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Title: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: SgtPerry on March 05, 2011, 07:11:46 PM: I painted three farmhouses and several fences from Total Battle Miniatures. The buildings are really great with a lift-off roof and a detailed interior.

http://perrysheroes.free.fr/spip.php?article365

(http://perrysheroes.free.fr/IMG/jpg/TBM_Farmhouses_2.jpg)

Olivier
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: Brummie on March 05, 2011, 10:05:04 PM: Those would be grand for so much stuff! And nice lay out! Really want to purchase some such buildings myself, very inspiring! Thank you for showing these!
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: Comsquare on March 05, 2011, 10:25:38 PM: Quote from: Bezzo on March 05, 2011, 10:15:54 PM
Brummie

They are Gripping Beast buildings and at the moment out of stock. I wanted some myself and have just been on their site.

Sorry, but you're wrong.
As SgtPerry said, they are from Total Battle Miniatures.

http://www.totalbattleminiatures.com/
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: Sangennaru on March 07, 2011, 05:00:13 PM: those are really well painted! the sculpts are nice, but not excellent, but you made them really good!!!
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: Tas on March 07, 2011, 07:54:40 PM: Great stuff indeed - I am laboriously scratchbuilding two DA houses at the moment. Wish I'd seen these babies first

And you've brought them to life brilliantly - makes me want to take up my sword to go burn and pillage!
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: SgtPerry on March 08, 2011, 08:30:25 AM: Thatched roofs are the (at least my) major problem with DA buildings. I have no problem designing the walls, stone or half timbered ones but the roofs...

I may try this method

http://ryan.skow.org/city/greentree/ThatchedRoof.html

Olivier
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: duhamel on March 08, 2011, 10:10:58 AM: Quote from: SgtPerry on March 08, 2011, 08:30:25 AM
Thatched roofs are the (at least my) major problem with DA buildings. I have no problem designing the walls, stone or half timbered ones but the roofs...

I may try this method

http://ryan.skow.org/city/greentree/ThatchedRoof.html

Olivier

why not just use synthetic fur. it works fine, you just have to find the right one.

pourquoi ne pas simplement utiliser de la fourrure synthétique. cela fonctionne très bien, il suffit juste de trouver la bonne.
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: Too Bo Coo on February 13, 2014, 12:12:21 AM: Very nice!
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: Atheling on February 13, 2014, 07:08:35 AM: Quote from: SgtPerry on March 08, 2011, 08:30:25 AM
Thatched roofs are the (at least my) major problem with DA buildings. I have no problem designing the walls, stone or half timbered ones but the roofs...

I may try this method

http://ryan.skow.org/city/greentree/ThatchedRoof.html

Olivier

That looks to be the best method in my opinion mon ami 8).

Darrell.
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: Dalauppror on February 13, 2014, 08:00:53 AM: Looking realy good !
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: dm on February 13, 2014, 08:23:24 AM: Very nice indeed 8) 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: sukhe_bator on February 13, 2014, 11:48:54 AM: Beautifully done sir, very atmospheric. I'm loving the tonal qualities on the thatching and the daub walls, though I personally subscribe more to the muckier 'Monty Python & the Holy Grail' medieval world view grunge look. Too much grass and not enough midden!
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: shandy on February 13, 2014, 02:09:59 PM: Quote from: Atheling on February 13, 2014, 07:08:35 AM
That looks to be the best method in my opinion mon ami 8).

Darrell.

Unfortunately, I could never find a towel that fit the purpose, only fancy fabrics with knots and whatnot. Finally, I found a duster that has just the right texture - I used it on all those buildings (they are 15mm, though):
http://wargamingraft.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/pic5.jpg[/img]](http://wargamingraft.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/pic5.jpg) (http://[img width=800 height=391)
So, have a look at your local household supply store.
Cheers,
Shandy

P.S.: I have one 15mm building by Total Battle Miniatures, looks very nice! Yours is better painted, though :)
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: emosbur on February 20, 2014, 01:21:11 AM: I thatched a roof this way:

(http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww341/emosbur/Dux%20Britanniarum/PC262144.jpg) (http://s734.photobucket.com/user/emosbur/media/Dux%20Britanniarum/PC262144.jpg.html)

(http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww341/emosbur/Dux%20Britanniarum/PC262143.jpg) (http://s734.photobucket.com/user/emosbur/media/Dux%20Britanniarum/PC262143.jpg.html)

Using this:

http://images.wikia.com/inciclopedia/images/archive/7/71/20081115020035!Fregona.jpg

Emilio
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: Turbo-Ben on February 20, 2014, 07:32:34 AM: Some time ago I built 6 thatched houses for my "Bruegelburg" project.
They're not as nice as the ones in the original post but I think the towel method looks also quite good!

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dql33v5pRoM/UwWuvev5PRI/AAAAAAAACkc/Cb5SukhvAcc/w958-h573-no/IMAG2864.jpg)
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: Sangennaru on February 20, 2014, 07:59:14 AM: Quote from: emosbur on February 20, 2014, 01:21:11 AM
I thatched a roof this way:

I am not sure that this is the most realistic way to proceed, but for some reasons i LOVE the effect! :D
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: Atheling on February 20, 2014, 08:08:01 AM: I had a thought about buying the thickest Teddybear fur and then trimming it down with a pair of clippers to the desired length to create a thick thatch.

What say you all? ??? :)

Darrell.
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: emosbur on February 20, 2014, 01:26:50 PM: Quote from: Sangennaru on February 20, 2014, 07:59:14 AM
I am not sure that this is the most realistic way to proceed, but for some reasons i LOVE the effect! :D

Thanks, but is a pain in the arse to do. Next time I´ll try the faux fur method.
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: Mitch K on February 20, 2014, 06:27:43 PM: Quote from: Atheling on February 20, 2014, 08:08:01 AM
I had a thought about buying the thickest Teddybear fur and then trimming it down with a pair of clippers to the desired length to create a thick thatch.

What say you all? ??? :)

Darrell.

My experience is that the issue with faux fur isn't the length, it's the very fine texture, which ends up not looking very straw or reed-like. I feel that cotton towelling gives me a better result. Maybe I just don't have a light enough touch to work with fur effectively.
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: Too Bo Coo on February 20, 2014, 06:54:32 PM: Quote from: Turbo-Ben on February 20, 2014, 07:32:34 AM
Some time ago I built 6 thatched houses for my "Bruegelburg" project.
They're not as nice as the ones in the original post but I think the towel method looks also quite good!

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dql33v5pRoM/UwWuvev5PRI/AAAAAAAACkc/Cb5SukhvAcc/w958-h573-no/IMAG2864.jpg)

This looks bloody great! Nice job!
Title: Re: Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses
Post by: Turbo-Ben on February 20, 2014, 07:11:17 PM: Quote from: Too Bo Coo on February 20, 2014, 06:54:32 PM
This looks bloody great! Nice job!

Thanks a lot! It's only a single layer of towel. You can get even better results with stripes that slightly overlap.