Tudorish Town (Three Dormer Window Roof FINISHED!)

[Coronasan]

Some time ago in the days when we could still go to wargames shows and buy stuff, I bought a rather great cobblestone mat from Deep Cut Studio.



Now all I needed was a few buildings to put on it. I could have gone off and bought some, but I decided that would be too easy and I wanted a project, because lets face it, we all need a project or ten to keep us busy.

Over the last couple of years, I have been learning how to use a rather dodgy Chinese CAD package for laser cutting and working out what it can and can't do. It really is very basic, but through trial and plenty of error, I can get it to do what I want, just about...

Cobbled streets need Tudor style buildings so I started a simple design to see what I could do, the first prototype was okay but need a lot more work to make it half decent.



I slapped some paint on to get an idea of what needed to be improved, quite a bit really, but that is what a test is for...



The next version had thinner beams and a more irregular beam design, a huge improvement I think.





I have ended up with a few designs based on this first basic structure which are okay for my first attempt.

My next design is a square building with a few options allowing several different looking buildings to be created from the core design.







There are a few others in the design an prototype stage and I hope to have enough to fill the cobble mat one day.

[PhilB]

Looks good! The modular design seems to be just the thing.
The "irregular" beam layout seems... a bit too irregular. I'm sure the finished buildings will look fine, though.

[khartoum2]

look great - really interested to see how this goes

[Coronasan]

I have been on a building binge over the last couple of weeks, quite a few of the Tudor style houses are coming along.



I have used a nice mustard colour again on this one.



...and then a dark brown for the beams, which I still need to highlight before gluing it all together.

[Coronasan]

I now have each of the floors built.



These are square buildings so each floor and the roof can be rotated 90 degrees.



I try to avoid a flat and plain surface so added some extra beams under the roof eaves.

[caveadsum1471]

 Very impressive build with your own laser cutter and cad work! Could I suggest an inexpensive book called Discovering timber framed buildings  by Richard Harris and printed I think by Shire? Its a really excellent and comprehensive little book with lots of useful detail that I think might be helpful for you.
Best Iain

[Coronasan]

Another Tudorish building is finished, this is a test spire roof that was not easy to make. I ended up having to use matchsticks on the inside to get a join alongside the edges.



I did quite a light drybrushing of red over a black undercoat, I am pleased with how it came out.

[Vagabond]

Very impressive, you are right the red over black has come out nicely.

The windows look particularly good.

[Coronasan]

The latest work in progress addition to my expanding Tudorish town is a dice tower.

As it is in sections, it can get pretty high.

I have some fixes to do, but I should be able to paint this version up anyway as none of the fixes are that big a deal.


I am adding barn style doors to where the dice come out so it will hide the dice exit point if necessary.

[Coronasan]

Thee are a few minor changes needed to the outer detail, but this is almost done.
 

[Codsticker]

I think that's a good idea- I should probably make one for our ECW games.

[Coronasan]

Could I suggest an inexpensive book called Discovering timber framed buildings  by Richard Harris and printed I think by Shire? Its a really excellent and comprehensive little book with lots of useful detail that I think might be helpful for you.
Best Iain

Thanks Iain, I got that book off a used book website for a couple of quid. It goes into plenty of detail, but I will have a go at a design that more closely follows period design.

[Melnibonean]

That's going to look great and help to keep your table tidy too!

[Coronasan]

You would think at the moment there would be time to finish projects off, why is it so hard to stay focused?

Even the cat is accusing me of being a lazy.


It has been slow going the last few weeks...

[Coronasan]

I needed to get a couple of bits recut for the dice tower, so have also started on another Tudorish design.

This will be something along the lines of a rich dudes town house.



To start with I have just mocked up the general ground level and what will be a balcony level, and I am trying out a new way of having the floors interlock.

I want to add stone effect etched mdf to the ground floor and have mostly half timber on the first floor and roof.