Building the Harem - North African Architecture - Exotic Locations

[OSHIROmodels]

Great stuff, the buildings have turned out a treat 

cheers

James

[Dr Mathias]

Finished up major work on the main buildings today. I'll probably do some stains and another wash on the woodwork.



I also started on some walls using leftover parts from the buildings and foamcore, and made some progress on the planters and fountain.



My special thanks to Professor Witchheimer for dreaming up the thread necromancy project- I'm happy to see this one resurrected and on the way to filling a table. 

[OSHIROmodels]

That's going to be a great set when done 

Keep going Matt 

cheers

James

[warburton]

Looking good

[pbjunky1]

I'm really impressed with this. Look forward to seeing more.

[Captain Blood]

That's going to be a great layout 

[Dr Mathias]

I finally managed to finish phase 2 of the project, the walls and planters.





Plus my mud brick walls for the Darkest Africa Congo project.



More details and pics on the blog.

Miniature Extravaganza - North African Buildings

[von Lucky]

Great work!

The tiles around the side of the fountain are very effective. And the chapel's looking good too.

Finally - is this is your workshop (there's so many tables/room)?

[Dr Mathias]

Finally - is this is your workshop (there's so many tables/room)?

It's the drawing/design studio at my workplace

I take up more room than the students sometimes, 'nature abhors a vacuum' 

[Mason]

Beautiful.
 

How did you pull off the tiling around the fountain and planters?
It looks amazing.
 

[ffrum]

My compliments on your North African Buildings. 

You have inspired me to attempt a few of these, following your and your advisor's efforts.  I do not currently have any figures appropriate for these structures, but hey, why not start another period. 

I am sure these buildings would do for several periods and would be a good investment of time and effort.  I like the window, ornaments and tiles (on the fountain). 

Your work demonstrates you have a good "eye" for color and composition.  Are the tiles made from ribbon glued to the rim of the fountain?  Thanks for sharing your methods and results.

[Dr Mathias]

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated.

How did you pull off the tiling around the fountain and planters?

Are the tiles made from ribbon glued to the rim of the fountain?  Thanks for sharing your methods and results.

That's just a laser-printed border. The fountain has a texture to it though, so I masked the area where to border would be so it stayed flat- the border was applied last, after painting, so it ends up looking slightly recessed. It's the same border I used in my LPL entry "Disarmed in Algeria"- I had some left over that I'd saved.



The Phipps' excellent thread is a great resource. The order of layers to get the texture is kind of confusing upon read through- I had to ask them for clarification.

Essentially:

1. Build the building. Mask doors/windows on the inside so they will lay flush after texturing.
2. Texture with thinned carpenter's wood filler (Elmers)
3. Seal with thinned wood glue (Tightbond Wood Glue)
4. Paint with thinned white interior flat latex
5. Solvent based stain (MinWax Wood Finish Golden Oak)
6. Paint with thinned white interior flat latex

Sounds like a lot of work but the results are really quite nice.

[Centaur_Seducer]

Love the update, and those borders work so well with the setting I'm always very vary of printing on paper and glueing on, but post after post on LAF have convinced me otherwise.

[Andym]

Wow! Cracking update Doc!

Whats your source for the trees bud?

[Eric the Shed]

What a fabulous thread...lots of inspiration for my own Arabian world.