10mm Aspern Essling build

After seeing the larger 28mm version of building base 1, one of my regular clients has asked for me to replicate it in 10mm to match the existing ones I've already done for him (see the 10mm Napoleonic labels).

Quite the challenge as 10mm is a lot smaller than 28mm so some of the details will have to be reduced somewhat and I've had to do the timbering in a different way. Basically lasered 0.5mm acrylic following the same sort of arrangement as the last one.

Just the rear building for now but the others are drawn up and will be cut out, hopefully this coming week.

The glazing is back sprayed acrylic with the transoms/mullions scored on (with the laser) then filled with acrylic paint which is scrapped off leaving paint in the score lines.

The basic layout is shown in the first picture and for those that don't know, the coin (20p) is just over 21mm from base to tip.

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10mm German stables/barn

Got another 10mm commission for you and this time it's a wagon stables.

Basically the same construction methods as the last ones I've done in 10mm and the same sort of brief, which was fairly open but requirements for certain sized bases to fit on the model and for there to be a couple of trees (which always look good on models). No wip photos I'm afraid this time as it was a fairly quick build but like the rest it's on a 120mm base of 3mm MDF.

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10mm German Farm

Got another little project to show you tonight. It's a 10mm German farm to go along with the 10mm German barn I did a while back (I also completed this one a while back but typically have only just got round to posting it).

Not too many wips for this but you might be interested to know that everything was made by hand in styrene, apart from the windows, which were scored on the laser and then filled with paint. The base is 120mm square to give you an idea of it's size. The roof tiles were from a model railway plastic sheet that has great detail to it and the small barn was brick pattern styrene with microstrip for the timber.

Everything was sprayed with the exception to the timber on the barn and the groundwork. I find for the smaller scales, spraying everything gives a much smoother and even finish which allows more subtle weathering.

Here are the finished pictures, quite chuffed with it really :-)

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10mm German barn

This was a lovely little build to do.

I was supplied the base (120mm square) and asked to make a typical German barn of the Napoleonic era. I think I've got it right...

No work in progress shots but the main body was built from brick styrene sheeting and the roof as tile sheeting. The wood work was strip styrene, cut to shape and stuck on, quite the labour of love...

Unfortunately I've misplaced my 10mm figures so there is a 28mm figure for scale.

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10mm for a change

Got this little commission in a while ago of a Saxon church. Not the Dark age types but the region in Germany.

The inspiration from the client was from John Boadles site as he had already made one in 28mm, to fit on a base with a fence and a tree or two.

Quite a simple brief and yet quite an enjoyable model.

I actually made this one the 'traditional way, as in all hand cut from card.

The base was supplied and it was just a little work to translate the original 28mm model into the smaller scale and to fit nicely on the base.

The roof was also made from card and the tiles are from an old styrene sheet that I had to hand (I have since been able to find the same sheeting from EMA).

No more progress shots of this but the windows were lasered and the door was scratched from balsa wood. The fence was a bit of timber cut down very fine, I used timber because of it's strength and the size needed, balsa just wouldn't hack it unfortunately.

The trees were old etched ones from work that needed a bit of love before putting on. The groundwork was a fine mix of textured masonry paint and fine sand given the smaller scale but painted in the normal way with several different types of flock to break it up.

It was painted in Foundry colours to help give the richness of the original model. I'll leave you now with the finished photos. The figures are Pendraken 10mm Spaniards (the only 10mm I had for size) and a 28mm 18th century chappy tjust to show the scale difference.

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