Blog Update: Bits for African Imagi-Nation Border Crossing

[irishserb]

Hi,

 

I posted a few photos of customs buildings, fencing and signs for my 15mm African Imagi-nation border crossing for those who might be interested.  Located at:

Mugabian border post

Thanks for looking.

irishserb

 

 

[Rod Robertson]

Outstanding work Irishserb! The Buildings are lovely – like watching Hatari in miniature! I really like the iron-work fencing. Isn’t HO scale too big for your fifteens or does it fit in well with the figures and vehicles? Thanks for sharing this and keep up the great work. Most inspiring!

Cheers and good gaming.

Rod Robertson.

[kyoteblue]

How very very cool !!!

[Steve Johnson]

Lovely work and you’ve got those buildings spot on.

[paintpig]

Yeah they look great really very neat modelling, now for some cross border shenanigans 

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[irishserb]

Thanks all.

Rod, In HO, the fence is about 4.5 feet tall.  That scales to around 5′-3″ or so, depending on what you use as the standard in 15mm.  My original intent was to find or make fence that worked out to closer to 7 feet tall, but didn’t have materials and couldn’t get them quick enough for the weekend.  The spacing is a little larger, but again, were talking a few scale inches in 1/100, so I think the HO offers a reasonable compromise with respect to scale, cost, and time.

I originally planned to weather the fence, but ran out of my rust paint while working on the roof of the smaller building.  By chance, last night I noticed the same hairpin style fence at the local university, about three feet high on top of an 18 inch tall masonry wall.  It was made of aluminum, so now I’m thinking of just going back and adding a little dust to weather the fence.

And on a mildly humorous side note:  About three weeks back, I developed Bells Palsy.  Basically, the right side of my face is paralyzed as if I had a stroke.  Its starting to get better, but for the time being, I can’t control the right side of my lips, and can’t fully control the right eye lids.  The result is that right eye constantly tears up, so every thing is continuously blurry in my right eye.  I’ve learned to ignore it, and basically function with one eye for the time being.  Well, I have little or no depth perception, particularly up close.  The result is that over the last two weeks, while painting figs and this stuff, I was continuously missing the target with the brush.  I frequently miss the fig with the brush by a couple of inches, sometimes it takes three or four tries to get the paint where I want it for fine details.  I end up trying to paint thin air, usually about two inches above where the figure is actually at.   Its really pretty funny, and weird when I take a swipe at the fig, and it doesn’t change color.

[Earther]

I love the new buildings and have thoroughly enjoyed all the Mugabia-Uwanda War posts. Great blog irishserb! 

[Mike]

Earther wrote:

Great blog irishserb!

Yes, hope you are recovering/coping OK.
I wondered where you had been.

[kyoteblue]

Irishserb , please tell me you saw a Doctor about the Bells Palsy.!!!!

[Earther]

What the kyote said! 

[irishserb]

Yes, rare occasion where I did see the doc.  Looks too much like a stroke to not go.

[Rod Robertson]

Irishserb:

I applaud your achievements in the face of adversity and your determination to soldier on. However, I also share the concerns of Kyoteblue and Earther stated above. Take care of yourself, man!

Perhaps an eye-patch, a wooden peg-leg and a shoulder-perched parrot are what you need to adopt so that you can cut a striking figure whilst painting the minis (and air) before you? Coo-Arrrr, Billie! Have you ever been to sea lad? Keep your spirits up and best wishes for a speedy recovery/adjustment.

Cheers and good gaming.

Rod Robertson.

[irishserb]

Thanks for the concern and the wardrobe suggestions.  Naming my parrot “BoBo”, by the way.  Noy sure about this peg leg thing though.

I posted another update, a brief backstory leading into the next set of battles:

Mugabia-Uwanda War Backstory

The next AAR should be up in 2-3 days.

[Earther]

It’s a bit cruel to burden a parrot with a peg leg… 

 

Looking forward to the border clash AAR! 

[kyoteblue]

Wood Eye, Peg Leg !!!

[irishserb]

Hmmm, BoBo the Pegleg Parrot.

I like it.

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