Leven Miniatures

[fred.]

Your stuff does look good, and I look forward to some 10mm stuff.

If the 10mm cinema is looking too big, I would suggest compressing the floor area a bit, while retaining the height, this mixed scale seems to look good with 10mm figures.

As for Romano British - I think the Baggage Train do some houses and a fortress for this era.

[Sunray]

Hi Mick - welcome to the forum - I have just pinged you an order for 6mm.

Two  obvious gaps in 10mm :

1.  A few decent airfield buildings.  Corgi released these long ago in 1/144 card and now they are collectors items.  You don't want hangers- we can build those out of plastic card -  but a decent control tower and a few classic war time admin and nissen type  structures.   Airfield buildings are generic enough to have a wide range of gaming applications.  You also win guys like Carlos who build the best in 1/144- 1/150 modelling and the sizable 1/144 aircraft faternity.  Lots of N gauge railway types will also use classical WW2 airfield buildings

2. Boats...(I can sense Vic aka Grumpy Old Man typing in his Paypal code already) Nobody does MTBs, E boats and small gunboats in 10mm.  Your work in resin is neat and clean enough for this level of casting.  A few tramp type steamers for Pendraken VBCW would be the icing on the cake.


Great to see you in 10mm

Best Wishes

Sunray

[levenminiatures]

Thanks for all the welcomes guys - and the suggestions. I like the idea of airfield and viking in 10mm so look out for them in the future.

I've never tried boats but it's an interesting idea - Built a remote control MTB some years a go - but that was 4 foot long so was a little oversize for 10mm, but will find out the plans and see what I can come up with.

[Pruneau]

Hi all - just dropped by to say hi and many thanks for all the great comments - just hope I can live up to it all.

Am working hard on finishing the Normandy Housing for the New Year - and an interesting idea for the cinema in 10mm will add it to the wish list.

Oh - and no 3D printer I'm afraid - all done by hand.

Welcome indeed!  Your normandy houses look great, and coincidentally I need some   will your roofs come off?  And do ou have a plan for inserting variety easily / like a panelled window or something similar?  I intend to make a few streets, so it would be nice to have some simple ways without too much customizing   just a question, but is there any plan to also offer damaged versions?

[levenminiatures]

erm - no the roofs do not come off but it's an idea I can look into. The models will probably be hollowed out on the base to reduce weight, but are not designed to hold 'troops' etc.

I decided to leave the windows and doors as plain openings to allow the user to create their own mullion/transoms or door panel detailing etc. I found that creating window and door detail on the model limited the usage of the building for particular eras. As with real life, over the lifetime of a building, the structure usually remains the same but the window detail changes with the period etc. ie pre-16th century leaded glass progressed to such as Victorian double hung sash, to modern picture windows, and nowadays to UPVC etc - this way, changes can be made with a paint brush (hope I didn't bore you but you get the idea).

I hadn't planned on damaged versions, but again, it's another idea to look into.

[ronan]

hello
welcome on board !

Asking what we need  opened the pandora's box ! 

[Fenton]

Asking what we need  opened the pandora's box ! 

Could you do a Pandoras box in 6 or 10mm?...that would be great

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Oh er Mrs! Pandora's box!  That's one I'm not sure even Nik could get away with on the Totty thread! 

[nikharwood]

Oh er Mrs! Pandora's box!  That's one I'm not sure even Nik could get away with on the Totty thread! 

Red rag? Meet bull...

Here you go: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,1714.msg63514.html#msg63514

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

 

[Hertsblue]

Welcome, Mick, can I echo the comments of the other guys re. workmanship.

Speaking personally, I'm always on the lookout for older buildings - half-timbered, georgian, churches etc. - because they read across all the periods and sit as well in WWII as they do in 7YW. Just a thought.   

[levenminiatures]

just checked Pandora's box - I could do that! - I prefer straight lines but curves are good too!

[FierceKitty]

I don't do ancients any more, but I've noticed a desperate shortage of buildings for the biggest historical period. And they really DO lend themselves to all periods, whereas half-timbered thatch would not, I fear, do well in the wars of Chi'n and Wu, or the final stand of Greece against Macedonia, etc.

Nik - bet you can't do lesbian totty pic with Jodie Foster and Claire Danes.

(worth a try; the man has a knack....)

[nikharwood]

Nik - bet you can't do lesbian totty pic with Jodie Foster and Claire Danes.

(worth a try; the man has a knack....)

Tricky - here's a quick go... you'll have to do a mental-photoshop-exercise

[FierceKitty]

Thanks for making my Sunday afternoon.