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Offline Mason

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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Dung Heaps
« Reply #30 on: December 04, 2016, 05:47:33 PM »
Those have come out really well.
A top effort, sir.
The dried tea leaves seems to have really done the trick.
 :-* :-*

If you are going to have a go at some field then tufts should be beneficial, as are paper roses that are used as cake decorations or dolls-house plants. Paint 'em green and they make great cabbages.
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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Dung Heaps
« Reply #31 on: December 04, 2016, 07:42:45 PM »
I have missed this thread. Very nice work  :-* :-*
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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Dung Heaps
« Reply #32 on: December 05, 2016, 09:04:43 AM »
Hi LB thanks

Mr M thanks for suggestions. I'm OK for peas, beans, leeks, cabbages but how to simulate carrots and turnips?

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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Dung Heaps
« Reply #33 on: December 05, 2016, 07:26:00 PM »
They look great.  I may have to steal use them for inspiration for my own Saga village.

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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Fields
« Reply #34 on: December 22, 2016, 05:12:10 PM »
I can't believe it's taken so long but here are my fields.

The 1st one is using the green garden wire I used for the dung heap.


This one is some rafia type stuff from one of my wife's sun hats. She doesnt know it's missing yet ::)


With some vegetation.






Originally I was going to plant the greenery into the field but decided to go for a more variable approach by doing them on seperate bases, probably not as pretty but more versatile. I have some 40 seperate pieces, and still have to start on the beans and peas.


And finally with the houses I made previously






The green shoots are synthetic grass samples I picked up somewhere, the only advice is don't trim them to height until they are stuck down and flocked, of course that is what i did and got hot glue on my fingers - nasty, and then pva, sand and flock on them later.. :-[ :-[

Since posting this I have started a blog and extracted the relevant bits from this thread and posted it here https://vagabondswargamingblog.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/vagabondy-vagabonds-viking-village.html
« Last Edit: February 05, 2018, 02:48:20 PM by Vagabond »

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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Fields
« Reply #35 on: December 22, 2016, 05:17:45 PM »
Lovely work :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Very versatile

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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Fields
« Reply #36 on: December 22, 2016, 05:30:47 PM »
Those are some great fields. I might steal that loose crops idea.

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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Fields
« Reply #37 on: December 22, 2016, 08:14:45 PM »
Dried tea and loose crops. Inspired - I shall have to nick those ideas for expanding my Dark Ages project with some proper village (which I hope to do this winter)!

What did you use for the short green tops in single rows, please?
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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Fields
« Reply #38 on: December 22, 2016, 08:20:59 PM »
A great result!
 :-* :-*

I am big fan of modular inserts to get the most out of scenery, so I really like the 'loose' crops idea.
 8) :D




(I still have to find your hall decoration BTW, I just keep forgetting to dig... ::)).

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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Fields
« Reply #39 on: December 23, 2016, 12:39:06 AM »
Gamer Mac - thanks, I am looking forward to seeing how your village develops especially the dung heaps.

Dr Zed - you are more than welcome, especially after you showed me your dung heap to copy.

Argonor - the green shoots are samples of artificial grass. The sort of thing the rich kids have when they don't want to cut live grass. It is sold a bit like carpet and the grass threads are stitched through a backing mat.
This is a not very good picture of it, bottom left. I just cut it into strips and trimmed it down.



Mr M - I would greatly appreciate a hall decoration from you it would be an honour to mount it over my long house but don't worry if you don't get round to finding it.

Cheers

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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Fields
« Reply #40 on: December 23, 2016, 05:52:52 PM »
Argonor - the green shoots are samples of artificial grass. The sort of thing the rich kids have when they don't want to cut live grass. It is sold a bit like carpet and the grass threads are stitched through a backing mat.
This is a not very good picture of it, bottom left. I just cut it into strips and trimmed it down.

Thanks, I have some of that stuff, and shall be on the outlook for more, now that you have shown me yet another useful purpose for it  ;)

Offline Jeff965

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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Fields
« Reply #41 on: December 23, 2016, 06:05:37 PM »
Just discovered this, inspiring stuff :-*

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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Fields
« Reply #42 on: December 24, 2016, 06:00:01 AM »
Thanks very much for this thread. I love following other people's builds and this was a very good and instructive one. Toweling for me now I think. You have inspired me.

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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Fields
« Reply #43 on: December 30, 2016, 07:29:34 PM »
Just a quick up date to try and keep up with Gamer Mac  ;) ;)

The long house has now been re-roofed with thatch.



And painted



Now working on a Granary




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Re: Vagabonds Viking Village - The Longhouse Re-roofed
« Reply #44 on: December 30, 2016, 07:56:39 PM »
Really nice work on those buildings.
The roofs are really looking the business.
The settlement is starting to really take shape now.
 :-* :-*


 

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