Modern African Buildings

[matakishi]

Added some more to this set (set of one until now) and repainted the original building's roof to match new ones (photos of that when I can set up a group shot outside tomorrow weather permitting). they'll be used for lots of stuff including bulking out Entebbe.

Quick and simple, full details here:
http://www.matakishi.com/africanbuildings.htm

[dijit]

Thorbjørn, there's a shop here in Vejle that sells cork board, I think it was less than 100kr last time I bought some, and I need some more. Are you coming to Esbjerg d.19 september? Then I could take some over for you if you'd like?

[matakishi]

Made some more:

[Malamute]

Very nice, they definately say Africa to me.I like the big multi level building alot. Great stuff as always.

[Ray Rivers]

 

They look great.

Add in ALL the other African related stuff you have and you could put together one heck of an urban, shanty town board!

Impressive.

[gamer Mac]

Excellent stuff.
I was going to ask for a picture of it all together bbut you beat me to it.
How do you manage to store all of these buildings,you must have a couple of hundred?

They look great.

Add in ALL the other African related stuff you have and you could put together one heck of an urban, shanty town board!

Impressive.

I would love to see a picture of all your stuff together

[Mindenbrush]

You should be able to get cork floor tiles from any Home renovation supplier. In the UK it is B&Q, here in Hamburg we have Max Bauer, Bauhaus and Pratiker so you should be able to find some thing where you are. Look in the Flooring Section or try looking for Depron (damp-proofing foam), I found some 3mm thick in the Wallpaper Section at under 2 Euros a sheet. It is excellent, cuts cleanly, can be set to curved shapes and bonds together using PVA/white glue. Rigid as well when used for walls.

[the commissar]

These are brilliant - I think I need to have a go at some in 20mm

Found the Siesta site mentioned - what an array of tiles!

which ones do you use Matakishi?

[matakishi]

I use this:
"A-B-CORK (UNSEALED) DOMESTIC DENSITY TILES"
http://www.siestacorktiles.co.uk/cork.htm

I'll see what I can do about some photos of these and my Middle East/ Mogadishu buildings together at the weekend (no promises)

[the commissar]

thanks - for the details of the tiles.

Next question - How do you texture the tiles/buildings?

In the past I have tried this and my method did not work at all. I could not get it to stick or it was impossible to spread.

Thanks

[matakishi]

I don't use texture other than the textured paint (Dulux Weathershield) which I only use sometimes, the texture is mainly just the surface of the cork.

[matakishi]

New:

[Malamute]

Very, very good.

[gamer Mac]

The speed that you knock out these gems is amazing.
How long do you reckon it takes you to build one average house?

[matakishi]

A basic one of these African buildings takes about 15 minutes to make and half an hour to paint and base.
A shanty base takes me a couple of hours to make because it's much more complicated.
Trying to make too many makes it tedious and the time extends significantly though