Dark Ages / Early Medieval Farmhouses

[SgtPerry]

I painted three farmhouses and several fences from Total Battle Miniatures. The buildings are really great with a lift-off roof and a detailed interior.

http://perrysheroes.free.fr/spip.php?article365



Olivier

[Brummie]

Those would be grand for so much stuff! And nice lay out! Really want to purchase some such buildings myself, very inspiring! Thank you for showing these!

[Comsquare]

Brummie

They are Gripping Beast buildings and at the moment out of stock. I wanted some myself and have just been on their site.

Sorry, but you're wrong.
As SgtPerry said, they are from Total Battle Miniatures.

http://www.totalbattleminiatures.com/

[Sangennaru]

those are really well painted! the sculpts are nice, but not excellent, but you made them really good!!!

[Tas]

Great stuff indeed - I am laboriously scratchbuilding two DA houses at the moment.  Wish I'd seen these babies first

And you've brought them to life brilliantly - makes me want to take up my sword to go burn and pillage!

[SgtPerry]

Thatched roofs are the (at least my) major problem with DA buildings. I have no problem designing the walls, stone or half timbered ones but the roofs...

I may try this method

http://ryan.skow.org/city/greentree/ThatchedRoof.html

Olivier

[duhamel]

Thatched roofs are the (at least my) major problem with DA buildings. I have no problem designing the walls, stone or half timbered ones but the roofs...

I may try this method

http://ryan.skow.org/city/greentree/ThatchedRoof.html

Olivier

why not just use synthetic fur. it works fine, you just have to find the right one.


pourquoi ne pas simplement utiliser de la fourrure synthétique. cela fonctionne très bien, il suffit juste de trouver la bonne.

[Too Bo Coo]

Very nice!

[Atheling]

Thatched roofs are the (at least my) major problem with DA buildings. I have no problem designing the walls, stone or half timbered ones but the roofs...

I may try this method

http://ryan.skow.org/city/greentree/ThatchedRoof.html

Olivier

That looks to be the best method in my opinion mon ami  .

Darrell.

[Dalauppror]

Looking realy good !

[dm]

Very nice indeed

[sukhe_bator]

Beautifully done sir, very atmospheric. I'm loving the tonal qualities on the thatching and the daub walls, though I personally subscribe more to the muckier 'Monty Python & the Holy Grail' medieval world view grunge look. Too much grass and not enough midden!

[shandy]

That looks to be the best method in my opinion mon ami  .

Darrell.

Unfortunately, I could never find a towel that fit the purpose, only fancy fabrics with knots and whatnot. Finally, I found a duster that has just the right texture - I used it on all those buildings (they are 15mm, though):
http://wargamingraft.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/pic5.jpg[/img]]
So, have a look at your local household supply store.
Cheers,
Shandy

P.S.: I have one 15mm building by Total Battle Miniatures, looks very nice! Yours is better painted, though 

[emosbur]

I thatched a roof this way:





Using this:

http://images.wikia.com/inciclopedia/images/archive/7/71/20081115020035!Fregona.jpg

Emilio

[Turbo-Ben]

Some time ago I built 6 thatched houses for my "Bruegelburg" project.
They're not as nice as the ones in the original post but I think the towel method looks also quite good!