Medieval Farm terrain

[CyberAlien312]

Hi,
I just wanted to show my recently made medieval farm, for use with al sorts of games. I think it turned out quite all right. Please tell me what you think! The second image with a mini for size comparison.

[Red Orc]

That looks like it could be really useful - the basic style of it looks like it could fit anytime between about AD250 and 1750... or in a very rural area, 1920!

What did you use for the roof? It looks like it's intended to be straw thatch, but more like the colour of heather...

[CyberAlien312]

That looks like it could be really useful - the basic style of it looks like it could fit anytime between about AD250 and 1750... or in a very rural area, 1920!

What did you use for the roof? It looks like it's intended to be straw thatch, but more like the colour of heather...

Thanks. The roof is made of towels. I actually stole that idea from this thread: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=36158.msg497306#msg497306 . About the roof: I think I'm quite satisfied with the roof colour, as it's kind of the same colour as this thatched roof:

[Wirelizard]

The building looks good, although a bit of drybrushing with a slightly lighter brown or grey-brown shade (on both the wood and the thatch) would set it off nicely. It also looks to be a good size, small enough not to take up the whole table but big enough not to look like a shed!

One thing you might want to do for the next half-timber building you do is rough up the timbers before you put them on the building with a bit of sandpaper, for a bit of a weathered look. Just enough sanding to knock the square edges off the timber, that's all. Dragging the teeth of a fine saw up the timber also brings out the grain nicely - hold the saw at ninety degrees to the length of the wood like you intended to cut it, then drag it sideways up the wood. Easier to do this before you cut all the little pieces needed for the half-timber work, obviously!

[CyberAlien312]

The building looks good, although a bit of drybrushing with a slightly lighter brown or grey-brown shade (on both the wood and the thatch) would set it off nicely. It also looks to be a good size, small enough not to take up the whole table but big enough not to look like a shed!

One thing you might want to do for the next half-timber building you do is rough up the timbers before you put them on the building with a bit of sandpaper, for a bit of a weathered look. Just enough sanding to knock the square edges off the timber, that's all. Dragging the teeth of a fine saw up the timber also brings out the grain nicely - hold the saw at ninety degrees to the length of the wood like you intended to cut it, then drag it sideways up the wood. Easier to do this before you cut all the little pieces needed for the half-timber work, obviously!

Thanks. As for the weathering and roughening up the wood, I'll bear that in mind next time I'll make a half-timber building. 

[Red Orc]

... I think I'm quite satisfied with the roof colour, as it's kind of the same colour as this thatched roof:

Maybe it's just my monitor; the roof in your pick looks kinda purpley rather than the sort of sandy-grey-brown of thatch. Not that that would be a bad thing anyway, all sorts of things were used for thatch - straw, heather, reeds... But if it looks more brown-y in real life then that's not really an issue.

[CyberAlien312]

Maybe it's just my monitor; the roof in your pick looks kinda purpley rather than the sort of sandy-grey-brown of thatch. Not that that would be a bad thing anyway, all sorts of things were used for thatch - straw, heather, reeds... But if it looks more brown-y in real life then that's not really an issue.

I painted it with scorched brown and drybrushed it with khemri brown (GW colours) so I think it must be your monitor...

[Steve F]

I painted it with scorched brown and drybrushed it with khemri brown (GW colours) so I think it must be your monitor...

Though Scorched Brown does goes a bit pinkish when you lighten it.