Leven Miniatures

[Fenton]

Saw  this website a couple of weeks ago...He mainly does 6mm but does have preview pics up of his upcoming 10mm

Just scroll down to the bottom of the page for the 10mm section

http://www.levenminiatures.co.uk/previews.htm

[Sunray]

I have some of Mick's work in 6mm.  Best on the market.  If he brings this talent to 10mm,  it will be good for the hobby.

His 6mm airfield range is superb. No thick base to have to blend into the setting.  Bring em on!

Sunray out

[Fenton]

I couldnt beliv how cheap it was as well, A couple of weeks ago I asked him if he fancied doing some 6mm viking buildings and 2 weeks later its on the preview page...oustanding

[Sunray]

I couldnt beliv how cheap it was as well, A couple of weeks ago I asked him if he fancied doing some 6mm viking buildings and 2 weeks later its on the preview page...oustanding

Outstanding !  - You can always spot a gamer who loves his USMC units!

Sunray

[Pruneau]

Those Normandy street houses are looking great, can't wait for the 10 mm ones to become available.  I think he might have access to a 3D printer?  It looks very clean, and with lots of detail.  Just an impression.

[Techno]

Those are really VERY impressive....Especially as the prices look far more than reasonable.
Hope that's a real success !!
Cheers - Phil.

[sunjester]

These look really good. I just hope he will be making the cinema in 10mm! That would be fantastic. 

[levenminiatures]

Hi all - just dropped by to say hi and many thanks for all the great comments - just hope I can live up to it all.

Am working hard on finishing the Normandy Housing for the New Year - and an interesting idea for the cinema in 10mm will add it to the wish list.

Oh - and no 3D printer I'm afraid - all done by hand.

[Fenton]

Welcome to all the fun and games

[levenminiatures]

Welcome to all the fun and games

Thanks bud - and thanks for starting the thread

[nikharwood]

Welcome Mick - good to see you here - and looking forward to seeing your 10mm creations [another vote for the cinema BTW] 

[levenminiatures]

Thanks for the welcome - if there's any of my 6mm ranges you would like to see in 10mm let me know - Have got about 20 6mm left on the bench to finish off, then I'm concentrating on 10mm so I need an idea of what people would like to see - no point in making them if they already exist or theres no market for them.

[Fenton]

I think if you started mentioning Ancient and Romano British Style buildings you would get some interest as they arent reallymade in 10mm

[levenminiatures]

just for a laff - I've scaled up the cinema to 10mm
size would be roughly 130mm long, 85mm deep and 70mm high - OUCH - now that's a big model even for 10mm

[Squirrel]

Welcome Mick, I'd not seen your stuff before .... Very impressive!

I would like to see your Viking settlement range in 10mm, and second the suggestion for Romano-British 

Cheers,

Kev

[fred.]

Your stuff does look good, and I look forward to some 10mm stuff.

If the 10mm cinema is looking too big, I would suggest compressing the floor area a bit, while retaining the height, this mixed scale seems to look good with 10mm figures.

As for Romano British - I think the Baggage Train do some houses and a fortress for this era.

[Sunray]

Hi Mick - welcome to the forum - I have just pinged you an order for 6mm.

Two  obvious gaps in 10mm :

1.  A few decent airfield buildings.  Corgi released these long ago in 1/144 card and now they are collectors items.  You don't want hangers- we can build those out of plastic card -  but a decent control tower and a few classic war time admin and nissen type  structures.   Airfield buildings are generic enough to have a wide range of gaming applications.  You also win guys like Carlos who build the best in 1/144- 1/150 modelling and the sizable 1/144 aircraft faternity.  Lots of N gauge railway types will also use classical WW2 airfield buildings

2. Boats...(I can sense Vic aka Grumpy Old Man typing in his Paypal code already) Nobody does MTBs, E boats and small gunboats in 10mm.  Your work in resin is neat and clean enough for this level of casting.  A few tramp type steamers for Pendraken VBCW would be the icing on the cake.


Great to see you in 10mm

Best Wishes

Sunray

[levenminiatures]

Thanks for all the welcomes guys - and the suggestions. I like the idea of airfield and viking in 10mm so look out for them in the future.

I've never tried boats but it's an interesting idea - Built a remote control MTB some years a go - but that was 4 foot long so was a little oversize for 10mm, but will find out the plans and see what I can come up with.

[Pruneau]

Hi all - just dropped by to say hi and many thanks for all the great comments - just hope I can live up to it all.

Am working hard on finishing the Normandy Housing for the New Year - and an interesting idea for the cinema in 10mm will add it to the wish list.

Oh - and no 3D printer I'm afraid - all done by hand.

Welcome indeed!  Your normandy houses look great, and coincidentally I need some   will your roofs come off?  And do ou have a plan for inserting variety easily / like a panelled window or something similar?  I intend to make a few streets, so it would be nice to have some simple ways without too much customizing   just a question, but is there any plan to also offer damaged versions?

[levenminiatures]

erm - no the roofs do not come off but it's an idea I can look into. The models will probably be hollowed out on the base to reduce weight, but are not designed to hold 'troops' etc.

I decided to leave the windows and doors as plain openings to allow the user to create their own mullion/transoms or door panel detailing etc. I found that creating window and door detail on the model limited the usage of the building for particular eras. As with real life, over the lifetime of a building, the structure usually remains the same but the window detail changes with the period etc. ie pre-16th century leaded glass progressed to such as Victorian double hung sash, to modern picture windows, and nowadays to UPVC etc - this way, changes can be made with a paint brush (hope I didn't bore you but you get the idea).

I hadn't planned on damaged versions, but again, it's another idea to look into.