Witchhunter (updated - 25/02 tankety tank)

[Mason]

Funny you should mention that C5 program, as the first time that I saw it in the TV listings I thought of this thread....

[anevilgiraffe]

ok... this is really for anyone following/copying what I've been doing and buying the window packs from 4ground... the blacksmiths has been a bit of a slow slog, the thatch really annoyed me so I kind of stepped away for a bit and got distracted with some tents I started a while back and did some pressmolding and stuff...

anyhoo, back on with the blacksmiths and painting is all but done (getting the compacted dirt floor right was a pain), which is when I fit the windows... now I bought the market hall windows pack as it had more windows in it than the cottage windows pack so better value I figured... sadly, the market hall windows are a different fricking shape to the cottage and of course I used the cottage as the basis for the frames in the blacksmith... so they won't fit...

my fault I guess (not sure if it's on the 4ground site) but there you go, I'll find a use for them, but now need to order a new set of windows before I can get finished with it... sigh...

September is looking like a dry month for updates, but I have been doing stuff, just not finishing...

[dm]

This thread is totally awesome and very inspiring work

[anevilgiraffe]

it only just fits in the lightbox, so photos may not be the best, but, for better or worse, my scratchbuilt Blacksmiths is finished...







It is of course an absolute swine to get a good photo of the inside, but hopefully this covers it. The forge floor was a conundrum at first, I didn't want wood, and stone seemed a bit too posh, so, after a pleasing result in the plague house, went for a compacted dirt/clay floor within a brick frame... didn't quite get the same result as the plague house, but it will do... I added a few clumps of grass where the floor could have cracked and seeds taken a foothold... strange fisheye thing happening with the photo, it is straight... honest...



and of course, the Smithy himself... rather than track down a blacksmith mini, I decided to go with stuff I already have (a sign of things to come I feel), and this chap is from the Warlord Clubmen set... as a cleaver was included in the weapons options for the set, I had always seen him as a butcher, but a g/s hammer and a brown leather apron and a perfectly compact and rotund blacksmith will do...





quite a cracking sculpt actually... great face...

[Steve F]

Good stuff. The smithy looks very gaming-friendly.  But is the blacksmith barefoot?  That's a bit risky in a forge!

[FramFramson]

He looks like he's shouting off some horseshoe-stealing blighters. "'Ere you kids, gerroffat!".  

[Mason]

Really nice finish!

An excellent build that not only looks good but gives full gaming accessibilty.

Top drawer workmanship!
 

[aggro84]

Lovely work. The finished model is very impressive.

Couldn't have come at a better time. I just watched the Witchfinder General and the Twins of Evil these weekend.

[charla51]

  But is the blacksmith barefoot?  That's a bit risky in a forge!

...And a thatched roof's a bit risky in a forge! All those sparks.

[Dr. The Viking]

You really are an evil giraffe! 

Evil Knievel of painting!

[Captain Blood]

Brilliant 

[Ray Rivers]

 

Really nice work with great details.

A simply splendid piece of terrain!

[Andym]

Lovely finish!!!

[Centaur_Seducer]

Love it, AEG!

And dislike it for a good reason

[Funghy-Fipps]

Another great addition to this project!