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Title: [COMMERCIAL] Farms of Gettysburg - 28mm kits
Post by: Things from the Basement on October 01, 2020, 02:45:30 PM

Another big release by Things from the Basement:

All 28mm kits of our successful "Farms of Gettysburg" Kickstarter are now available!
After the rewards have been shipped (except a few, because of missing addresses) they have now been added to the website. 15mm versions have been released last week already.
You can choose between individual kits or the Ultimate Set.

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Bryan Farm
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Leister Farm (Meade's HQ)
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Thompsn House (Lee's HQ)
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McLean Farm
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(https://www.thingsfromthebasement.com/uploads/5/8/3/7/58376453/s674824954927702742_p824_i1_w1813.jpeg?width=640)

Slyder Farm
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(https://www.thingsfromthebasement.com/uploads/5/8/3/7/58376453/s674824954927702742_p826_i1_w1813.jpeg?width=640)
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Fences
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Link to the 28mm kits: https://www.thingsfromthebasement.com/store/c45/Historic_American_Buildings.html (https://www.thingsfromthebasement.com/store/c45/Historic_American_Buildings.html)

Link to the 15mm kits: https://www.thingsfromthebasement.com/store/c25/15mm.html (https://www.thingsfromthebasement.com/store/c25/15mm.html) - Please scroll down a bit!

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Title: Re: Farms of Gettysburg - 28mm kits
Post by: Pan Marek on October 01, 2020, 07:11:16 PM

Things-
Really great stuff.  Handy for FIW, AWI, 1812 and ACW.

But one question:  Have you got any tips for painting the stonework?
It appears that drybrush would not work, as the stones are not raised.

Paint each stone individually?

Title: Re: [COMMERCIAL] Farms of Gettysburg - 28mm kits
Post by: Things from the Basement on October 01, 2020, 07:29:54 PM

Thank you, Pan!
I painted the stone walls in a beige/buff color. And then used 5-6 different colors for the stones and painted them individually. It takes a while and is very relaxing  ;)

Maybe someone else comes up with a faster method?

Title: Re: [COMMERCIAL] Farms of Gettysburg - 28mm kits
Post by: Pan Marek on October 01, 2020, 08:52:07 PM

Things:

You should post something on your website, asking for techniques!

Title: Re: [COMMERCIAL] Farms of Gettysburg - 28mm kits
Post by: Cat on October 02, 2020, 05:15:46 AM

Quote from: Things from the Basement on October 01, 2020, 07:29:54 PM

Maybe someone else comes up with a faster method?

My method certainly won't be faster, but I always love painting stone work!  I'll spray with several colours in light spritzes to get a nicely speckled base stone colour.  Then individually dry brush for variety, then brush paint the mortar.

Title: Re: [COMMERCIAL] Farms of Gettysburg - 28mm kits
Post by: General Lee on October 02, 2020, 05:19:17 PM

If shipping to Europe wasn't this expensive, I'd get them all

Title: Re: [COMMERCIAL] Farms of Gettysburg - 28mm kits
Post by: sepoy1857 on October 03, 2020, 12:37:52 AM

LOVE it! Awesome kits.

Title: Re: [COMMERCIAL] Farms of Gettysburg - 28mm kits
Post by: Painter Jim on October 05, 2020, 05:16:21 PM

Very high on the must buy list.

Title: Re: [COMMERCIAL] Farms of Gettysburg - 28mm kits
Post by: Baron von Wreckedoften on October 05, 2020, 07:31:06 PM

Quote from: Things from the Basement on October 01, 2020, 07:29:54 PM

Maybe someone else comes up with a faster method?

I would have thought the ranges of ready-coloured, textured "wall papers" from model railway manufacturers would give a quicker result.

Title: Re: [COMMERCIAL] Farms of Gettysburg - 28mm kits
Post by: Pan Marek on October 06, 2020, 07:50:27 PM

Baron-
They likely would.   But when one starts down the road of significantly modifying a kit,
I think you might as well scratch build, and save the money.

Title: Re: [COMMERCIAL] Farms of Gettysburg - 28mm kits
Post by: Cat on October 07, 2020, 12:18:45 AM

Pan —
Having gone way far down the road of modifying Things From The Basement kits for Sleepy Hollow, and having scratchbuilt many a model over the years, I can definitely say that using the kits as a starting base has saved me great amounts of time over building from scratch to get this level of detail!
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=106615

Title: Re: [COMMERCIAL] Farms of Gettysburg - 28mm kits
Post by: Pan Marek on October 07, 2020, 05:47:15 PM

Cat-
Well, I gotta say.  Your buildings sure look good!