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Author:  Dagorlad [ Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:51 pm ]
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Madame La Guillotine has made her presence known at Maison de Dagorlad.

I have received a resin copy of a building facade I made for Eureka Miniatures to go with their wonderful Reign of Terror diorama set. The models aren't available for sale on their website just yet, but the whole set will be at Salute in April and also Cold Wars in the US.

The buildings are based on a French chapel in a village called Sarlat. I've almost finished painting them (just need to do the doors and add some highlights to the windows). I've only got one mini finished and so I'll be adding more photos to the thread as things get painted.

Click to biggify the thumbnails:
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I made the building facade over the Christmas break and have some photos of it in-progress (which I'll add to the thread when I get my camera back). I'm adding a base with grass and a cobblestone courtyard, on which will stand around 10 onlookers, several guards and a number of prisoners being led to their doom. There is also a wonderful model of a hay cart that has been pressed into service to take away the headless victims. Quite gruesome really.

All up the whole diorama has around 20 figures (most with their heads still attached).

Author:  Jamros [ Sat Feb 16, 2013 4:47 pm ]
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That's awesome. I was just thinking about what the French Revolution would look like in miniature. I look forward to seeing the finished product :)

Author:  Dorthonion [ Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:18 pm ]
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The stonework is gorgeous. That's a model 1792 guillotine.

Author:  Dagorlad [ Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:51 am ]
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Dorth wrote:
That's a model 1792 guillotine
Yes indeed, because it's set during the French Revolution.

Here's a couple of shots of the building under construction. It's the usual polyfilla over balsawood approach, no surprises there.

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Author:  Telchar [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:33 pm ]
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Looks very good!

Author:  Whatevier [ Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:08 pm ]
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It's allready looking really nice..
Dioramas have always been my favourite part of the hobby :-D

Author:  garmenhord [ Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:47 pm ]
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nice, let those heads roll!

Author:  Dorthonion [ Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:48 pm ]
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I just spotted these on the interwebs today - might come in handy:
http://eurekamin.com.au/news.php?newsid ... AyPJkRVvtr
And they are from Oz!

Author:  Dagorlad [ Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:30 pm ]
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Yes, the Eureka range is pretty diverse and quite adventurous, they don't just cater for wargamers. The sets you link to are part of a growing range of vignettes for the French Revolution, and my building facade is now a part of that range :)

Sometime in the near future will be a range of tents and pavilions that can be used for many periods. The masters are made by Herb Gundt of "HG Walls" fame and I am making a chimney to fit on the side of one of the larger tents (apparently the French would erect a brick or stone chimney for cooking the officers' meals if they planned on bivouacking for an extended period of time).

Author:  tomogui [ Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:31 am ]
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Just lovely. The organic nature of the stonework looks fantastic. Perfect.

Author:  Jamros [ Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:52 pm ]
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Hey Dagorlad, any updates on this?

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