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Title: Old Breton houses, with chimneys
Post by: Patrice on January 11, 2012, 06:00:43 PM

I started this work some months ago and I don't think I have shared it here  :-I

Progress was slow since I began but now I am working on it again. The idea was that, as it was quite difficult for me to understand architecture of foreign buildings, I could get better inspiration from local houses that I can see everyday here in the central Brittany countryside where I live.

So I began to make some houses that could fit in almost any historical local context since the 18th and 19th centuries till today. I plan to do some WW2 skirmish with them later but they also could fit in an 18th century skirmish or in a 19th century horror scenario.

(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/heb/tiez1.jpg)

(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/heb/tiez2.jpg)

(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/heb/tiez3.jpg)

Chimneys are hollow and could work - if it was not balsa wood! lol

Title: Re: Old Breton houses, with chimneys
Post by: Wirelizard on January 12, 2012, 06:03:15 PM

That stonework looks great, especially the colour of it - most of us use much less subtle shades of grey when attempting stonework!

Is the stonework carved or just painted on? I can't tell from the photos.

Title: Re: Old Breton houses, with chimneys
Post by: Patrice on January 12, 2012, 06:49:18 PM

Colour shades are what can be seen on old houses around here, which are built from grey granite (which can have slightly different shades in grey-blue-brown, a few are a bit pink), and some very thick slates to fill the gaps, and probably a few other stones.

I used balsa with some layers of "enduit de rebouchage acrylique" ("acrylic spackle" is it?) and when it was dry I quickly flattened it with a large file (a file for metal, not for wood). Then I carved it (but not deeply) with a sharp pencil, it goes fast this acrylic stuff is soft enough.

I was thinking about a darker wash to fill the carvings between the stones, but after more thought I won't do it, because traditionally the stuff that was put between the stones (before modern cement) is a mixture of lime and sand, its true colour is a very light yellow-grey, lighter than the stones.

Well I still don't know how all this will look when finished, we shall see... ???