Fram's general buildy thread (Update 12-24 - Overblown gramophone)

[Steve F]

Some gorgeous stuff there.  I particularly like the sacks.

[FramFramson]

Thanks for all the comments!  

Fram, quite impressive buildings. Have you got any WIP pics? I’m very interested to see anything of your building process.

Apologies, but I don't have anything in the way of WIPs for these older ones. I'm trying to do a little more of that now.

I do have some for the workshop on the 1st page.

Another great addition to the collection!! I particularly like the object source lighting on the coals! Any blacksmith would be proud to work in that!!.........as long as he's 28mm tall!!

Some really nice touches to the rest as well. The sacks and the barrels of apples are very atmospheric! My phone screen is too small, is the inn called 'The Lovely Book'? Why that name?

Do you have any pictures of your complete set up, with all your buildings on at once? That must look quite impressive!

The name of the inn is "The Lively Boar". I needed a good sort of grandad-esque groaner of a pun, one which also couldn't be too indicative of one faction or place (since the terrain has to serve for many scenarios).

I need to finish my table boards before I do a group shot. I have two boards with grass mat laid down, but they're still all "Golf Green" flat. Need to vary them with some paint/extra flock, or even scrape some areas off.

If you folks want to know how anything in particular was made, don't hesitate to ask.

[Captain Blood]

Lovely craftsmanship. Well done sir.

[FramFramson]

Here's the remaining stuff which I have pictures of. These are all old pictures of my first projects, so the quality is definitely not the best. But I love having my ego stroked, sooo...  



I've since added flock & shrubs to the bases of these two:





This was supposed to be a small barn, but while it's fine for figures, it's a bit too small overall (the doors just accommodate a figure) and it's more like a large shed (of course many primitive barns were quite small). Eventually I'll want to make a larger barn with a stone foundation.





Fences and fields. Probably going to re-do the fields someday since these ones warp terribly.



Next was a pair of watchtowers. I love the way they look, but oh god, I'm not making anything of such loose construction again.



And an idea my wife had (those boxes are beehives):



A granary/warehouse/depot. Learned some hard lessons about gameplay accessibility with this one.  





Everyone should have some good multipurpose shacks:





A particularly tumbledown cottage and a well.



Some sort of religious shrine (you can see this is where I started to take better pictures, but my camera was still junk).



And for the sake of completeness, the wheatfields I already added elsewhere:

[Sangennaru]

WOAH.

[Ray Rivers]

WOAH.

Seconded!

Like the scarecrow in the wheat field.. nice touch!

[gamer Mac]

There are just so many nice things in those pictures. It is hard to say which one I like the best
One question - what material do you use for the brick work?

[FramFramson]

For the stonework I use these big foam sheets made by Noch and cut them up very carefully. Then I use wall compound to fill the gaps and paint it as best I can to match. They really have a beautiful texture.  

Real versatile fun stuff. My main gripe is that the smaller, rougher stuff (such as the stuff I used for the smithy) has now been discontinued, but I do have a small store of the stuff, and since it doesn't look good in large quantities (because stonework like that would not be stable for really tall walls - even that forge looks kind of awkward - and also because that texture pattern doesn't "repeat" well over large areas), I should be able to stretch it for many buildings yet, mostly poorer, rougher buildings shacks, cottages, barns, semi-permanent military buildings, by mostly using it for only foundations & chimneys.

The sheets with the larger, more regular stonework are still available, which is good, because that's what I would use for larger buildings where I want that stonework (proper town buildings etc.).

[Hammers]

Did you already say how you do the thatch? Did I miss it?

Anyway, it looks pretty convincing from a distance. Brillo pads?

[dijit]

Did you already say how you do the thatch? Did I miss it?

Anyway, it looks pretty convincing from a distance. Brillo pads?

Glad you asked Peder I was wondering the same.
Duncan

[FramFramson]

Yep! The thatch is in fact brillo-style pads cut to fit.

They're white, I then mix up some black paint in a thin dilution and soak the pad and squeeze it mostly out and leave them to dry, which cuts the glaring whiteness. Then I soak it again in a brownish mix that's less-diluted and leave that to dry again for the final colour. Play with it to see what colours you like and don't overdo the black.

Also, one side will tend to colour more evenly than another. When you do the black side, this will become apparent. Make sure this is the side you lay it on to dry and also the side to glue down (to hide it, obviously).

For the the ratty roof, I teased a lot of it to roughen it up. I also cut away a surface layer in some places to thin it and then I put cut bristles (which I use for straw or hay) in to make it look like the thatch was fraying. Sometimes I also add a touch of green paint or flock to add a mossy touch to the roof.

Any other questions, just let me know!

[aggro84]

Very, very nice.

You need a bigger table though. 

I'd love to see all of the pieces on a game-board. 

[AndrewBeasley]

No idea how I missed this thread from the first post - only just caught up today 

Can I say these are the best buildings I have seen - please post a 'step-by-step' for the next one!

[dampfpanzerwagon]

I really enjoyed seeing your terrain pieces and think they all look great.  I'm planning on building some wooden shacks very soon and might use your illustrations as inspiration.

Once again than you for sharing.

Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/

[Mason]

No idea how I missed this thread from the first post - only just caught up today 

Can I say these are the best buildings I have seen - please post a 'step-by-step' for the next one!

Ditto!
 
These are all bloody fantastic!