Next on my list
of building projects are Russian and Oriental structures. My search on the
Internet pulled up more information for Oriental structures than Russian, so I
will begin with Chinese.
The Oriental/Chinese
structures would follow a similar pattern as the Mediterranean project; a
modular BUA and a separate edifice. Modular, as I could add sections to the
village to lay a maximum size BUA. The
edifice, in this case a magistrate’s villa, could be integrated with the BUA or
set apart.
Using keywords
as Chinese architecture, feng shui, and Chinese movie sets brought a number of blogs
dedicated to those subjects. Noteworthy are the differences in design from
province to province and pattern of roof. I was pleased with the fact that many
designs remained in use throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties.
In addition to
the structures, I would add several junks to add to the ambiance of village
adjacent to a waterway.
In the photo,
the structures, walls and towers have been cut and shaped. Thick paper cover
the roof of each structure to give an even surface when adding the tiles. The
colour of tiles follows a prescribed building code; grey for ordinary
structures, yellow for Imperial buildings, and blue or green for important buildings.
At this moment,
I will paint the buildings and tiles before basing them as I need to play with
combinations of pieces and bases sizes. So nothing will be fixed for the
moment.
Cheers,
