Roman Limes diorama in progress

[klausbrazil]

On September 17 I published a thread showing a watchtower of the Roman Limes around 200 A.D. The respective diorama still is not ready but I have made some progress. I have made the Limes palisades and a Germanic house. In fact the Roman Limes was made of palisades until abround 100-150 A.D. and in 200 A.D. it was mostly a wall of stone and earth with a trench but I liked palisades more. Liberty of the artist, let's say. Building a Germanic house of that period as very interesting because I learned a lot about Germanic villages. The walls of the model I made of wood and isopor on which I put a layer of acrylic paste on both sides. The real houses at that time had half-timbered walls filled with a structure of small branches and mud. Instead of a chimney there were openings below the roof in the front side and back side of the house. Ancient Germans definitely had no A-level in civil construction.

Here is the link:

http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/Klausmerkel/Roemischer Limesturm 1_18/

 

[Meddatron]

sweet deal bro. looks great. Man that had to be a decent amount of work. the final outcome makes it look worth it. Loving the loft inside!!

 

[Falcon C]

go ! nice wip !

 

[crowncoke]

I know that this is an older thread, but WOW! Just looking thru you pictures on this project blew me a way. I would love to pick up this skill. I have always wanted this type of Dio along with a Japanese Castle / Temple for my Ninjas and such.

 

[klausbrazil]

I know that this is an older thread, but WOW! Just looking thru you pictures on this project blew me a way. I would love to pick up this skill. I have always wanted this type of Dio along with a Japanese Castle / Temple for my Ninjas and such.

Thanks for your comment. Trust me: Over time you will pick up such skills, because there is no such thing like an Albert Einstein in model building. It is all experience.

If you want to build a model of a Japanese castle or temple, here is a tip on how to start: Search the internet for goods pictures of real buildings and check how they were built that way and why. Japanese historical buildings did not have arches for example and this had a profound impact on the structures. Also check carefully the sizes of real buidings in order to estimate the size of a 1:18 model. Than look for pictures of HO models of such buildings. As HO happens to be the scale 1:87 used for train models probably you will find some nice model pictures. Models of that scale have one advantage: They only have the really visually important parts of a building.
After that you search model building shops or civil construction shops for appropriate pieces of wood and start your work after having made a rough design. Believe me: Your first Japanese temple probably will not be too beautiful but you will like it and with the second and third model your skills already will start to improve.