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Title: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: painterman on 09 July 2018, 11:42:38 AM
An addition for my medieval terrain - Hudson and Allen pieces I've had for some time. Fantastic detail in these models, which make them a joy to paint.
Will admit to shamelessley copying a lovely John Boadle model with same barn.
Sow and piglets in the sty are all doing well, if anyone is concerned to ask!
Thanks, Simon.
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Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Dr DeAth on 09 July 2018, 11:46:47 AM
Fantastic composition and painting
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Post by: OSHIROmodels on 09 July 2018, 12:28:56 PM
Lovely work Simon  :)
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Post by: redzed on 09 July 2018, 12:57:17 PM
really impressive stuff there ;-)
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Post by: Romark on 09 July 2018, 01:25:21 PM
Pleased that the Sow and piglets are ok but you should be more concerned about getting a Cooper to look at that broken barrel outside the right hand building Simon  ;) :)
Lovely scene mate  :-*
Cheers
Keith
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: jon_1066 on 09 July 2018, 04:23:45 PM
It's almost too nice to burn down.

Lovely work.
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Charlie_ on 09 July 2018, 06:42:33 PM
Great work Simon.

I've got a big set of Hudson & Allen buildings on order myself!

What colours do you use for the woodwork?
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: joekano on 09 July 2018, 06:54:26 PM
Wow, that looks great.!  :-*Particularly like all the bits and bobs around the farmyard
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Post by: Jeff965 on 09 July 2018, 06:55:40 PM
Lovely as always Simon :-*
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: painterman on 09 July 2018, 07:18:18 PM
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What colours do you use for the woodwork?
Hi Charlie,
Black undercoat, then Vallejo Model Colours - Black Grey, German Grey Green and London Grey - all dry brushed on.
The wash of AP Soft Tone ink.
Final dry brush highlight of VMC Light Grey.

I'm certainly very tempted to get a couple more too.
Cheers Simon.

Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Charlie_ on 09 July 2018, 08:04:51 PM
Hi Charlie,
Black undercoat, then Vallejo Model Colours - Black Grey, German Grey Green and London Grey - all dry brushed on.
The wash of AP Soft Tone ink.
Final dry brush highlight of VMC Light Grey.

I'm certainly very tempted to get a couple more too.
Cheers Simon.

Thanks, I might give that recipe a go when I get mine.

I ordered the walled farm, all of the timber framed cottages, and a couple of barns / sheds. Enough to make the outskirts of a village to fight over. Sometime in the future I plan to get a few of the more urban looking ones - that big coaching inn thing looks fantastic!
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Breazer on 10 July 2018, 07:42:52 AM
great looking house and a nice addition to your by now insanely large collection im sure!
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Phil Portway on 10 July 2018, 10:56:57 AM
Fantastic piece, really like the colours of the buildings!
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: painterman on 10 July 2018, 02:37:33 PM
Charlie
You mentioned the walled farm - so this made me check mine out and treat it to some new tufts!
Still not used this on the tabletop - a resolution for rest of 2018.
I added hinged doors....

Little scenario is Burgundian guards being billeted and kicking out the Ordonnance longbowmen.
Cheers
Simon.
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Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 10 July 2018, 02:41:11 PM
Very nice. I like the sandstone colour  8)
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Andrew_McGuire on 10 July 2018, 02:45:42 PM
It's almost too nice to burn down.

Nothing is too nice to burn down, as Henry V would have told you.
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: jon_1066 on 10 July 2018, 03:52:13 PM
Nothing is too nice to burn down, as Henry V would have told you.

Well I did say "almost".
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: CaptainHaddonCollider on 10 July 2018, 04:33:17 PM
I'm in awe of the work on these pieces! They look amazing, are there any known Continental suppliers or UK dealers?
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: levied troop on 10 July 2018, 04:48:08 PM
They are lovely buildings and you’ve certainly done them proud, love that pig pen layout.

Mine get their first outing at Partizan, but I might need to go and recheck my painting, seeing these  :o
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Admiral Benbow on 10 July 2018, 07:56:47 PM
Fantastic work, Simon! I'm in the middle of planning another order from Hudson & Allen myself, so that's very inspiring!  :-*
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Post by: NurgleHH on 10 July 2018, 08:06:43 PM
Top painting. I wish there is a distributor for H&A-Miniatures. Order in USA is to expensive over here.
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Post by: DonFabrizio on 11 July 2018, 08:21:27 AM
Beautiful work!
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Post by: Axebreaker on 11 July 2018, 09:57:09 AM
Just superb! :-*

Christopher
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Captain Blood on 11 July 2018, 10:05:49 AM
Splendid job on those buildings Simon.
I've always greatly admired (read 'been insanely jealous of'  lol) your Hudson & Allen / John Boadle collection - and it's just getting more lovely with each addition.

Ebob used to sell part of the range in the UK, but I think he's been out of commission for a while?
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Post by: Andym on 11 July 2018, 11:24:22 AM
Fantastic! I love both pieces! :-*

Great colouring! 8)
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Post by: nikkobourges on 14 July 2018, 01:39:10 PM
Hello,

Superb paintjob !!

Nikko
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: SirGromit1879 on 14 July 2018, 02:31:38 PM
Absolutely stunning work. I can feel the grumbles of those poor longbowmen being turned away
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: commissarmoody on 18 July 2018, 09:15:27 AM
Those are some awesome farms.
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Post by: DintheDin on 18 July 2018, 09:55:04 AM
These pieces of terrain are really outstanding! Thanks for sharing!
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Post by: henryv on 18 July 2018, 07:23:05 PM
Yes, very nice indeed.
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: jamesmanto on 18 July 2018, 11:57:02 PM
It's almost too nice to burn down.

Said the longbowman to the billman.  lol
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Post by: Verderer on 19 July 2018, 07:20:29 AM
So nice paint jobs Painterman, and in the first picture, it adds so much to the effect when you do a proper base and little detail additions, it really brings the buildings alive. I have to try something like that too. Is that Renendra wattle fencing in the pigsty?
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: painterman on 19 July 2018, 10:02:53 AM
Verderer
thanks for the kind words and yes, Renedra wattle fencing.
Cheers
Simon.
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Orlock on 22 October 2018, 06:39:23 PM
Simon, what paint colours did you use for thatch? This is one of the areas I am most having an issue with. I want my thatch to be worn rather than 'new'.
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Atheling on 22 October 2018, 10:30:32 PM
Beautiful stuff Simon  :-* :-* :-*

I love the guy confronting the chap carrying the empty flagon at the start of the thread....

"Oi! did you drink my ale!?!?"

Darrell.
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: painterman on 23 October 2018, 12:14:05 AM
Hi
The thatch was over a black undercoat and is a dark umber (vallejo I think) dry brushed a couple of coats.
then some flesh tone added to the dark umber to just catch the edges in an upward dry brush, from bottom to top and along the ridge.
Hope that helps, I used a house near me as my reference, which has aged thatching. I must admit that so many folk seem to go for a thatch finish which seems to be the day after the roof has been put on!!
Simon.
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Anselm van Helsing on 23 October 2018, 12:45:31 PM
Do Hudson & Allen still sell these buildings? Couldn't find them on their webshop. (Also couldn't afford them, but still asking.  :))
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: painterman on 23 October 2018, 01:33:21 PM
Sold now in USA by Vatican Enterprises.
Ben is good to deal with, but you’re likely to get stung for customs duty on imports from USA.
Someone has got Some UK. stock but yet to get them ready for sale - so watch this space.
Simon
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Anselm van Helsing on 23 October 2018, 03:33:24 PM
Thanks!

Also, forgot to say your terrain & composition with miniatures is superb.  :)
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Charlie_ on 23 October 2018, 07:04:34 PM
Do Hudson & Allen still sell these buildings? Couldn't find them on their webshop. (Also couldn't afford them, but still asking.  :))

See my thread for details on prices and my experience ordering from the UK.
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=111122.0
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Rogerc on 30 October 2018, 08:47:09 PM
Very, very tempted by these myself, think they would go well as a farm in the Pale for my Elizabethan Ireland project, a nice target for Irish raiders.
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: has.been on 31 October 2018, 11:37:11 AM
Nice scenery, you have done a fine job. Keep up the good work & post it as well.
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Post by: Hu Rhu on 31 October 2018, 03:34:47 PM
Both sets are truely wonderful and have inspired me to purchase some Hudson & Allen buildings from the USA.  Where did you source the extras (bench, ropes, barrel and tree from in the first set?
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: dallascowboy43 on 13 November 2018, 10:06:57 PM
Did the guy in the UK ever get the stock of these buildings?
Clive
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: painterman on 13 November 2018, 11:10:23 PM
I contacted him a few weeks back - seems he has received stock and was getting them added to a website...still know no more I'm afraid.
But I'm ready to buy...
Title: Re: Farm and Barn terrain (Hudson & Allen)
Post by: Rogerc on 14 November 2018, 06:49:35 PM
Me too, keep us posted please.