Extraordinary Modelling Ideas from Ordinary materials
Empower your Creativity and Artistic Eye for Detail
The Haunted Pub in York, where a Roman commander and his men march through the basement along their ancient Roman road.
Observation skills can also mean looking for new and interesting sources of material.
The ye witness account of one man in York lead to some new ideas.
One of the mystery York Haunting Roman soldiers, who wore Green. Never allow the "set in Stone" opinions of so called experts to sway you from checking things yourself. the Differrence between Red and Green equated in this case to a definate dose of Historical colour Blindness on the part of certain "Hobby experts" who just refused to accept certain truths.....
What we can see or not see is influenced only by your imagination and openess to being creative. Making and assembling Model figures, or any form ofArtwork, require good steady hands or Motor skills, and a very observant pair of eyes as well. Making Models or figures is notmerely opening a box and reading the instruction paper, it is about adding life like feel and sense to a inanimate still metal object...
A Roman Castle and Watchtower stands next to a great Marsh in Germania Superior.
This Tower and the Legionary Camp that grew up there before it was built, has proved to be a great inspiration in finding new ideas for toy soldier "stories".
Research into families, and centuries old occuppations and events can be rewarding to those prepared to do the homework....
The Legend of the Mysterious Princess who got lost in the Marsh .
So it never really happenned? They never really existed? Hmmm.... In fact truth can be far stranger than fiction. Developing a hearing ear, and an observant eye for details can lead to some fascinating discoveries.....
When you are interested in History and Model making, everything around you can take on a completely differrent Dimension. Old meets new. Imagination and creativity knows no limits.
Ordinary everyday situations, can become enhanced, changed, imaginatively used as a spring board for other creative artistic work. Costume, Horse harnessement, Architecture, even hair styles, all form part of the repertoire for the figurine creator and scale Modeller.
