Ron's Miniart Factory Ruin

[RonGlass]

Ron,
when I read the title I thought, wow, does Ron hate MiniArt as well? - you'd better engage Mr Race as fire damage consultant. :tongue-out:
That dio is off to a fabulous start - I'll follow this with interest!
Dave

Lol, hi Dave, yep here I was a couple days ago vaguely berating Miniarts stuff to John (is it "Mr." , or "Sir Race" , isn't he some sort of Royalty around here? Sorry, I don't know much about y'all"s hierarchy) Then next thing I know I pick their building kit to try.. sigh.

[Mini Me]

Should be fine....lots of industrial buildings have larger than standard openings....if it really "bugs" you you could always slice off a scale foot or two from the bottom edge if you think it will help. Rick H.

[RonGlass]

Ron,
That looks great. the finish on the building looks good to me. I will follow this with interest.

Thanks Paul !!

[RonGlass]

Most impressive, agree with Rick on the sand Ron. :thumb2: The variation on the surface is quite stunning.
Front row and long as the sand hurling has finished, no matches on me so your building is quite safe

Hi John, Thank You ! I feel like there ought to be some fractured bricks poking out on those broken edges and may add some, may not, I still like the present look too. Not to rub it in Buddy, but if you dont like MiniArts track links then you probably wont love their stairwells either. Lol, assembly is straightforward enough, BUT.... a bit fiddly for my taste
PS please stay away from my workbench with your matchbook and pyromania, sir.

[RonGlass]

Should be fine....lots of industrial buildings have larger than standard openings....if it really "bugs" you you could always slice off a scale foot or two from the bottom edge if you think it will help. Rick H.

Rick, I was (still am) having such fun with this kit that I bought another Miniart house ruin on ebay cheaply. Will see how the scale looks on that one since it's a residential subject.

[RonGlass]

Should be fine....lots of industrial buildings have larger than standard openings....if it really "bugs" you you could always slice off a scale foot or two from the bottom edge if you think it will help. Rick H.

PS Rick, looks like a match made in heaven for Verlindens figures, they always seemed huge when posed next to say, a Warriors figure

[Mini Me]

Never cared for Verlinden figs....they always seemed disproportionate to me....maybe just my eyes though and could be talking out of school. :thinking: Rick H.

[JR]

PS Rick, looks like a match made in heaven for Verlindens figures, they always seemed huge when posed next to say, a Warriors figure

A match made in heaven, sounds like some sort of religious fire lighting method .
TAXI !

[Mini Me]

That's right JR and you ain't the Pope! :tongue-out3: :tongue-out2::tongue-out: Rick H.

[RonGlass]

Never cared for Verlinden figs....they always seemed disproportionate to me....maybe just my eyes though and could be talking out of school. :thinking: Rick H.

Nope, same here, their poses did nothing to inspire me

[RonGlass]

A match made in heaven, sounds like some sort of religious fire lighting method .
TAXI !

Another outburst from you Sir Pyro and I'm going to have to go grab the fire extinguisher out of my Jeep ! Do not test me, sir !

[Jason Crausby]

Great job... I’ve only ever done one of these and it didn’t come out too well ... but looking at this I might try again!
Jason

[adt70hk]

Ron

Just had a quick catch-up, the building is looking very good indeed.

Keep up the great work.

Andrew

[RonGlass]

Great job... I’ve only ever done one of these and it didn’t come out too well ... but looking at this I might try again!
Jason

Thank you Jason, you really should try again! This is my first, and watching a Miniart YouTube video, their artiste made it look so easy. I wasn't too far along when I considered trashing it. I like that if youre inclined to keep things simple, then just assemble and paint, enjoy the basics. Or one can always practice their technique and modify it to suit their imagination. It was really just a matter of persistence and patience, so you oughta go for it !

[RonGlass]

Ron

Just had a quick catch-up, the building is looking very good indeed.

Keep up the great work.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew, I do like the convenience of Miniart doing the hard part for me (designing and fabricating the core building) , that freed me from being bogged down to begin with. I've lofty aspirations of making my own stuff so this kit is a great tool to get the ball rolling in that direction, so to speak. For me it has been a confidence builder.