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Offline Codsticker

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A Little Wattle And Daub House
« on: 21 May 2023, 06:51:49 PM »
My buddy Jeff (those who have frequented TMP in the past would have known him as BluebearJeff ) who passed away in 2016 left me several things including a small house that he had built. Very straight forward construction: foam core walls, black cardstock for a shingle roof and unpainted balsa wood for the timber, all on a thin card base:



I used it as a basis to try a couple of materials I had been wanting to play with; I added toweling to the roof for thatch and wood filler to the walls for daub.



Although the daub did not quite work out as well as I had hoped, I am happy with the tatch.



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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #1 on: 21 May 2023, 07:07:40 PM »
Very nice useful build. 
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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #2 on: 21 May 2023, 08:50:21 PM »
Nice work and rememberance of a friend. I see nothing wrong with the plaster and the thatch looks great.
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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #3 on: 21 May 2023, 10:18:31 PM »
Nicely done  :)

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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #4 on: 21 May 2023, 11:35:48 PM »
 8) That is very nice
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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #5 on: 22 May 2023, 02:21:32 AM »
The transformation as it stops looking like bits of cardboard is exciting to watch.  :o
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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #6 on: 22 May 2023, 06:01:04 PM »
Thank you everyone for the kind remarks. As Jeff had done all the construction it was a very quick and satisfying project.

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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #7 on: 22 May 2023, 06:09:45 PM »
Indeed the walls look every bit as good as the thatched roof….that looks excellent, I’m sure he’d be pleased!

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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #8 on: 26 May 2023, 08:19:25 AM »
Well done on a personally significant piece; it looks great and you made the already nice base construction shine  :)
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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #9 on: 26 May 2023, 11:49:59 AM »
Bravo!

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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #10 on: 27 May 2023, 08:12:07 PM »
Excellent! Looks fantastic
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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #11 on: 27 May 2023, 10:33:24 PM »
Lovely work and a great memorial to a friend

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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #12 on: 30 May 2023, 02:48:56 AM »
Thanks fellas. I just need a couple more buildings and my 16th-17th C. English village will be "complete". ::)

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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #13 on: 30 May 2023, 07:42:23 AM »
thats very nice indeed
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Re: A Little Wattle And Daub House
« Reply #14 on: 16 June 2023, 12:06:13 AM »
Thanks fellas. I just need a couple more buildings and my 16th-17th C. English village will be "complete". ::)

What is this "complete" you speak of? I have never seen the beast nor even seen it's tracks! ;)

Nice solid little building and the fact that it's a memorial to a gaming friend is even better.

 

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