Please note that NZ Post have suspended all parcel services to the USA until issues around the collection of newly imposed tariffs are resolved.
This is a more diverse selection than the last batch with a mix of 28mm and 15mm scales. They have taken much longer to complete than I thought thanks to some garden cleaning up (not ours), our short trip to the south and a back issue that made sitting in one position for a length difficult.
When I begin work on a building project I usually start from a photograph of drawing of some structure that has caught my attention. Once I start to put together the underlying form I can see the model as though it is a finished product. Sometimes I make changes midway through the sculpting process, but almost always, when about half way through the build, I develop a thought that the design is not working. However, I persist and it always comes out as I expected at the start. The 15mm Mediterranean style villa included here is a prime example of the process.
The inspiration came from a contemporary photograph of houses near the Italian town of Magenta after the battle fought there in 1859. The model was then made incorporating features from some other drawings and some photos I had taken in Italy in the mid 1980s. I made it in 1999 for inclusion in the Military Miniatures range that I had sculpted over the previous 13 years and was to be the 139th model in the 15mm range. But I left Military Miniatures (or Battlefront as it had just been renamed) in October of that year and the master was never delivered. It has sat in a shelf in my study ever since. On numerous occasions I have thought "I really should paint it up..." and now I have, and it looks exactly as it appeared in my mind's eye when I started the sculpt 26 years ago.
For those interested the Yarkshire Gamer podcast that featured my gaming experience has been released here:
These all look great, Mark! I especially like the first photo of the villa.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan. It is a pleasure to see it finished after all this time! Since it is a cold wet afternoon here today I am painting the other two 15mm buildings and should have photos of them up tomorrow.
DeleteVery nice Mark - and I understand Mr Shanks may have purchased one of your properties?!
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith...I couldn't possibly comment
DeleteLovely looking buildings, the middle eastern ones have come out particularly well and I know what you mean about a bit if a dip in belief but you just have to persevere and it's usually alright I find!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain. That self doubt crops up almost every time.
DeleteBeautiful stuff as usual Mark. It is very annoying about the postal situation with the US and Australia Post have done the same thing amid the uncertainty. The postage coming the other way seems to get more expensive as well every time I look at purchasing from there.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence. I see that they have solved the problem in the UK. I imagine it is quite a programming to work out a solution.
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