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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Malamute on 02 August 2008, 03:51:46 PM
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My most ambitious Hacienda to date.
I can already see Zorro leaping onto the balcony to rescue Elena from the clutches of the vile governor, then jumping down onto his faithful horse Tornado who waits patiently below. :)
The usual foamcore with balsa wood doors, windows, balcony etc, Polyfilla rendering and plasticard tiled floor and MDf base.
Now its ready for base texturing and painting.
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc80/nickfutter/hac1.jpg)
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc80/nickfutter/hac4.jpg)
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc80/nickfutter/hac2.jpg)
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc80/nickfutter/hac3.jpg)
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:-* :-*
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:oVery Impressive!The detail work on the doors and window look great :-*they must have taken some time and patience!
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Another piece of art. I love all your terrain in this sceries so far :-*
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Cracking. Can't wait to see this one finished.
How long before the whole town is ready? ;)
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Very nice Mate, very nice indeed. :)
I love the front door on that one and the little details along the arches.
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Hey where is Zorro !!!
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That's just fantastic :o
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Thats already impressive, hope to see the finished one soon :).
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8) Love it.
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Wow nice work. It inspires me to improve my own Mexican buildings
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:o :o :-*
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Congratulations! Excellent!
What is the size of this piece? (should not be easy to store...)
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Awesome! What's pollyfilla like? Is it pretty moist? How did the foam core take it?
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Polyfilla is I think referred to as Spackle in the USA?
It comes either in powder form to mix with water or already mixed. I thin it down a bit to make it easier to spread.
The foamcore takes it well and does not warp.
Its about 18 inches long. I already have a box lined up to put it in, so storage is fine.
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Someday I will get around to some middle eastern buildings and I was wondering if the spackle warped the foam core. Thanks for allaying my fears.
Hurry up and paint it and post more pictures!
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I'll paint it this weekend. :)
If you look on the Wild West board you will see some pictures of another Hacienda and an adobe church I did several months ago all using faomcore and they are fine, no warping. :)
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Spackle, presuming it's the same material as what we here in Sweden call "spackel", is marvellous. You can construct your foamcore buildings quite haphazardly and the spackle will still cover up all the mistakes. You can then use various techniques to give it different finishes. I like to dab it with a sponge or a crumpled-up piece of tin foil (depending on how rough I want it to look). If I want it smooth, I sand it after it's dry.
As Malamute says, it doesn't warp the foamcore. If anything, it can be used to hide any potential warping caused by the glue (layer it on more thickly where it gets concave).
The stuff I use does smell a little bit like rotten fish while it's wet (does that ring a bell with anyone else?) but it's really no big deal.
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Thats good info. I've built a few buildings from foam core and I used the stone texture spray paint but I've never done any mud brick or anything that needs to look plastered. I'm really aching to do some terrain, especially after those hacienda photos! The spackle will serve me well for an Afghan fort.
Pollyfilla, its a funny word. Sounds like Godzilla's drag name.
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I just found the older thread with the detailed description of your method. Which emoticon says "I'm sorry for wasting everyone's time!"? :-I?
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Pollyfilla, its a funny word. Sounds like Godzilla's drag name.
It's just poly-purpose filler, really.. ;)
I'd like a 'how to' for those doors/shutters, though... When I get old and retired, I must be able to find some time for building stuff... or at least when my kids are a little older and can go to bed by themselves.... ::)
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I'd like a 'how to' for those doors/shutters, though... When I get old and retired, I must be able to find some time for building stuff... or at least when my kids are a little older and can go to bed by themselves.... ::)
The doors are Balsa wood, either scored deeply to represent individual planks or have had thin balsa strips/pieces added to represent paneling etc.
The shutters were very fiddly and time consuming, but fun to do. I cut the balsa into very thin strips and just glued them on.Firstly making the frame then fitting the smaller horizontal shutters.
I later found you can buy doors and windows and shutters and just about every architectural thing you need from Grandt Designs in the States or from TM terrain in the UK.
I like to build my stuff from scratch particularly for these buildings to give them a more rustic look.
The painting stage is very simple. Just a thinned base coat of artists Raw Umber straight form the tube then a dry brush with GW Bleached Bone or similar.
Be careful when painting the doors, if you have not scored them deep enough then they will loose the paneled look as the balsa swells and expands when painted, particularly if you wash the paint on thinly.
Hope that helps.
Should have some pics of the painted model up soon, its had its base coat and first drybrush. :)
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Thanks.... 8)
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I have posted some photos of the finished, painted model in the Old west Board.
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Spackle, presuming it's the same material as what we here in Sweden call "spackel", is marvellous. You can construct your foamcore buildings quite haphazardly and the spackle will still cover up all the mistakes. You can then use various techniques to give it different finishes. I like to dab it with a sponge or a crumpled-up piece of tin foil (depending on how rough I want it to look). If I want it smooth, I sand it after it's dry.
That's amusing, because that's what it's for in real houses, too. lol
SteveN