Back of Beyond in 15mm

shedman · November 18, 2020, 08:15:11 AM

Great pictures - you've done some excellent work there

Colonel Kilgore · November 18, 2020, 08:21:26 AM

Quote from: Leman on November 18, 2020, 06:56:20 AM
Just a thought, but is Khovd the 19th fort in a chain of Chinese defences?

Ooh - naughty - it took me a while to get that one...

Simon

sukhe_bator (Neil) · November 18, 2020, 08:54:24 AM

Yes Leman, Khovd, Hovd or known as Sangiin Kherem in Mongolian, it was a Qing fort set up in the 1760s and largely destroyed in the popular uprising against Chinese rule in August 1912. It is a purely speculative reconstruction based on similar mud brick constructions and eye witness accounts. As a principal seat of Chinese power in the region it was created as a what-if scenario for Chinese forces to repair to in the fight against the Mad Baron. It could also double as the fortress at Choir in C Eastern Mongolia. Being modular it could also serve as any number of walled towns for raids etc.

Anatoli · November 18, 2020, 02:06:33 PM

Superb work !!!
You can feel the dust from this (nearly) desertic Land...

Really nice painting ans photos...

sukhe_bator (Neil) · November 21, 2020, 07:56:51 PM

The scratchbuilt Siberian village has a real 'Fiddler on the Roof' vibe and the rough wooden fence palings can double as compounds containing yurts/gers in the suburbs of Urga...

Antioch (Bob) · November 21, 2020, 09:54:28 PM

Nice work Neil....

Bob

Lluis of Minairons · November 21, 2020, 10:01:08 PM

Wow, that's great!

Spartacus · November 24, 2020, 10:18:13 AM

That`s a very impressive project there.

Well done Neil

Colonel Kilgore · November 24, 2020, 10:22:28 AM

I think it's quite striking how paler colours work so well - much less "toy soldier"-like than more solid colours.

Another very nice set of scratch-built buildings.

Simon

Moggy · November 24, 2020, 12:29:40 PM

Really nice.

Derek

sukhe_bator (Neil) · November 24, 2020, 01:08:19 PM

I was going by photos of weathered timber planking and Siberia has a ready supply of birch, larch and fir which bleach naturally to a grey colour...
The photography of Siberia and Mongolia by Albert Kahn in the early 1900s was inspirational
https://wsimag.com/art/10406-the-world-c-1914-colour-photography-before-the-great-war

Bravo Six · March 20, 2021, 12:22:12 PM

Neil, you posted these ages ago on Lead Adventure and I'll re-iterate my previous admiration for your work...... WELL DONE! I have smatterings in this period in 28mm and had never thought of it in 15mm until I saw your posts.

-Todd

sukhe_bator (Neil) · March 20, 2021, 01:18:01 PM

I was really inspired by the 28mm BoB figs out there but while I enjoyed the characterful sculpts wanted more big battles than skirmish/pulp games. I also wanted to get more of a sense of the wide open spaces and epic scenery/sweeping cavalry charges vibe such as seen in the 1928 Soviet propaganda film 'Storm over Asia'... (which interestingly portrays the British as the main villains)... 15mm PP figures gave me that opportunity to blend WW1/RCW period figures with some of my other 15mm C18/C19 Asiatics in a semi historical setting.