016

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.

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    1. Thanks Phil, although it nver looks much at this stage. There will probanly be a few more additions to the cardboard form as I progress.

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  2. This will be another nifty project to follow, Mark.

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    1. It will certainly keep me busy on these hot summer evenings.

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  3. Mark,

    Are you going to retain the spire shape our change to onion tops?
    If so you could use curtain finials?

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    1. I quite like the look of the tiled roof in the image. It is probably more typical of the more rural areas. I made an onion dome from scratch some years ago and it drove me mad!

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  4. Excellent work so far, looking forward to seeing updates

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    1. Thanks Russ. Things will start to shape up on this quite quickly.

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