BSC2024 Daeothar's Frostgrave Warband Camp

[Daeothar]

Well, I'm glad I decided to go with even larger slabs of tiling as opposed to 2x2 squares. Or even *shudder* individual tiles, as I had planned on originally

I ended up creating 4x8, 4x4, 1x8 and 1x4 slabs and I will eventually not even use everything I had printed. Imagine having to do this tile by tile 

In the picture, everything is just laid out, not fitted and not glued down. I hope to tackle that soon, but I remembered I first will have to grout the outside walls and plaster the inside ones. I might wait with the outside until I finish the upper floor walls, but the insides I want to do before I put the floors in.

I also want to plaster the inside walls outside of the room, but then break away parts and pieces to expose the rough stones underneath. Because the room has been protected from the elements all those years, but the exposed walls will have had it rough in the eternal winter of Frostgrave...

[Burgundavia]

Imagine having to do this tile by tile

Come to the darkside of hand-placed tiles. You know you want to...

[Lost Egg]

Ooo they do look nice!

[Mr Tough Guy]

Looking great, when I first saw your idea about the tiles I thought it was madness but you've really made it work.

[Daeothar]

As planned; the tiles are removed for now, as the next stage is a messy one; the plastering of the inside walls.

I decided to do the room itself first. But I also had a little last minute idea I needed to incorporate: I removed a section of wall, as if it had collapsed, and used my cut bricks to fill it up. As if the warband had actually put some effort into their hideout. I will carry the damage over to the floor/ceiling, which will have been repaired in an equally enthousiastic but not very talented way.

And I then finally put on the wall filler. Smoothing it out with a bit of water really helped it to adhere to the cardboard and once it's dry, I can sand it more evenly (a lot more evenly ) and even break and crumble it in specific spots to add more damage.

When that's done, I'll tackle the other inside walls. But those will have even more damage. With possibly just a few spots of plaster remaining. Then it's on to the fireplace and chimney.

Look how angry wizard guy can now focus his ire on the shoddy workmanship of his minions...

[Tarnegol]

Look how angry wizard guy can now focus his ire on the shoddy workmanship of his minions...

He should stop blaming others and study the 'Apply Plaster' spell...

[tomrommel1]

that looks really good

[Daeothar]

In a short session today, I've sanded down the plaster to a more scale appropriate level of relief and added some cracks to the damaged section of the wall I previously created.

Also, I've started construction on the fireplace. I suddenly had this idea of lighting it up with a tea-light LED. You know; the flickering ones. But I've not decided yet; the idea has pro's and cons to it... 

[snitcythedog]

Looking great so far.  This might be a quicker easier option to the tea lights.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/balloon-lights/s?k=balloon+lights
Saw another LAF user use them in a build and they worked a treat.  Wish I could remember who to link the images.   

[Burgundavia]

Some lovely plaster work. I love the crack and exposed wall underneath it

[Lost Egg]

Cracking job!


Sorry, couldn't help myself. Looking good and I like the fire place idea.

[Andym]

Cracking job!

Boom! Boom! Tish!

Nice work mate! I can’t wait to see this finished!

[Daeothar]

 

[Daeothar]

Fireplace finished 

I gutted an electric tea light but where they used to be soldered in, with a proper switch and battery holder, these days they're just an LED with its leads bent through a plastic slider, which is held in place with a couple of hooks, and this presses the LED's leg onto the battery when moved.

Electronic components: an LED and a battery, nothing else. So if I decide to light up the (fire)place, I'm going to have to source at least a proper switch. Cheap Chinese junk... 

[Burgundavia]

The poor man - get him some quickly applied plaster to quench his anguish stat!