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Offline Smokeyrone

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Pacific Island Build
« on: May 09, 2021, 03:36:49 PM »
We are now doing a "Sword and the Flame and Grenades" Pacific skirmish game (1-1, 28mm, company (3 platoons) vs company), so I am adding to my jungle terrain.

First project, a bamboo Japanese building.

Gonna weather and detail now.

Don't know if burlap roof works? 
Advice, ideas? 

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Offline vtsaogames

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Re: Pacific Island Build
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2021, 05:16:45 PM »
Looks good to me. Dark brown/green stain, then drybrush light color? Maybe practice on a leftover piece not on the building first.

I guess the stain depends on what the roof material is said to be.
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Offline Smokeyrone

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Re: Pacific Island Build
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2021, 05:36:01 PM »
Looks good to me. Dark brown/green stain, then drybrush light color? Maybe practice on a leftover piece not on the building first.

I guess the stain depends on what the roof material is said to be.

Thanks, roof is supposedly a weave of palm raffia???  I was out of craft fur, so tried this.

 Ironic, I have 11 coconut trees in yard, access to pal. Fronds, coconut fibre, etc, but I can't figure out how to use the stuff.

Did find a crotin thats branches pass for scaled palm trees, as seen in this early attempt at  a bunker:


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Re: Pacific Island Build
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2021, 06:28:43 PM »
I think your roof material looks really good.  What did you use for the sides? That looks really realistic.

Palm frond roofs are normally made by splitting the palm fronds in two along the spine, and then the roof is built by layering the fronds from the bottom of the roof to the top, with the leaves pointing down and the funnel side uppermost.  That way the rain will be channeled downwards and outwards.  I have built palm shelters in the jungle and can attest to their waterproof nature.

Offline Smokeyrone

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Re: Pacific Island Build
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2021, 06:58:08 PM »
I think your roof material looks really good.  What did you use for the sides? That looks really realistic.

Palm frond roofs are normally made by splitting the palm fronds in two along the spine, and then the roof is built by layering the fronds from the bottom of the roof to the top, with the leaves pointing down and the funnel side uppermost.  That way the rain will be channeled downwards and outwards.  I have built palm shelters in the jungle and can attest to their waterproof nature.

Thanks.  The sides are reed beach mat

 

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