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03/03/2020

Akira - The ramen shop

This damn bloody cold/flu/whatever isn't shifting but I'm still getting stuff done, albeit slowly.

I've been trying to finish off the builds that I started for this project one at a time. It's sort of working but I still find myself occasionally flitting between them. I'm glad to say, howeer, that this one is done!

It's very loosely based on my favorite ramen shop in Tokyo and I went to town a bit on the details. The main walls and floors are laser cut acrylic with the little hut on top from card. It was mainly painted with rattle cans and copious weathering was added with inks and pastels.

Some of the elements are available from Here and some have been scratch built. I really need to sort out a switch for it as plugging the ceiling lights into the battery holder everytime is a bit of  pain but as it's not essential to the look I haven't done it yet lol

Onto the photos (which are a tad uneven colour wise, apologies for that). There's also a video at the bottom with dodgy 'sound effects'.















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8 comments:

  1. That is a great building, and looks very playable too. (assuming that the floors come off as separate layers)

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    1. Thanks :-)

      The floors are removable but I'm thinking of having simple print outs next to it when it's on the table next to all the other buildings.

      cheers

      James

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  2. Very nice Jim...
    I particularly like the lighting.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Thanks Aly :-)

      I could also put little battery tea lights in some of the floors so it looks a bit more lived in.

      cheers

      James

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  3. It's simply amazing. It looks like a real place, so natural. What a fantastic work.

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  4. I love it. Really reminds me of some of the slightly more suburban urban areas! Kawagoe etc.

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    1. Thanks :-)

      Yes, I'm going for the out lying areas rather than the inner city as making those massive buildings in 28mm doesn't bear thinking about lol

      cheers

      James

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