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Eliazar Etheral


Posts : 1981 Trading Reputation : 1 Join date : 2007-08-27 Age : 29 Location : Lund, Sweden
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Pirates (Unofficial) Achievements earned: none
 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Sat 24 Dec 2011 - 1:50 | |
| Apart from thinking that this should be at the top once more, I even have a question: what size are you walls? I am currently working on my own pirate town, and was wondering if 5cm (which I currently envision), is sufficient. Especially with regard to ogres, who are about 5cm high and thus hurt their head when based and trying to enter... did this ever come up? |
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playtable Ancient


Posts : 426 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-02-21 Location : Indianapolis, Indiana
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Sat 24 Dec 2011 - 21:26 | |
| Eleazar - Thak you for your thinking. Knowing beforehand that a lot of Mordheimers are grown people and have big hands, and that there are a lot of dramtically posed (tall) figures being used (taking a long time to get there, I know),
I made my ground floor walls 2-3/4" tall. Some of the 2nd story walls are a little shorter depending on what I was doing.
Another justification of this is that the Sartosa/Tortuga buildings are in very warm climates, builders use ceiling height to give the hot air somewhere to rise to which keeps the lower area cooler.
And to guess a future question or two:
Depending on the use of the door, some are 1-1/4" wide, some 1-3/8" wide, and Lengs storefront door is 1-1/2" wide. I think all are 1-3/4" tall at the top of the arch.
Most windows start 3/4" off the ground and are 1" wide and 1-1/4" tall.
The outside stair and roof-top walls are the only double-thick parts of the buildings. There is no need to make the inside walls thicker.
The rooftop removeable wall is 1" tall on the outside.
Building size wise:
The Port Authority building's 1st floor is 6" x 8" on the outside, not counting the outside stairway. The 2nd floor is 4" x 6" - this is pretty small to game inside and is not used much, but looks better than just one big flat roof.
The outside stairways themselves are 1-1/2" wide from the building wall to the outside of the stairway wall.
The main body of the church is 8" x10" on the outside, not counting the outside stairway. I think the church's stairway is 1-1/2" wide for just the steps themselves.
Hope this helps. |
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Eliazar Etheral


Posts : 1981 Trading Reputation : 1 Join date : 2007-08-27 Age : 29 Location : Lund, Sweden
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Pirates (Unofficial) Achievements earned: none
 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Sun 25 Dec 2011 - 4:09 | |
| Thanks a lot  I opted for 6cm walls, which should be quite in line with your size, too. Looks good and from what I put in there, most of the miniatures should also fit in well. First building is almost finished, once I add some floors, I'll show some WIP pics  |
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Von Kurst Distinguished Poster


Posts : 7575 Trading Reputation : 3 Join date : 2009-01-18
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Tue 27 Dec 2011 - 14:00 | |
| Looking forward to your buildings and thanks for giving the playtable a push along his scenic construction path. |
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playtable Ancient


Posts : 426 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-02-21 Location : Indianapolis, Indiana
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Sat 31 Dec 2011 - 18:09 | |
| The path hath pitfalls. Do you have any idea how hard it is to build things with one hand in a boxing glove?  </A> |
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DeafNala Honour Guard


Posts : 19069 Trading Reputation : 8 Join date : 2008-04-03 Age : 70 Location : Horseshoe Bay, TX, USA
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Sat 31 Dec 2011 - 18:14 | |
| That looks UBERNASTY...I hope you are on the mend & out of the pain zone. |
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werekin Venerable Ancient


Posts : 872 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2008-06-22 Age : 40 Location : Poole, England
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Sat 7 Jan 2012 - 16:49 | |
| Badly disguised mutation. Suggest getting it lanced off... The witch hunters will be coming round later this week.  |
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playtable Ancient


Posts : 426 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-02-21 Location : Indianapolis, Indiana
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Sat 7 Jan 2012 - 20:49 | |
| werekin: - Quote :
- Badly disguised mutation. Suggest getting it lanced off... The witch hunters will be coming round later this week
From one mutant to another, I assume this is a friendly warning to get out of town quick. By the way, if anyone hasn't noticed this thread is being continued via a work in progress thread. http://boringmordheimforum.forumieren.com/t6063-tortuga-sartosa-begins-again |
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Myntokk Venerable Ancient


Posts : 679 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-09-03 Age : 32 Location : California
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Wed 18 Jan 2012 - 12:38 | |
| Wow, just spent a while combing through - this has to be the most fun terrain to play on. Lovely attention to detail and it looks like you did a great job of making it functional for gaming as well. Keep up the good work!
p.s. Any chance of seeing a whole board put together using your Tortuga terrain? Or was there already a shot in the thread that I missed...? |
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Von Kurst Distinguished Poster


Posts : 7575 Trading Reputation : 3 Join date : 2009-01-18
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Wed 18 Jan 2012 - 15:58 | |
|  From the Treachery and Greed thread in the Battle Reports and Fluff section. The Tortuga scenery shows up in all of our pirate campaigns posted there. |
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playtable Ancient


Posts : 426 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-02-21 Location : Indianapolis, Indiana
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Wed 18 Jan 2012 - 16:20 | |
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Hubbynz Hero


Posts : 31 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2012-01-15 Location : Sydney, Australia
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Mon 23 Jan 2012 - 20:23 | |
| the detail on your work is amazing. |
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DeafNala Honour Guard


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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Tue 24 Jan 2012 - 5:13 | |
| This is the stuff of pure inspiration... BEAUTIFULLY WELL DONE! Beyond being wonderfully detailed & highly playable, all your pieces are very versatile; i.e., I could just as easily see Poncho Villas Lads or French Foreign Legion of the Maximillian adventure wandering the streets of your towns as I could picture Mordheim style troops. WONDERFUL STUFF! |
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Squig Captain


Posts : 66 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2012-02-28 Location : Germany
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 11:55 | |
| Hi, playtable! Hey, everyone! I am new to this wonderful forum and first browsed through the galleries. A lot of superb stuff there like your buildings or the pirate orks or or or... Your buildings simply look awesome. Respect! May I ask, how you exactly crafted the roofs with the orange-terracotta-coloured shingles? What are they made of?  Best regards, Squig |
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playtable Ancient


Posts : 426 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-02-21 Location : Indianapolis, Indiana
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Wed 29 Feb 2012 - 17:03 | |
| Thanks Squig. As to your question: - Quote :
- May I ask, how you exactly crafted the roofs with the orange-terracotta-coloured shingles?
What are they made of?
I cheated and used pre-made textured plastic sheeting. The brand name is: PLASTRUCT. The product is: "O" scale Spanish Tile Roof. |
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Squig Captain


Posts : 66 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2012-02-28 Location : Germany
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Thu 1 Mar 2012 - 8:53 | |
| Ahoi, young master playtable! Thanks for your accurate description. Keep up your fantastic work!  |
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izmerul Veteran


Posts : 135 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2012-02-28 Age : 35 Location : China
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Fri 2 Mar 2012 - 5:46 | |
| - Squig wrote:
- Ahoi, young master playtable!
Thanks for your accurate description.
Keep up your fantastic work! 
That's 'ancient' young master to you =P great stuff ... moving on to the follow up thread =P |
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Paboook Warlord


Posts : 259 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2010-06-19 Location : Heart of Europe
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Sun 4 Mar 2012 - 8:16 | |
| - playtable wrote:
- The path hath pitfalls.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to build things with one hand in a boxing glove?
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I hope that the mambo jambo of Sigmar's priests did work this time and your mutation got better  Looking forward to see new pictures of your project. |
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playtable Ancient


Posts : 426 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-02-21 Location : Indianapolis, Indiana
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 | Subject: Re: Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP Mon 5 Mar 2012 - 21:47 | |
| I'm getting much better, I just have 2 forever shortened fingernails to grow the rest of the way back in - half way there.
No more buildings as yet.
I've been painting miniatures and working on clutter types of terrain.
Nothing done except the 25th aniv. 40K model. (Looks good though.) |
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