Andy's Modelmaking Misadventures

[Punkawallah]

A feature length episode!
Can’t wait to see the Communist propaganda film crew recording the victories of the proletariat against the bourgeoisie.

 

[Andy in Germany]

A feature length episode!
Can’t wait to see the Communist propaganda film crew recording the victories of the proletariat against the bourgeoisie.

I was rather taken by that idea, so I uploaded a photo of one of the races on an AI editor and told it to make it look like a 1930's socialist propaganda poster. It came up with this:

 

[Punkawallah]

I was rather taken by that idea, so I uploaded a photo of one of the races on an AI editor and told it to make it look like a 1930's socialist propaganda poster. It came up with this:


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Lols. I can see the hammer - can it work in a suckle?

 

[Andy in Germany]

That thing called "real life" is getting in the way again. Currently, I have time to make stuff, but not always to post about it.

I didn't want to give up on the Ascension Island government office: the original is a somewhat iconic building so it helps to set the scene. It turns out that if you think ahead, you make more progress...

Of course, that meant I had to tackle the frankly unnecessarily complicated roof...

...which I managed after a certain a mount of swearing and remaking of awkwardly shaped sections.

Apart from the colours, the corrugated roof is the same as on the original; it’s not just because I couldn’t be bothered making more tiles. I suppose that in somewhere as remote as Ascension there’s only so much money even for prestigious government buildings.

I on the other hand use only the best of premium model making materials...

 

[Reynard]

That roof gives it an almost colonial look. More Jamaica than Ascension. But I imagine that's the point

 

[Andy in Germany]

That roof gives it an almost colonial look. More Jamaica than Ascension. But I imagine that's the point

I expect the buildings are fairly similar in many "minor" parts of the Empire. This is the original:

Even a roughly "scale" model would dwarf everything else on the model, which is why my version is severely condensed.

 

[Reynard]

I do hope you're going to keep that colour scheme!

If nothing else, it gives your characters a good opportunity to criticise it / try to change it etc.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I do hope you're going to keep that colour scheme!

If nothing else, it gives your characters a good opportunity to criticise it / try to change it etc.

Certainly: it's part of the character of the building. I just have to make sure it isn't too pink...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Fifteen attempts later, the Ascension seat of government is now roughly the correct colour. Getting the prototypical shade of beige-pink on the quoins was quite the battle, I can tell you…

Next step is the details, like a sign, possibly some drainpipes, and the general muckiness that seems to pervade everything on my version of Ascension.

 

[Reynard]

A mix of rose madder, titanium buff and zinc white should do it...

Looking good.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Beautiful Daughter was interested in making some models, so I built an extension to the harbour wall, and we added the clay together. Here she is adding some texture before the clay dries.

This is after riding 50km/30 miles on her bike…

 

[Andy in Germany]

A mix of rose madder, titanium buff and zinc white should do it...

Looking good.

Thanks...

I'll just use my usual method: make a rough approximation, add a layer of dirt, and hope nobody notices...

 

[Reynard]

Thanks...

I'll just use my usual method: make a rough approximation, add a layer of dirt, and hope nobody notices...

Love it!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Life is intervening, again, so model making projects are being kept short and simple. This seems a good time to make some extra checkpoints for “The Races”, so that I can have a slightly longer race with Beautiful Daughter.

 

[Reynard]

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Life is intervening, again, so model making projects are being kept short and simple. This seems a good time to make some extra checkpoints for “The Races”, so that I can have a slightly longer race with Beautiful Daughter.

You got any jobsworths for the checkpoints? Someone needs to stamp the timing cards whenever a competitor goes through the control. You could have sneaky "passage controls" where if they're missed, competitors get a time penalty LOL!