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tjh
February 13th, 2010, 04:25 PM
Hey everyone!

This is a model I just finished for a project I was working on, was a lot of fun making it but their were many late nights! Will post a picture of the whole thing once I get one taken

Scale: 1/2 inch: 1 foot

Materials: Foam board, card, balsa and hardwood of varying sizes, paper, blue foam, sand, paints etc etc etc

Build time: 2 weeks
Mah ' Crub
February 13th, 2010, 04:40 PM
This is really nice, good job.

Mah ' Crub
MikeMakesModels
February 14th, 2010, 03:45 AM
The stone work looks a little rough - something as simple as a quick once-over with a Scotch-brite pad would have knocked the peaks back a tad and made it work a little more nicely at scale.

But the interior and the wheel stuff look great - and overall it's a very nice piece :)
Φ
February 14th, 2010, 04:30 AM
wow thats great!

did you build that for a photo- or film-setup? or just for the sake of building it? either way, it really is great!!
tjh
February 14th, 2010, 06:21 AM
Thanks for the feedback!

DuneFishUK - I totally agree about the stonework, it needs more work and the polyfila was too thick in certain places.

Phil - it was built to communicate the design of a japanese watermill in 1600 rural japan for a design project I was working on which was based around a feature film.
Hookswords
February 14th, 2010, 08:57 AM
Very cool.

Great job on hiding that ninja, I almost didnt see him
Jovian M
February 14th, 2010, 06:33 PM
Very cool.

Great job on hiding that ninja, I almost didnt see him

Was that a joke? Cuz I just spent 5 minutes trying to find a ninja, and couldn't spot one.


This is awesome.
Joshua A.C. Newman
February 15th, 2010, 10:11 PM
The village is wide open to horsemen, until the fields are flooded. One guard for each direction takes four. Two more as a reserve. You'll need at least... seven, including me.
tjh
February 16th, 2010, 09:02 AM
Seven exactly Joshua, I think you know which film it was designed for!

Jovian - I'm pretty certain it was a joke, unless Hookswords is seeing something we cant, haha!
Hookswords
February 16th, 2010, 11:40 AM
I'm getting my holidays mixed up. I posted that one Valentine's Day, but I was thinking April Fools. My bad, sorry cats. :)
tjh
February 16th, 2010, 01:28 PM
Some more photos, showing you a more complete image of the mill
Mah ' Crub
February 16th, 2010, 07:34 PM
What do you mean, " Where is the Ninja? " He's right there!!!,, and you can even see his shadow, , , it's plain as day mate,, don't know what the problem is?
Really like this, I love the way the Japanese build,{ at least in this time period} they were amazing craftsmen !} I think you nailed it.

Mah ' Crub