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Author Topic: A Couple of Plastic Cottages  (Read 4698 times)

Offline Codsticker

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A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« on: April 05, 2020, 11:08:56 PM »
With the Build Something Contest having closed I relaxed for a week before turning my hand to a couple of plastic kits I had sitting around: the Perry's Medieval Cottage and the Tabletop Workshop Cottage.



More pictures on my blog (linky).

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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2020, 12:29:04 AM »
Very nicely done! I particularly like the colours on the second one.

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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2020, 07:17:51 AM »
Lovely  :)
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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2020, 10:34:19 AM »
Ooh they are nice. What an excellent paint job.

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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2020, 10:36:56 AM »
lovely job :-* :-* :-* :-*
can you explain how you paint the dubbing?

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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2020, 11:37:42 AM »
Great work. I keep meaning to get one of those Perry cottages.
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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2020, 03:07:16 PM »
Thank you guys.
lovely job :-* :-* :-* :-*
can you explain how you paint the dubbing?
On both buildings I primed with Armourcoat grey spray primer. On the TW cottage, I dry brushed a very light grey and then a very light dry brush of white just here and there. After I used the standard washes but would also mix them up so that on each panel I might use a bit of strong tone and then in the same panel maybe some flesh wash. Then again with a bit of dry brushing here and there if the tone had too much of a "mudding" effect.

The Perry's cottage was slightly different. I actually used Ceramacoat craft paints  :o. A base coat of Territorial Beige (I think...) then I dabbed it inconsistently with  Pebble using a sponge. Not a big difference in colour but creates subtle variation. This followed by a dry brush of Desert Sand. From there afterwards it is the same process as the TW cottage. You can't really tell but I tired to delineate between the wood and the daub with dark wash but it is not really noticeable. It wasn't necessary on the TW cottage as the wood stands proud from the daub.

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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2020, 04:54:31 PM »
Very nice - I particularly like the square framed one, might be a useful addition for my own project  :-*
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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2020, 02:27:07 PM »
Thank you SI. :)

I knocked off two more Tabletop Workshop buildings over he last month: the Town House and the Merchant's House.


I managed a couple of photos of the interior to show the detail.


As usual, more pixpls and twaddle on my blog.

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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2020, 02:40:13 PM »
Very nice  :)

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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2020, 08:30:44 PM »
Excellent - I can see I need to be braver with white in my wood tones - yours look spot on.

I never realised the Tabletop Workshop models had interiors! Like that wooden floor.

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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2020, 10:18:27 PM »
Those look great!

Is Tabletop Workshop out of business? A quick rummage around the web shows their website(s) all appear defunct and their FB presence last updated sometime in 2015?

I've got one of Rendara plastic hovels on my painting bench right now, picked up for the heck of it via Brigade Games. Nice little building, fast to assemble, and it'll make a fine little addition to my table.

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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2020, 01:22:00 AM »
Thank you guys.

Flinty: I find the weathered wood really hard to get right: it's either too dark or too light. The model was primed dark grey (I would go lighter next time) and then I added streaks in ScaleColour Grey Brown and a few lighter streaks in GW's Administratum Grey and even fewer streaks in Coat D'Arms Roan, a very light dry brush of Administratum grey followed by Army Painter Strong Tone wash. I try to support all the paint companies...  ::)

Wire LIzard: TW are now sold through Warlord Games (link).  Not sure if they own the moulds or bought the company outright but they seem to have them in stock or at the very least the ability to turn them out: "While we hold as much stock as possible, on occasion this product may need to be cast...".
Is it the Medieval Cottage you have? Great daub texture and the thatch roof is excellent.
« Last Edit: May 05, 2020, 02:30:36 PM by Codsticker »

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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2020, 08:23:27 AM »
They look really nice.

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Re: A Couple of Plastic Cottages
« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2020, 08:27:10 AM »
The buildings look great.

I particularly like the 'natural' colours.

Tony