Lead Adventure Forum

Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: anton ryzbak on 14 May 2024, 02:04:33 AM

Title: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: anton ryzbak on 14 May 2024, 02:04:33 AM
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHs7hRfNmVCGPEeBKn_7bFj2kSY0zCLN4FcbGXEBv5AYwKo-ATukAYBt-xOShRknZnBrTMyE4T5o3L9d0LRfKH3kIGR-iEF8-6HWqWjX9qBwZmfFUwVUyfY69zUhMUnfm9M7STtF09PxSywIOWz3ryLMqXFHMcjmfB1NGbt6_YLA2n2OLFiteAtwaUnCU/s850/An-Iroquois-village-showing-longhouses-The-member-tribes-of-the-Iroquois-Confederacy.jpg)

This is the inspiration, not my model! A buddy of mine asked if I could make him some Ottawa Longhouses for his Tribal game. It seemed a simple enough project so I set to work https://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2024/05/scratchbuilding-28mm-ottowa-longhouses.html (https://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2024/05/scratchbuilding-28mm-ottowa-longhouses.html)

Progress so far
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjerIsAkpRX3NLknKcBZTXdUepaTR4WwD5g0QyAILQCptppQxZGA80fXy8cGHgC3ca1sq0ujIgpAX_xx1zcPdfPtbsihJAplyc6nFfXxX7nx8Ko3J1A74zRxIwrE40aK1flB_l9AgTEo5jN_5nxZu-1QTgVeUa9CtUBFH98zlK-k-dAOfDMnVwIilFulghV/w400-h300/20240502_123919.jpg)
Title: Re: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: Tom Dulski on 15 May 2024, 12:03:53 PM

 Off to a very nice start.
Title: Re: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: mikedemana on 17 May 2024, 02:29:42 AM
Much more bold than me! I simply bought mine from Acheson Creations way back when.  lol

Good luck -- that's a very nice inspiration and start!

Mike Demana
Title: Re: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: anton ryzbak on 03 June 2024, 01:46:33 AM
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhVyVu_eCr-00m1sfZzTCkx7gUR3N9Ruy35i_3eAP6zmSIYC2fjMy4W9DIZTJhb8WbiNSwYk0Qe1bAYTOEiI2O8NWA5ZwpmENN0lRXe-UsALDa-v_9-J39gckaofLIEc0TO4l_9a5qpSTebK9smpuJwo5P0L4smXq3t3Mj3A-ujtMlKP6-e7B323EZ6Gu/s4000/20240602_155607.jpg)

I finally got around to putting some paint on these, you can follow the process here https://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2024/06/put-spot-of-paint-on-it-ottawa.html
Title: Re: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: Barry S on 03 June 2024, 04:47:56 AM
Nice work and thanks for sharing the write up on your Blog.

I've built a couple of sets of 15mm Longhouses and Wigwams many, many moons ago now but sold one set on eBay and another to a friend of mine. I am currently back into my 15mm FIW project and am restarting my own Native American villiage, so your post is welcome motivation.


Title: Re: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: anton ryzbak on 05 June 2024, 03:25:12 PM
Barry S, I'm trying to resist building the palisaded village for them to go inside.......but I feel weak

I got them based, but they seem so lonely just being out there in the woods.......

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJdnTiiSw_s1K-3jNcLFBxSkl75gs23HAAP7GKsfCFB464zATndLd7f8pYPhBC1VsCelKEP4v_L4qa3ex85lrknA2yJAmLQnP5Tk4RouMuVtab0F_8DbOr46W5zTKQLw5Mzl_TdquR907Heo6c7fZgrVBhlzLfNteuE-fZE3HA9N_PNxyQ_eP9mvMuyd_/s4000/20240603_213338.jpg)
Title: Re: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: Maxromek on 07 June 2024, 09:57:24 AM
Those are well brilliant, I think you should just give in and make the palisade 😂
Title: Re: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: mikedemana on 09 June 2024, 06:43:13 PM
Those look very nice - I like them!

Mike Demana
Title: Re: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: bluewillow on 10 June 2024, 09:31:15 AM
They look fabulous
Title: Re: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: carlos marighela on 10 June 2024, 10:20:41 AM
They do indeed. Fabulous looking bits of terrain!
Title: Re: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: FifteensAway on 13 June 2024, 08:39:33 AM
I'd seen these somewhere else (I think) and they do look lovely.  However, seeing them with the first photo, curious as to why you opted out of adding in those splotches of color from the photo?  Still nice without it but might have looked even better with - as long as done with a muted tone.  Perhaps that is why the omission, fear or overdoing it? 

Oh, and you really should do the stockade!  For a reason, watch Black Robe if you haven't seen it.  (Haven't seen it for years but ordered a copy today just because I remember liking the movie so much back when I had it on VHS format.)
Title: Re: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: anton ryzbak on 13 June 2024, 05:50:07 PM
FifteensAway,  When I watched the video of the guys building a real one, the differences in the color of the bark panels was very small. It seems that the Native Americans chose a certain type of tree to harvest the bark from which left the color very consistent (if I weren't so lazy I would paint the stripe of moss along the side that had faced north)
Title: Re: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: Basementboy on 13 June 2024, 06:30:29 PM
These look amazing! Thanks for posting, really nice bit of inspiration ;)
Title: Re: Scratchbuilding Ottawa Longhouses in 28mm
Post by: Zenza Raggi on 14 June 2024, 02:10:56 PM
A very original idea that is superbly executed.