| D6 Junkie | 17 Jul 2009 1:56 p.m. PST |
Need to start making terrain since I
have no figures yet. Any eye candy out there
that I can use to inspire me into making some nice
25mm terrain? |
| shelldrake | 17 Jul 2009 2:35 p.m. PST |
Old Crow makes temple dogs, Fenryll makes A torii arch and bridge, Stronghold Minis, Hovels, Scheltrum, Johnkenkins designs and Oshiro Model terrain all make buildings, with Scheltrum also making boats. There was a new company yesterday (or day before) with a news item that have gongs, temple dogs, torii arches and some buildings on the way. |
| setsuko | 17 Jul 2009 2:48 p.m. PST |
I uploaded pictures and some tutorials of my Japanese buildings on this Mordheim forum. Learn from my mistakes and get some tips on how to make cheap terrain here: link |
| NoLongerAMember | 17 Jul 2009 2:54 p.m. PST |
Castle here that might interest you: link |
| DeanMoto | 17 Jul 2009 7:24 p.m. PST |
Oooo. Setsucko & FreddBlogs – awesome stuff in those links! |
| D6 Junkie | 17 Jul 2009 7:28 p.m. PST |
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Sturmpioneer  | 17 Jul 2009 7:30 p.m. PST |
I think Armorcast is bringing back some of its Asian terrain pieces. Also you can check out a scratchbuilt castle here: link |
| evilcartoonist | 17 Jul 2009 10:59 p.m. PST |
Setsuko, LOVE your buildings! Great eye for interior details. Do you have a blog or web site? Or do you just post your terrain stuff to that forum? |
| setsuko | 18 Jul 2009 7:11 a.m. PST |
evilcartoonist: I have no real blog or website, but I post my 28mm Japanese historicals in this warseer thread: link and my various 15mm historicals in this warseer thread: link They are sadly a bit high on signal to noise ratio due to the discussions and whatnot. |
| Howler | 18 Jul 2009 5:10 p.m. PST |
Setsuko Thanks for the tutorial. It had never crossed my mind to use bath towels for the roofing. Simple, effective, and inexpensive. What more could I ask for. Nicely done1 |
| nycjadie | 19 Jul 2009 5:38 a.m. PST |
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| The Dial Dude | 19 Jul 2009 7:28 a.m. PST |
Speaking of Japanese terrain, does anyone have any information about a layout for a castle with the walls and everything? I'm starting a similiar project and I've started on the wall sections, but I need direction for the layout itself. Any suggestions? |
| setsuko | 19 Jul 2009 8:40 a.m. PST |
The Dial Dude: There are almost as many layouts as there are castles. Generally you would have the main keep (donjon) in the middle, surrounded by one or several circles of walls shaped based on geography. More than that is difficult to say since these walls can cover large areas in some castles, especially those on the flat plains, or they could be only short stretches barring the most obvious climbing paths on mountain castles. They could be a simple square around the keep or they could include intricate alleys and dead ends to lure attackers into ambushes. A good option is to find a castle you like the look (and more importantly, size!) of, and research some photos of it. You can always fudge things a bit here and there, but just generally keep in the spirit of it. There's no need to make a castle that completely covers your gaming table just so that you can have all the outlying defensive walls present. Some good links to check out: Site with good pictures of many castles
jcastle.info Doyusha kits are great and just looking at them can give you some ideas
link
link You can always check out Osprey's Japanese Castles 1540-1640 too for some ideas about layouts and such. |
| The Dial Dude | 19 Jul 2009 9:44 a.m. PST |
Setsuko, Thanks for the great links! I've got the osprey book and it's good mind you, but I want specifics. the jcastle link is awesome for anyone looking to get inspired to do terrain. I'm leaning towards the Utsunomiya Castle. Now to find more details about this! Again, thanks so much. I'll have to set up a blog or something as I start down this road for this project. |
| tigrifsgt | 20 Jul 2009 5:59 a.m. PST |
Setsuko: Great stuff, it took me over 45 min. just to get through the link on your 28's. That was with only looking at the pictures and doing very little reading. I really like the gate you are using for the temple, where did you get it? Again your work just simply amazing. TIG |
| setsuko | 20 Jul 2009 7:49 a.m. PST |
tig: The gate is a 1:100 kit I found at a model store in Tokyo by some pretty obscure maker. It looked pretty old so I doubt you'd be able to find it online. Finding good plastic kits that fit 28mm is surprisingly hard, even in Japan. |
| tigrifsgt | 20 Jul 2009 10:13 a.m. PST |
We have an asian festival locally once a year, that might be a good spot to try some things that I wouldn't find on line. |
