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Monday, 1 April 2019

My Mosque

Spot the tourist on the minaret- he's a 28mm figure on a 20mm square base.
This week I'm posting about this model of a Mosque I made sometime about twenty to thirty years ago. It's copied from one in one of the wargames mag of about the same time, though I forget which.
It's built mainly from heavy duty card, balsa wood and bits and pieces.
The base is a piece of plywood about 12" x 15" and the height to the top of the minaret is about 18".
It was made for no reason that I recall but was used a few times in some Indian Mutiny games.
Side view (bit obvious)
Obligatory boring rear view
Arches, made from card, dowel and wall filler
Minaret walkway; cocktail sticks and beads
Dome; cocktail stick embedded into a home-cast clay dome and more beads
Doorway. Note damage (damn balsa), several bits of similar dmage can be seen
In addition to this Mosque, I made, at roughly the same time, two other buildings.
Quite a big building!
Rear view
Side View
 The base of this building was a block of packing form (rarely are these cuboid)
The main walls were all drawn out in this card in one continuous piece and 'wrapped' around the polystyrene block. Stairs were bits scrap with hardboard bases,
The whole model was covered in filler and painted
The base (once used as a coffee table maybe)
The other "wrap-around" building
"Interesting" side view (the other twp are blank)
So there you  are, my entire 28mm middle-eastern building collection.
It took quite a while to dust them down, but it's still evident on some of the photos.

And that is it for another week, one in which I looked at basing some figures up, but didn't, perhaps I'll look at basing again this week!

Thanks for taking the time to visit and have found something to interest you in my nostalgic visit to old stuff!
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24 comments:

  1. Michael Awdry1 April 2019 at 11:20

    That mosque is a thing of beauty, what a great build Joe.

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    1. Zabadak1 April 2019 at 11:48

      Thanks you Michael, but it does need a good dusting!

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  2. The Angry Lurker1 April 2019 at 12:53

    That is not only wonderful but cracking too!

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    1. Zabadak1 April 2019 at 12:59

      Thanks AL, any more and I'll start to blush !

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  3. caveadsum14711 April 2019 at 13:26

    Nice pair of buildings and a terrific mosque! The arches are lovely as is the minaret! A great bit of scratch building!
    Best Iain

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    1. Zabadak2 April 2019 at 06:29

      Thanks Iain, they were amongst my first attempts at scratch-building and didn't turn out too shabby imo.

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  4. Frank O Donnell1 April 2019 at 14:31

    Joe that's a wonderful bit of work :)

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    1. Zabadak2 April 2019 at 06:32

      Thanks Frank, they were very basic models and only the domes were difficult (the one on the minaret came from a baby bath bottle top)

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  5. Ivor Evans1 April 2019 at 18:32

    Brilliant looking building Joe! I've never tried to scratch build something of that size.

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    1. Zabadak2 April 2019 at 06:35

      Thanks Ivor, strangely nearly all my scratch-building were of larger structures. Building bigger means you have to learn a lot more and a lot quicker.

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  6. Michal DwarfCrypt1 April 2019 at 20:23

    WoooW! That's awesome building!

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    1. Zabadak2 April 2019 at 06:36

      Thanks Michal, it would m ake a good back-drop for figures too I guess.

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  7. Clint1 April 2019 at 22:56

    A very fine looking mosque it is as well.

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    1. Zabadak2 April 2019 at 06:37

      Thanks Clint abd it's big enough to hide almost an entire army behind!

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  8. Da Gobbo2 April 2019 at 03:23

    Absolutely brilliant Joe, I would be proud to have that mosque on my table. The details in the arches, the dome and mineret is excellent

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    1. Zabadak2 April 2019 at 06:38

      Thanks dGG, it has been centre stage in a demo game at a show too (many years ago)

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  9. The Wargame Addict2 April 2019 at 14:32

    Marvelous stuff Joe, and after all this time, they'd look great on the table for quite a few different styles of game - and across a wide span of eras too.
    Very impressive and I'm envious of your talents :-)

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    1. Zabadak2 April 2019 at 23:16

      Thanks WA,the mosque too k quite a while to make, I'd do it with foamboard these days - much easier thanthe very thick card I originally used.
      I guess it could be used for any Islamic setting too.

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  10. Ptr4 April 2019 at 04:20

    This mosque is a very nice model and I like the result very much.A real pity that it has only been used rarely...

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    1. Zabadak4 April 2019 at 05:40

      Thanks Ptr, I think it would beused more often if I could get opponents - lke many of my armies, terrain etc.

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  11. Jay4 April 2019 at 08:41

    Very nice scratch modeling, Zab.

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    1. Zabadak5 April 2019 at 04:00

      Thanks Jay, not too shabby then for an old attempt ?

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  12. Baconfat7 April 2019 at 14:56

    The mosque is really awesome. You should run a middle east zombie battle.

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    1. Zabadak8 April 2019 at 05:33

      Thanks BF, that's something I'd have never contemplated, but can't see it happening.

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