Indian Temple and Sadhus Complete

As you see my Indian Temple is now complete bar a bit of snagging as real builders say. 

I decided to site it within a water feature and use two bridges to provide access front and rear. 

One of the bridges can accommodate a whole unit in column while the other would require them to break formation in order to cross.  I'll treat it as difficult going that should cause some table top angst.  All to the good.

The sadhus are finished too so let's see them in situ.  

 The complete unit is here and hopefully gives you an idea of the size of the Temple.

 

You may be able to see that they are carrying the banner of Kali.

That’s it, a useful and functional addition to my model Indian city of Krishnapur.  The minarets or domes all lift off as do the bridges so it will be easy to store too. 

Next, I’ll be making a Mosque using the same technique.  Subsequent further building projects will likely be secular.  Here's a pic of Krishnapur hopefully the Temple will add to it's gaming potential. 

Meantime I still have an awful lot of Sikhs to paint.  

A Temple for the Sadhus

Do sadhus need a temple?  Actually they don’t. Rather they tend to wander at will solitary or in small groups.  They rely on arms for their upkeep, the pious oblige.  In terms of Krishnapur my fictional Indian city they need a focal point to give them a narrative in the game.  On feast days sadhus gather in larger numbers at sacred places  and a temple seemed a likely enough location. 

I’ve made a fair few Indian buildings but I wanted the temple to be something very distinctive.  I spent a couple of hours on the internet looking at images.  My most successful search was of Indian arches and soon I had cut, pasted and managed to produce a template for each of the temple walls.  Normally, I’d make a thin card template, put it onto foam board and cut round it. 

This time I decided to print a colourful paper template and glue it to the foam board and then cut out doors or whatever.  It was very much an experiment.  You can see it here as a work in progress with all my mistakes.  The latter will be covered up with a plaster skim and then painted a creamy linen colour like the roof.

As with all my foam board buildings it’s not the best work you will see.   The concept was very sound but the execution sadly less so. That said it’s OK for game purposes and when all the bits are put together on the table-top it will be fine. 

I’m content so far.  We will see how the finished article turns out.  That's it until next time when I hope to present a full unit of sadhus and the famous Blue Temple of Krishnapur.