This is my 1st attempt in 10mm, I'm happy with some bits but not others - more of that later.
Constructed from balsa and matchsticks mainly, glued with super glue for speed. I cut the basic shape from balsa adding the frame from matchsticks, the doors, and windows are strips of plastic card. The roof is a sheet of plastic tiles from local railway model shop, the chimney is miliput and chimney pots plastic sprue offcuts.
Painting was undercoated in white, timbers painted with a green/black mix. The walls then painted a pale grey then dabbed with white, finally dry brushing timbers in black. The roof was given a black wash then dry brushed with many greys, whites and a bit of black until I was happy with it.
Construction time was about 2 hours, painting about the same.
In general I like it, though next time I will use half thickess matches or thin balsa strip for timbers. Also the door could do with being less clunky and the over hang where the roof meets the walls is too big. I am pleased with the general effect for so little time, so will be making more possibly a church, an inn and a 2 storey house though not sure in which order.
wow Looks excellent :D :D :D
Quote from: Sandinista on 26 October 2010, 08:06:10 PM
Also the door could do with being less clunky and the over hang where the roof meets the walls is too big [...]
Oh cut the crap, Sandinista. Your house looks spectacular! =D>
Every wargaming model, be it a model soldier or a model house, has parts that are oversized or are otherwise 'unnaturally' emphasized for effect. Just make a few more in this vein, your village will be the envy of many a gamer.
Cheers,
Ãart
Excellent, very well done. 8)
Cheers for kind words, I do have a tendency to be over fussy which is why my armies take so long to paint.
Likewise good effort on it, I cant see anything wrong.
ianS
Excellent work, I'm not even posting the futile attempts I'm coming up with at the moment, but I'm gonna take a long hard look at yours and try once again! :-bd
About the roof, is that a print or did you actually cut all those 1 mm x 2 mm tiles?
And what kind of tiny wood sticks did you use for the inner window frame? That looks sooo thin, the smallest I have here is 1 mm x 1 mm balsa sticks.
Quote from: Pruneau on 27 October 2010, 02:23:10 PM
About the roof, is that a print or did you actually cut all those 1 mm x 2 mm tiles?
The roof is cut from embossed plastic card sold in railway model shops.
Quote from: Pruneau on 27 October 2010, 02:23:10 PM
And what kind of tiny wood sticks did you use for the inner window frame? That looks sooo thin, the smallest I have here is 1 mm x 1 mm balsa sticks.
The windows were cut out of a thin sheet of plastic card, I drew the frame and cut out the windows with a scalpel, then cut the frame from the sheet - it took me couple of attempts for each window as it was a bit fiddly.
Quote from: Sandinista on 27 October 2010, 03:46:27 PM
The roof is cut from embossed plastic card sold in railway model shops.
Would that B N gauge roof stuff? Isn't that very expensive? Gonna take a look, doing that in paper with a small pair of scissors drove me insane.
Quote from: Sandinista on 27 October 2010, 03:46:27 PM
The windows were cut out of a thin sheet of plastic card, I drew the frame and cut out the windows with a scalpel, then cut the frame from the sheet - it took me couple of attempts for each window as it was a bit fiddly.
Ouch.
The roof sheets are 00 scale from a company called Wills Kits. You get 4 135x75mm sheets for £2.75. They do stone wall, brick and pantiles as well, a little overscale but fine for the price.
The house looks good. I think I would go with over-thick beams rather than trying to split match sticks!!
I have some sheets of N gauge embossed plastic building materials. I think made by Ratio, got them from some Internet shop, can't recall the price but it wasn't too dear.
Looks good to me Sandinista - thanks for the source too (added to the list of "might-get-round-to-this-at-some-point" projects ;))
Ooo not seen it with paint on. Very nice. I'll have to come over and give it a maul in my grubby mitts ;)
Excellent work! Cool. I like it.