Having been stuck for many years in an antipodean outpost, inspiration was all imagination. Eventually the opportunities arose to visit in person some interesting sites that are now providing some more practical insights into modelling structures for WHFB. This page exhibits some interesting (me thinks) perspectives that are being used to base a number of models on and which someday may actually be completed.
La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel)
Outside, on a cold but sunny day in Paris. This chapel is a great model for fantasy wargaming models because it is nice and compact - note the narrow walls between the windows - yet has the classic vertical characteristics that inspire. Translated to the table top, this means having a structure that takes up a relatively small footprint but has the architectural power to command a key point as part of a battle strategy.
Every chapel needs a gargoyle thing. Nice detail on the outside of the stained glass.
Inside looking over the area where the relic is normally housed. The light in this space is just fantastic.
These photos were taken with a Pentax Optico S4: a compact camera that all the family has gone out and bought. Only hassle has been securing additional batteries and the unfortunate fact that it has been dropped more than once bang against its lens resulting in poor focus towards the edges of pictures.
St Stephens Cathedral, Vienna Der Weiner Stephansdom
St Stephens is a masterful example of a Gothic edifice, despite loads of anti-pigeon netting covering many recessed areas. The projecting gargoyllic dogs are an interesting feature that can be replicated with the horrid little dogs that are on some the Warhammer sprus.
One of the more curious things about the cathedral is its setting. Unlike the Sainte Chapelle which retains a sense of architectural continuity with adjacent buildings, St Stephens is set within a plaza in the middle of a highly commercialised pedestrian mall where visitors get hassled by chaps dressed up funny trying to convince you to buy a ticket to the opera. This really draws one's imagination back to think how the setting may have been back around in the fifteenth century.