Russian Village Buildings (game report and new hut, 13 April)

[Marine0846]

The domes are spot-on.
Prefect, they look to be the right size.
Can't wait to see it painted.

[Wirelizard]

The domes are spot-on.
Prefect, they look to be the right size.
Can't wait to see it painted.

Thanks! Basecoat over the weekend, probably, and it's going to have a very simple paintjob - mostly weathered wood - so I might get the whole building finished this weekend. I just got the domes installed on the roof tonight, so I want them properly dry before I start battering the thing with a paintbrush.

I like what you did there! They look great and appear to be sturdier than xmas decorations. Very nice indeed!

Much sturdier, they're solid wood of some sort instead of lightweight plastic like an xmas decoration that size would be.

The domes got sanded and given a second very thin coat of milliput last night, then given a final touchup sanding this evening before being glued onto the "necks". By happy accident, the centre of the necks and the hole in the bottom of each wooden rod end are pretty much exactly the same size, so I was able to put an internal collar of rolled-up light card in to get a good solid wargame-grade joint. I might reinforce the joint with a thin "bead" of milliput but that shouldn't be needed.

My latest Blog post shows some Russian Church imagess that may be of interest,

As I commented on your blog, I'd very much like to see more scans from that book, if you have the time and inclination to share them! I doubt I'll tackle a second church anytime soon, but other rural buildings would be great inspiration as I slowly expand my Russian hamlet.

Next photos after St. Boris' is painted and finished, hopefully early next week.

Actually, that reminds me. This church needs a proper name, other than my off-the-cuff "Church of St. Boris the Intoxicated". Puns are fine, bonus points if they're multilingual. Maybe I could just look up Russian words for intoxicated and see if any of them sound right... 

[Old Goat]

Rod ends...Phnaar phnaar

[Wirelizard]

Possibly finished, and certainly I'd happily put it on the tabletop in this state, but I'm thinking one more drybrush on both walls and roofs is needed to really get it to pop, and a chestnut or brown wash over the domes to give them a bit of definition.

Anyway, behold the gleaming domes of the Church of St. Boris the Intoxicated:


Proper photograph in daylight sometime early next week, assuming it ever stops drizzling out.

[carlos marighela]

Looks the business! Very nice work.

[David]

Are you going to base it or just use it like this ?
Does the roof come off ?
David

[Sangennaru]

, so nice!!!

don't base it, please! Buildings just don't need to be based, they are much much more versatile if left unbased!

[jet]

don't base it, please! Buildings just don't need to be based, they are much much more versatile if left unbased!

1000% agreement. I based one of my scratch-built buildings and regretted it. It looks sturdy enough so keep it as is. You could lay that on a green mat or a snow table and it would look perfect.

Great work by the way.

[odd duck]

Nice looking building!!

[Marine0846]

Outstanding.
Lots of enjoyment following this thread.
Thank you.

[aggro84]

Very cool. 

[Wirelizard]

Are you going to base it or just use it like this ?
Does the roof come off ?
David

No base, I don't usually base buildings. Partly this is because I am fantastically cheap, the material for a base on a building this size could be used for most of another, smaller building!

And yes, both roofs come off separately, although given the church has one door and no ground-level windows it's a bit of a dead end tactically. During the Mud & Blood games it will primarily be used for I can't see anyone ever bothering to go inside, during the pulp skirmish games we also play it is a possibility, I guess. I actually considered building the roofs solidly on, but it was easier during construction to have them separate, and making them separate was reflex, all my other buildings have removable roofs.

[Wirelizard]

I finally had the magic combination of A) being home when it's daylight B)and not raining C)with five minutes of free time, so here's a pair of photos of the Church of St. Boris in actual daylight for the first time.



Here's the first photo of the rear wall of the church, and a better view of the larger roof.

[opa wuttke]

That´s a great work. Church and espacially the domes look awesome !

[Remington]

Wow, Wirelizard... That's an amazing result! Beautiful!