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Title: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: capthugeca on 08 November 2010, 09:52:47 AM
Made my first home for my Barbarians:-

(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg236/capthugeca/Scenery/DarkAgeHut1.jpg)

I appreciate the texturing on the roof is a bit out of scale but it didn't look right when it was smoother. Besides, I can get away with it as it is fantasy!

In case you want to know how I did it, the walls (just visible) are made of cat litter glued one at a time in a ring (very therapeutic), the roof is a polystyrene egg cut in half which was then covered in bits of an old towelling sock. The wooden struts are just bits of a wooden stirer.
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 08 November 2010, 12:09:46 PM
Very nice

IanS
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: nikharwood on 08 November 2010, 12:45:26 PM
Excellent!  8)
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: Leon on 08 November 2010, 03:45:43 PM
Cool!  8)
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: Nosher on 08 November 2010, 07:36:20 PM
Looks like I may have found a use for that odd sock that always appears at the bottom of my cricket bag at the end of each season ;D
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: capthugeca on 08 November 2010, 09:05:09 PM
Quote from: Nosher on 08 November 2010, 07:36:20 PM
Looks like I may have found a use for that odd sock that always appears at the bottom of my cricket bag at the end of each season ;D
Yes, and if you don't bother washing it you will achieve that dark age natural smell to it too!  :-S
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: Nosher on 08 November 2010, 09:17:52 PM
Quote from: capthugeca on 08 November 2010, 09:05:09 PM
Yes, and if you don't bother washing it you will achieve that dark age natural smell to it too!  :-S

Clearly you have shared a dressing room with me at some point :o

And on that point I think we had better change subject... :-X ;) :D ;D
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: Pruneau on 08 November 2010, 09:57:28 PM
That's gonna look smart on the gaming table!  Looks smelly though  ;)
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: Kassad on 24 February 2011, 05:52:30 PM
Capthugeca, please, what material had you used for cover the Hut?
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: capthugeca on 24 February 2011, 07:16:06 PM
Quote from: Kassad on 24 February 2011, 05:52:30 PM
Capthugeca, please, what material had you used for cover the Hut?

Hi Kassad,

The last sentence directly under the photo has all the details.
If you mean the roof, it is an old towelling sock. The walls are kitty litter.
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: Kassad on 24 February 2011, 08:04:55 PM
Towelling sock... I think to understand maybe. Is a cloth for wash and dry right? Very nice idea. Thanks.
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: capthugeca on 24 February 2011, 10:19:43 PM
Quote from: Kassad on 24 February 2011, 08:04:55 PM
Towelling sock... I think to understand maybe. Is a cloth for wash and dry right? Very nice idea. Thanks.

Sorry, I didn't notice that English wasn't your first language.

It's a sock for your feet that  you would wear when playing tennis.
The Google translator calls it:-

                                            calzino per il tennis

Does that make sense?
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: Maenoferren on 24 February 2011, 11:56:44 PM
very nice :D
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: Kassad on 25 February 2011, 09:05:58 AM
Quote from: capthugeca on 24 February 2011, 10:19:43 PM
Sorry, I didn't notice that English wasn't your first language.

It's a sock for your feet that  you would wear when playing tennis.
The Google translator calls it:-

                                            calzino per il tennis

Does that make sense?
Yeah! Yes I understand now. Smart idea! Thanks for expain and translation. I need to improve my English  :(
Title: Re: My First Attempt - (Fantasy) Dark Age Hut
Post by: Leon on 25 February 2011, 04:03:12 PM
Quote from: Kassad on 25 February 2011, 09:05:58 AM
I need to improve my English  :(

It's a lot better than our Italian!