Saturday, 26 October 2013

Easy-peasy Stained Glass Windows

Here is an unusual post and one that you may be confused about, but what about Christmas cards as cut-out stained glass windows for model churches? I came across these Christmas cards earlier this week and I immediately thought that the stained glass images on these charity cards would be ideal as images to glue in place on your model churches. I'll explain - most wargame churches have plain windows, painted blue or black, but what if you cut out these images and glued them in place?

The cards were picked up at a local charity store, but since seeing them, I have seen others with similar images for sale in a number of places. If you are planning a church model (or want to update one you already have) go searching for suitable cards with similar designs.

Photo One - These Christmas cards are from Barnardos.


Photos Two - Four - Close ups of the images.




I don't have any current plans for a church model, well at least not one with stained glass windows, but I'll keep a couple of these back just in case.

Tony
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7 comments:

  1. DeanM26 October 2013 at 11:22

    Wow - really cool.

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  2. Sean26 October 2013 at 13:39

    That is a good idea. I'm not sure where I would look for those in the states. It just occurred to me that one could probably take images/scans of stained glass and print it out on transparencies. Hmm. I may have to try that.

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  3. J Womack, Esq.26 October 2013 at 21:38

    That's bloody genius.

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  4. Paul´s Bods27 October 2013 at 04:10

    Excellent find. What scale would they be?

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  5. Tony27 October 2013 at 09:26

    Scale?

    I would estimate that these cards could be used in model churches in scales from 15mm, through 20mm and 28mm and even up to 40mm.

    Tony

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  6. Lasgunpacker28 October 2013 at 13:46

    I have thought about printing pictures on transparencies,and even saved a few on my hard drive for that purpose, but I never considered useing Christmas Cards. Now I will have to keep an eye out for those with the stained glass windows.

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  7. Morikun29 October 2013 at 06:03

    Very Good Idea indeed ^^

    Personnaly, I'm working on a Cathedral of Aquila (40k) and I printed some transparencies from pics piked on google.

    It's very beaytiful to see too you know ^^

    Effectivement c'est une très bonne idée.

    En ce qui me concerne, je travaille sur une Cathédrale de l'Aquila (40k) et j'ai imprimé quelques transparents à partir d'images prises sur Google.

    C'est très joli à regarder aussi ^^

    Serviteur,

    Morikun

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