Scratch built buildings based on old Warhammer Townscape templates

[Blue in vt]

hi all,

While I continue to chip away at my Terrain board project I have also started the process of learning how to make buildings for my fantasy games.  Having very fond memories of the old Warhammer Townscape Card buildings I decided to use that selection of buildings as templates for 3d versions.  To that end I printed out a scan of one of the buildings (a basic timbered house) and mounted it to 1/4in foamboard with spray adhesive and cut out the panels.  These were glued together with PVA, mounted on some thick card for a base...and I started adding the details.  

Timber frames made of Cut Balsa...


shingles made out of strips of card cut to shape...






door knob made of a blob of green stuff and a piece of copper wire.



This is my very first scratch built building...and I have to say I've really enjoyed making it and I'm already thinking about which one to tackle next!  



Stay tuned for more.

Cheers,

Blue

 

[Vagabond]

Good start, the roof is looking very smart. Look forward to seeing it painted.

[marianas_gamer]

Very nice!
LB

[Andym]

That's a lovely wee house Blue! I'm sure with your paint job, it'll look stunning when finished!

If you want a more weathered look, you can use a sharp pencil and run some lines along the lengths of the wood. A couple of wee nicks or chips here and there might work too?

[Blue in vt]

Excellent advice!  Thanks!  I'll do that.

Also last night I got stuck into my second building...the stone barn



Cheers,

Blue

[thebinmann]

How dare you be so good at everything?

Top job!

[Malamute]

Very nicely done.

 I agree with Andy, rough up the wood a bit, carve a few bits off it to make the wood less regular and it will look even better.

[Andym]

That barn is going to be another corker! I notice the barn walls on the printed plans aren't wood, what material are you thinking making it?

[Blue in vt]

It will be plaster over brick...probably hit it with a coat of wood putty and then some textured paint...I'll try to expose some foam in a few places to make spots where the plaster fell off.

Cheers,

Blue

[Blue in vt]

This building has a rough plank roof...which was much quicker to make...but I'm concerned won't work as well...?  But it's done now so I'll make a go of it.  Perhaps if I had made the planks out of balsa instead of card they would have more character...?



Then I turned my attention to making some barn doors.



Time to carry on!

Cheers,

Blue

[Vagabond]

If you're not happy with the card planks on the roof you could try and texture them. I have used a junior hacksaw blade run down wooden lollypop sticks, it didn't seem much until i painted and dry brushed it. Or use a knife blade to achieve the same thing.
Basically you are just trying to get something that looks like grain in the flat surface.

[Andym]

Excellent! I like the texture in the wooden walls on this one!

[Lost Egg]

To add texture to the roof you could also try using a wire brush scraped along with the grain.

Lovely work, look forward to seeing them painted up.

[majorsmith]

Looking really good! How are you going to to the windows?

[Malamute]

Doors look great. Not so sure about the roof. As you say it has no grain and the planks are very thin. Perhaps remove and retry with balsa?