Shinto Shrine and Lanterns

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Posted on 29/04/2017 by sho3box

Laser cut MDF terrain from Blotz were the catalyst required to weather some existing terrain a little and to take a few more photos.

The shrine above is an inexpensive, easily assembled and rather nice kit. I sprayed most of it on the sprue, partly assembled it, gave it another spray to catch the exposed edges a little, stuck the roof on, did some drybrushing and washing, based it and called it done.

While I was at it I dug out all of the preprinted plastic and card Plastcraft buildings that I assembled last year and did some rudimentary weathering to them. I really like the Plastcraft range and it really is ready to go after assembly. The bright red elements of the torii etc and the flatness of the black card roof tiles had been bugging me for a while though, so this was an opportunity to revisit them.

The photo above is oddly focused on the archway to illustrate this. The pretty straightforward process of washing and drybrushing wasnt very time consuming and was worth doing I think. The entire terrain set looks better as a result I think.

Lastly I painted four Blotz lanterns too. I followed precisely the same process for those as I did with the shrine. I didnt get around to taking dedicated photos of those rather cute little laser cut kits, but they can be seen in the shot below near the koy pond.

Filed under: Terrain | Tagged: 2017, Blotz, Japanese Myth, Kuripu Jima, Plastcraft |

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Alex, on 29/04/2017 at 19:16 said:

Excellent mate

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- sho3box, on 29/04/2017 at 20:09 said:
  
  Thanks Alex.
  
  Progress is slow at the moment, but steady at least 🙂
  
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Azazel, on 29/04/2017 at 22:36 said:

Great work here – that table makes for a beautiful, detailed scene.

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- sho3box, on 30/04/2017 at 13:33 said:
  
  Thanks Azazel.
  
  I was watching Sword of Doom (1966) during the week and I noted that I could approximate the external fight scenes rather well with the terrain that I have now.
  
  That was a bit of a kick 🙂
  
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imperialrebelork, on 29/04/2017 at 23:11 said:

This is amazing work. It’s all coming together very well.

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- sho3box, on 30/04/2017 at 13:34 said:
  
  This is the first time that I have begun a terrain project from zero, without anything else to be forced to fit. It makes the entire project satisfying in a different way.
  
  Thanks for the feedback imperialrebelork!
  
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Mikko, on 30/04/2017 at 10:02 said:

Lovely as usual. Soooooon.

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- sho3box, on 30/04/2017 at 13:36 said:
  
  Dishonourable, western outsiders that stink of rum will be brought to task!
  
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daggerandbrush, on 30/04/2017 at 12:30 said:

Excellent work. The weathering really improves the overall look significantly.

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- sho3box, on 30/04/2017 at 13:37 said:
  
  Yes, it does make a difference. I held off doing it initially as I didnt want to needlessly add work that may not be of real benefit. Upon reflection I decided that they needed the little extra.
  
  Im glad that you approve daggerandbrush 🙂
  
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Allison M., on 30/04/2017 at 21:27 said:

Wow, that’s a neat terrain store, I don’t think I’d seen their stuff before. They have pieces in a variety of scales too, though 28mm predominates. Their Japanese buildings are great!

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- sho3box, on 30/04/2017 at 21:59 said:
  
  I hope that you find some suitable 15mm items Allison.
  
  It’s easy to miss laser cut terrain suppliers these days as there are so many.
  
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  - Allison M., on 01/05/2017 at 10:54 said:
    
    First World Problems… “There are too many suppliers for my hobby, I’m missing out on something cool because I don’t know about every single one of them!” 😉 But yes.
    
    At least 15mm stuff is still a little less common or I’d have some questionable expenses to explain to my wife… and she wouldn’t even be wrong. It’s like that scene from Friends: “Joey, you owe $1100 at I Love Lucite.”
    
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Mark A. Morin, on 02/05/2017 at 18:08 said:

Well done. Thanks for sharing,

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- sho3box, on 02/05/2017 at 19:03 said:
  
  Thanks Mark.
  
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Chris Kellahan, on 04/05/2017 at 22:11 said:

It’s a beautiful little town you’ve got going there. Keep at it!

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- sho3box, on 05/05/2017 at 10:31 said:
  
  Thanks Chris. Its over the hump now really, it has the basic requirements. Everything from now on is gravy 🙂
  
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