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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: gamer Mac on February 15, 2012, 05:27:47 PM
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I wanted to build a mansion for our LOTHS games. Struggled for an idea but came up with this.
Still to tile the roof and still got a rail to build around the balcony.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/1912_15_02_12_6_13_33_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/1912_15_02_12_6_13_33_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/1912_15_02_12_6_13_33_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/1912_15_02_12_6_13_33_3.JPG)
Also built the interior
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/1912_15_02_12_6_13_33_4.JPG)
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That is a beauty of a house, very well done!
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She's a beaut!
Stunning colin! Looking forward to getting to play on it!
Cheers
Andy
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I'm so going to have to steal that design! :-*
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Ooooh. Impressive. Looking forward to the finished article :)
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Yeah, thats a beauty alright, I really like the angles, an interesting shape/design. I can't wait to see it finished ;D
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keeping an eye of it. That's a great start!
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I have seen architects do worse.
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Nice one Colin 8) :-* :-*
cheers
James
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That's brilliant! :-*
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Thanks Guys
Just need to work out what colours to paint it?
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I'd go for traditional grey stone, with bricks picked out in various colours/hues that was it can be used for multiple games including fantasy, pirates, ww2/pulp, heck even victorian!
Just my two cents
Cheers
Andy
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Brilliant :-* :-*
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I was thinking that it looked really good and then I reached the photos of the interior! :o 8)
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Drool...
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Totally agree, that interior is lovely!! :o Dado-rails are a sweet touch!! Just remember if you've put two fire places inside you need two chimneys on top.
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Nice work :-* :-* :-*
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Stunning work
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I was thinking that it looked really good and then I reached the photos of the interior! :o 8)
Ditto!
It is bloody lovely!
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Great build Colin. :-*
What have you textured the walls with or is that just paint?
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Very watery polyfiller. Thought it would help give it a we bit of texture and help fill some mistakes.
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Wow...just WOW! :-*
I am afraid there is a very good chance I am going to steal your design!! lol
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Pretty damn good :D
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Excellent work. :)
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Superb workmanship 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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An excellent project! Any progress?
Duncan
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Stunning. I want to say more, but my fingers have gone numb!
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An excellent project! Any progress?
Duncan
Have done some of the roof. But I have been sent down to Burton-on-trent for work so I won't get any more done this week or any photos of the progress.
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Have done some of the roof. But I have been sent down to Burton-on-trent for work so I won't get any more done this week or any photos of the progress.
There's some good pubs in that neck of the woods, try to get over to Stow on the Wold too. In the name of architectual research of course. I think there was some Civil War fisticuffs in that area too.
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I'm glad to hear there's progress this build is far too good for it to stall.
Duncan
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Well it has taken me ages to tile the roof. Never though I would see the end of it.
The mansion is now 95% finished, just got a couple of railings to do, then painting.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1912_24_03_12_12_22_45_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1912_24_03_12_12_22_46_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1912_24_03_12_12_22_46_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1912_24_03_12_12_22_46_3.JPG)
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Cracking build Colin 8) :-*
I always find putting tiles on is quite therapeutic :)
Quick question regarding the last picture. The door is half way up the wall, will there be steps or a small ladder or is it a loading entrance (apologies if I've missed it somewhere else)?
cheers
James
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I am going to make some stairs seperately. I am still thinking of placing the house on a hill in the corner of the table. So the door will be over the table edge. So I don't want stairs there. Another idea was for an out-building, stable or some such, which would join on the main building there.
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Good to see this back Colin. Andy will be happy you've got the chimneys in the right place ;)
Are you still doing that horrible commute?
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Excellent Colin. That's going to look the business when it's painted up :)
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Wonderful work!!! I could bang on,I won't however ;) it is a very inspiring build :)
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Absolutely lovely!
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Good to see this back Colin. Andy will be happy you've got the chimneys in the right place ;)
Are you still doing that horrible commute?
No I have a new job. Only half an hour away. And the Missus would say only half a job :D
I don't start till the back of 9 and I am usually finished by about half one. They are also paying me a fortune to be there.
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No I have a new job. Only half an hour away. And the Missus would say only half a job :D
I don't start till the back of 9 and I am usually finished by about half one. They are also paying me a fortune to be there.
Have you become a professional footballer overnight?
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Perfect hours for starting up a small business. ;)
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Finished yet? :D
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Nice building project, and its nice to see that the layout is so functional. I love the interior as well as the exterior. We are currently working on a building project our self, but have some issues with time to build, also, its a group project and hence we are a bit dependent on peoples spare time allowance :)
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Looking really, really great with the riff on. Wonderful work. :-*
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I'm very envious. It's exactly what I've been wanting build for years but just haven't known where to start. :-*
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Wonderful and very well done. Full of realistic details. I am looking forward seing it painted.
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No I have a new job. Only half an hour away. And the Missus would say only half a job :D
I don't start till the back of 9 and I am usually finished by about half one. They are also paying me a fortune to be there.
Now in addition to more photos, please tell us how on earth you get a job like that?
Duncan
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After being made reduntant a couple of years ago from a place I had worked in for 20 years. Then after being unemployed for half of last year I have just landed lucky for a change :D After a couple of very crap jobs.
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What... a... beauty! :o :o :o
Is that LEGO for the windows?
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No Embroidery mesh, from the craft store.
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WIP of the painting
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1912_28_03_12_8_20_42.JPG)
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Sweet!
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Great start! That roof looks good! Nicely weathered.
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Absolute belter Colin :-* :-*
Are the wall panels airbrushed?
cheers
James
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Yes airbrushed. I thought it would be quicker but I will take just as long painting all the wood.
I am not very tidy with an airbrush :?
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Yes airbrushed. I thought it would be quicker but I will take just as long painting all the wood.
I am not very tidy with an airbrush :?
Practise mate, like anything :)
cheers
James
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Need some help Guys.
I am trying to make a grass embankment to mount the mansion on.
I tried this
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1912_08_06_12_5_50_03.JPG)
But it looks too artificial
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1912_08_06_12_5_50_50.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/1912_08_06_12_5_55_10.JPG)
What can I do to fix it?
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Vary the colour of the flock a bit? Perhaps using some different colour drybrushes over the top.
It looks pretty bloody good though anyway :)
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Looks lovely Colin. But I'd scrape it off and use static grass rather than flock. Model railway shops sell it. Always looks a lot more realistic than flock, because static grass is essentially fibres whereas flock is granules or chippings... Also the colours they achieve with static grass are usually more lifelike and less 'dyed' looking...
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I agree. This way of application is to 'not random' and winds up looking rather like exactly what it is - a model. A bit like the way they do railway modelling sceneries I think. :)
Try adding static grass on top perhaps? With a static grass applicator (essentially just a device making the grass static..) perhaps. Or as Mute suggest drybush it a little to give variations over the green tone.
Or be completely radical and put sand on it and paint it like grass as people did on bases in the olden days. o_o
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Colin, I'll bring some of the stuff I use tomorrow, you can try that.
Other wise looking good.how is the interior?
Cheers
Andy
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Several things:
Use a mixture of static grass and sawdust flock.
Mix several colour of the above.
Airbrush patches of the applied flock with a lighter or yellowish colour.
Apply tufts.
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Stunning
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I have static grass but it never seems to look that good over large areas. I have never seen an applicator. Do they work?
I am wanting it to look a bit more like a well tended lawn in front of the mansion
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Maybe grass mat is what you need? That, in turn, may look even a bit too regular, but usually you can fix that with light drybrushing and blending the edges with loose static grass.
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I have static grass but it never seems to look that good over large areas. I have never seen an applicator. Do they work?
I am wanting it to look a bit more like a well tended lawn in front of the mansion
I guess they work or else they wouldn't keep selling 'em.
There are other ways though.
I tend to grab a brush or ballpen and rub it over my sweater or trousers to "load" it. (best would be some plastic rod rubbed over wool.)
Then slowly move it over the applied grass. you'll see the leaves stand up.
Also try not to cover the whole area with glue. leave some small patches which will show the underground. You could eventualy fill these with dead/dried static grass, Although for a governor's mansion I could see you'd want that spotless look.
Also, as someone already said, use a mixture of different types of static grass and use different mixtures on different areas. This will help to prevent that uniform look.
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I have static grass but it never seems to look that good over large areas. I have never seen an applicator. Do they work?
You need a Grassanator. :-)
Grimm
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You're not going for quick and easy are you, Mason. :)
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@Mason
Do you have any photos of projects which demonstrates this method?
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I really love that house! It's fantastic in every way! :-*
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Mix and match Colin, pretty much like most of the suggestions already mentioned.
What you really want is to split the banking and have one half with really tall grass and the other with really short grass. Then find a civvy figure with a pair of large scissors and have him at the join pretending to cut the grass :D
cheers
James
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Mix and match Colin, pretty much like most of the suggestions already mentioned.
What you really want is to split the banking and have one half with really tall grass and the other with really short grass. Then find a civvy figure with a pair of large scissors and have him at the join pretending to cut the grass :D
cheers
James
Haha! That's an awesome idea!
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Mix and match Colin, pretty much like most of the suggestions already mentioned.
What you really want is to split the banking and have one half with really tall grass and the other with really short grass. Then find a civvy figure with a pair of large scissors and have him at the join pretending to cut the grass :D
cheers
James
Thats really helpful :-[
lol
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A great piece of work Colin
well done :D
dodge
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Thats really helpful :-[
lol
Jolly good :D
cheers
James
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You're not going for quick and easy are you, Mason. :)
It does not require any real effort, just drying time for the wash, and a little drybrushing.
I think the end result is worth it, though.
@Mason
Do you have any photos of projects which demonstrates this method?
I do not have any handy pics that show this to full effect for a nice clean lawn, but I have found a pic showing the process up to the level of the first drybrush after the 'dirty water' wash.
(The wash is used as I find static grass is too shiney and unnatural looking).
This drybrush was of a more 'wheat' colour, as I wanted to give the impression of an untended graveyard.
(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j478/themason73/260611035.jpg)
(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j478/themason73/260611036.jpg)
A brighter, 'fresher' choice of greens for the drybrush would give a cleaner appearance and would be more appropriate for a lawn.
You can see that I have left some of the 'earth' underneath exposed.
For a lawn, you would obviously not leave this exposed, but it does show what it would look like if the grass was to be rubbed off during use.
Hope that this is of some help...
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Thats looks great :-* :-* :-*
Thanks for the info guys.
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(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j478/themason73/260611035.jpg)
(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j478/themason73/260611036.jpg)
always envious of that piece... always reminds me of the Hammer film Plague of the Zombies for some reason...