Medieval Thatched Cottage - scratchbuild

[Silent Invader]

For my WotR project I want a small hamlet and this is the first of the dwellings.

It's actually a joint effort between me and Jimbibbly as it started off as a 17thC cottage before I took it back 200 years.  Originally it was in a square frame style with stone chimney and tiled roof.  Jame's building was absolutely splendid (as we would expect from the master of Oshiro Terrain!) but too late for me.  Using Jame's cottage as a starting point was a great motivator for me as I had been stuck on where to start, but with his building as a base and a tour of the internet I was able to find my mojo.

Changes from Jame's original include the removal of some of the square timber frame and it's replacement with cruck (curved) timbers, removal of the chimney, a replacement thatched roof, some added texture to the wall infill for a rougher look, new groundworks and a complete re-paint.

The cruck timbers are from balsa, which was bolied for 15 minutes, then had its fibres crushed, was reshaped, cooled, then allowed to dry overnight while taped to a former.  The thatch is a hand towel.

Hope you like but all comments most welcome. 




NB:  The base does sit flat - the photo was taken on my painting station with numerous spilled blobs creating an uneven surface





With a Perry WotR plastic for size comparison.



With the roof removed - when gaming I like to put miniatures that are inside a building inside the building, rather than off the table somewhere......



The base is laser cut acrylic and I have a few more on order from Oshiro (ETA James?  ).

 

[aircav]

Cracking stuff Steve 

'Bolied' is that a technical term 

[Monster]

Great work! Look forward to seeing the next one.

[Malamute]

Brilliant

Now all we need is a village to go with them.

[Captain Blood]

Excellent!

Now all we need is a village to go with them.

I have a village that would do for the 1470s (buildings were actually quite sophisticated by then).

Too posh for Sherwood Forest though 

[OSHIROmodels]

What have you done 

 

Looks great Steve, you certainly can't tell it's the same building 

(ETA James?  ).

Weekend matey 

cheers

James

[Thunderchicken]

Very nice Steve! 

[Paul]

  Looks incredible!! The boiling of the balsa wood, that´s to loosen up the fibres so it will bend?

[flags_of_war]

Great work mate. I like it alot. Good idea with the acrylic base.

[Marine0846]

Very nice.
Will be interested in the building of the whole village.
Can't wait.

[SgtPerry]

Very nice building. I really like the thatched roof made of towel. I already saw this technic previously but I never dared to test it.

 

Olivier

[Thunderchicken]

Stokesay castle near me. Go on, you know you want to..........

[Lowtardog]

That castle is fantastic never seen that before and would have thought it was more Tuetonic or Belgian not in Britain, lovely stuff clap of lightening Parrokeet

[Red Orc]

Lovely cottage, can't wait to see the 15th century hall, and TC's right, Stokesay is totally do-able...

  is not to strong an emoticon I think - inspiring work!

[Arlequín]

Stokesay is well worth a visit. It's actually a fortified manor house and seems scaled for 1:1 wargames, as its 'footprint' is actually quite small. It would certainly create a great looking centrepiece on a table, without overpowering the rest of the terrain.

The cottage looks great btw... very impressive!