Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 December 2014, 02:00:29 AM
That's like translating Karen into Arapho. I'm still bewildered.

My missus is named Karen and she has trouble translating Brum English into proper English let alone into Arapho or even Arapaho. 

Exactly! (valuable word when you've got nothing to say. Speak emphatically and with a hint of triumph, and you'll never be challenged.)

Quote from: Hertsblue on 04 December 2014, 02:51:53 PM
My wife is a modeller (and somewhat better than me) who specialises in dolls houses. Now, if only I could get her to paint figures....

Or get the appropriate scale of figure for her doll houses and game some street fighting...

Quote from: lentulus on 08 December 2014, 06:10:26 PM
Or get the appropriate scale of figure for her doll houses and game some street fighting...

Ah, yes, hostile governess with attached juvenile irregulars at forty paces.... 

Go straight in from the start. I told my dear wife right from the off over 40 years ago. Told it kept me off the streets and out of pubs etc (except our club met above a pub). Having been married now to Britains own version of Emedla Marcos for 41 years, we've settled down to a no questions asked on the handbag, shoes, figures front. Although she admits that the Seven Years War figures are pretty.

When my wife finally gets round to assembling her Dolls House I have a item for it.  I've worked out that a 2mm block is the scale version of 28mm.  I'm thinking a tiny Waterloo game in there.

Quote from: Last Hussar on 15 December 2014, 08:24:33 PM
When my wife finally gets round to assembling her Dolls House I have a item for it.  I've worked out that a 2mm block is the scale version of 28mm.  I'm thinking a tiny Waterloo game in there.

Brilliant 

Quote from: Last Hussar on 15 December 2014, 08:24:33 PM
When my wife finally gets round to assembling her Dolls House I have a item for it.  I've worked out that a 2mm block is the scale version of 28mm.  I'm thinking a tiny Waterloo game in there.

You could Change the game on a regular basis, Would look really good.

You might also be able to beat the Dolls 

Dolls houses are either 1/12th or 1/24th scale. Even at the smaller scale you'd probably need the local playing-field for a decent-sized town. And a huge fistful of cash.... 

Hello Hertsblue

Quote from: Hertsblue on 16 December 2014, 08:56:35 AM
Dolls houses are either 1/12th or 1/24th scale. Even at the smaller scale you'd probably need the local playing-field for a decent-sized town. And a huge fistful of cash.... 

Actually there is a large community working with 1/144 dolls' houses. Most are more expensive than wargame quality houses so I don't buy them. but there is a vast range of information out there. I came across them when I was looking for 1/144 oriental rugs (don't ask):-

http://www.microjivvy.com/1144-scale-oriental-rugs

You can even get stuff like a metal 1/144 toilet if you need it for a scenario  :-



http://www.normanscountrycreek.com/furnituremetal.html.

They also have articles about scratch building various scenes:-



http://www.btz.se/minis/144_kasbah.php

The important thing to remember is to not let them know that you are a wargamer, if you do the stock and information tend to melt away  .

Most of the kits are American Victoriana but there are types that are useful.

A useful page for bits and bobs:-

http://www.grandtline.com/products/arch/n_scale_architectural_parts.html

Something to tempt the ladies - have them rebuild Coronation Street in 1/144 - and then use it in a  VBCW scenario  .

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

Thanks for that, Grumps. It seems to be mainly an American thing - I've never seen them at the dollshouse shows my wife drags me around and, whilst I do scratch-build buildings from time to time, I don't bother to furnish them.

Quote from: Hertsblue on 17 December 2014, 10:21:22 AM
Thanks for that, Grumps. It seems to be mainly an American thing - I've never seen them at the dollshouse shows my wife drags me around and, whilst I do scratch-build buildings from time to time, I don't bother to furnish them.

Ah but think of the barricades with extra points for having a grand piano included  .

I believe from delving into their ephemera that the 1/144 stuff started as dolls houses within larger scale doll houses 

Do they make the 'dolls' to go with the furniture ?
Perhaps I should offer. 
Cheers - Phil

Hello Techno/Phil

Quote from: Techno on 18 December 2014, 07:03:08 AM
Do they make the 'dolls' to go with the furniture ?

From what I've seen the only figures inhabiting the 1/144 dolls houses are (rarely) the naff Chinese 1/150 railway figures (without repainting). Seems the house and the furniture are the thing, just as the railways take attention away from lame scenic items in railway layouts.

Were you thinking of a Nanny with Tommy Gun figure?   Or perhaps a chimney sweep with RPG  

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

Quote from: GrumpyOldMan on 17 December 2014, 10:09:53 PM
Ah but think of the barricades with extra points for having a grand piano included  .

Ah, but then I'd need Liberace and a candelabra to finish it off.