Flatpack - Crete

[Digits]

Looking good.  I like the trenches.

[flatpack]

Has.been has been at it again 
Pete has painted up more British infantry including the light AA boys.

[flatpack]

German drop canisters tarted up too.

[Digits]

The collection grows!

I do hope you will run a SATURDAY game….on day I’m free of course 

[flatpack]

Sounds good to me David.

[Digits]

Would be great to catch up! 

[Veroo]

Those canisters look the business, though it's the AA machine gunners that I am most impressed by. Can't wait for the next instalment!

[flatpack]

Those canisters look the business, though it's the AA machine gunners that I am most impressed by. Can't wait for the next instalment!

Next installment is underway.
Currently making more buildings for this project.
Shouldn’t need too many.

[flatpack]

More progress.
Building Warbases new Mediterranean houses for the Crete project.

Initial build.


Then roof tiles added.




Second building built, and roof tiles.



Deliberately left some tiles off, to make the building a little more ‘authentic’.

[has.been]

I see you spent another night on the tiles Bob. 
Good work.
next step is to see them painted.

[CapnJim]

More progress.  Good job!

[flatpack]

A little more progress….Mediterranean church, built and roof tiles added.

[carlos marighela]

Looking forward to seeing them stuccoed.  A sea of dazzling white walls and lurid blue details or a more faded, pre -tourism economy/ Air BnB look?

The church is a nice piece.

[flatpack]

Looking forward to seeing them stuccoed.  A sea of dazzling white walls and lurid blue details or a more faded, pre -tourism economy/ Air BnB look?

The church is a nice piece.

Looking on the Internet, I can see buildings like these with blue wooden doors and blue window shutters ?
Is that what you were implying?

[carlos marighela]

Yup, it's the iconic look of Greece and the Greek islands as well as being the Greek national colours of course. White stucco and blue doors, windows and window shutters. It's not universal but pretty ubiquitous. You can mix in plain stone and rubble like walls.

To get the look of a typical Cretan or Greek village, you'll want a mix of tiled roofs and flat ones. A lot of their churches favour a neo-Romanesque style with rounded cupolas. It all adds flavour.

Best advice, short of a quick getaway holiday to Heraklion, would be to break out the Google maps and do a virtual tour of a few more remote villages. You can easily discern and discard the modern buildings.