Desert ruins (1 Viewer)

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While I'm seriously thinking about starting the Sudan collection in 2012 I decided to build a destroyed house of the desert village for the end of the year. At the moment only few sailors and Mahdists fight among the walls.
Happy New Year!!!
Carlo

 

[Napoleon1er]

WOW, that is beautiful! That is definitely one of the best desert structures I have EVER seen! How did you build it?
-Sandor{bravo}}

 

[Fraxinus]

Very nice indeed!!!

 

[Louis Badolato]

Fantastic job!^&cool^&cool

 

[mikemiller1955]

Carlo...the ruined building is stunning...your work is superb...another winner...your JJD's look great with it...

 

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Many thanks to all,
indeed it is a recycling job. In fact the idea came to me looking at a PC polystyrene interior packaging, a split side gave me the vision of a broken wall. All started from that image.
By the same way I build some houses in desert style. It’s a funny job. I’ll try to post other pictures waiting the midnight!
Ciao

 

[Napoleon1er]

Many thanks to all,
indeed it is a recycling job. In fact the idea came to me looking at a PC polystyrene interior packaging, a split side gave me the vision of a broken wall. All started from that image.
By the same way I build some houses in desert style. It’s a funny job. I’ll try to post other pictures waiting the midnight!
Ciao

If you post more pics, I might try to make something similar, though I have one question- how did you do the design on the second floor?

 

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Thank you Sandor,
I downloaded a picture from Internet, then I scaled down and multiplied it to make a pavement.
The next pictures show other buildings I made recently, for them I used Polystyrene sheets of course.
Carlo

 

[Fraxinus]

Would never have guessed it was polystrene. I was thinking wall board or some hand-molded stucco / plaster patch material. Stunning ^&grin^&grin !!!!

I will have to think about the merits of modeling with polystrene.

 

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some more

 

[mikemiller1955]

Carlo...all three buildings are spectacular...you're so talented...now that you have a nice Middle Eastern group of buildings...I think you have to buy the JJD's to go with them...

 

[Fraxinus]

What treatment is covering the polystrene --- just paint or is there a "patch" material?

 

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Thank you Ken,
yes the walls have a substantial finish of stucco...

Thank you Mike,
I'm deciding what figures to get first... I think the Gordon's Officer, very nice!

...last pictures follow

 

[giol]

RICOSTRUZIONE MOLTO SUGGESTIVA!!!!
Complimenti e Auguri di Buon Anno!!!
Giovanni

 

[Napoleon1er]

Hi,
How do you do your doors and windows? I really like your buildings, so I might do the ultimate flattery and copy your techniques!
Ciao,
Sandor:salute::

 

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grazie Giovanni,
un FELICE e SERENO 2012 anche a te!!


Sandor,
I build them from balsa and paint or, easily, I download pictures (see enclosure) and reduce them like the floor, at last I finish with a balsa frame.

Carlo

 

[Napoleon1er]

Very cool idea, Carlo. I like the pictures combined with balsa, as it gives detail but also a 3D feel!

 

[mestell]

Very well done . . . . just brilliant . . . .
Mike

 

[Fraxinus]

Ok, if I am understanding this correctly, the door is a photo of a door, reduced in size and then mounted in a balsa frame and then attached to the building?

Brilliantly beyond brilliant.

 

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correct Ken, I myself I could not explain it better!
...and I added red card curtains on the windows, a touch of oriental colors.