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Dioramas: Buildings & Ruins
Ruined buildings and city scenes.
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MiniArt's own how-to
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Posted: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 08:23 PM UTC
http://www.miniart-models.com/index.htm?/Assembly/page_01.htm

Happy smeaking

David
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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 05:50 AM UTC
hey thanks! i've always wanted to build a diorama made by Mini Art, but it looked too difficult for me since i'm just a novice modeller. now i will definitely go out and get my first Mini Art kit and use the link as a guide. I guess Dragon USA Online will be a good source?

-Ivan
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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 06:00 AM UTC
I've always been a fan of Mini Art buildings. I found that they're not as hard to build as they look. Try that EARLYBIRD08 coupon at Dragon before you get your miniart item though, last time I checked there's a 10% discount on some items.

http://www.dragonusaonline.com/SearchByCategory.aspx?CategoryCode=43

Nathan
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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 06:19 AM UTC
hey, that coupon has expired, it won't work anymore. They always have discount on Fridays though, sometimes on MiniArt items too. I would wait until tomorrow and see if they have some new deals.

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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 06:53 AM UTC
Armorama published a step-by-step step-by-step here , and for some inspiration of what you can do with these kits, look here

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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 11:32 AM UTC
Can anyone get the videos to work. I get an error message.

If the fine folks at Mini-Art happen to read this they should do what most companies are doing these days. Just put your videos on YouTube. Their servers can handle almost any load.

For painting of a Mini-Art type building you should check out Compendium Films newest video by Marcus Nicholls. He does a great job with his video on "Realistic Model Buildings". Review forthcoming.

Cheers,
Jim
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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 02:43 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Can anyone get the videos to work. I get an error message.


Cheers,
Jim



No luck here

David
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Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 03:04 PM UTC
For me they are working fine.
Take a few seconds to load but run they do
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Posted: Friday, February 08, 2008 - 04:28 AM UTC
Same here I get missing codecs error message in WMP.

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Posted: Friday, February 08, 2008 - 06:06 AM UTC
Henk, thanks for the link. now that you've shown me some blood in the process i'm not sure
if i should proceed.....j/k . really good job man!

Ivan
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Posted: Friday, February 08, 2008 - 06:19 AM UTC
Won't work for me either
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Posted: Friday, February 08, 2008 - 09:13 AM UTC
Just got an email from Dragonusaonline, they have a 10% off coupon for Mini Art items. MINFEB08 is the magic word . I knew they're going to have something on Fridays, just didn't know it'll be so right on!! Next I'm off to predict the weather LOL

Tim
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Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 04:40 AM UTC
That Miniart website actually put me off their product.
cut the pieces out of a solid sheet?
mitre the edges?
you bloody mitre the edges , its gonna take enough time to paint.
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