Jevenkah and Teshub with more topless, er, roofless buildings

[Jevenkah]

The workshop wheels are turning. Since repainting the castle & walls, we decided it was time to replace the 20+ year old card houses with something a little more fitting.

Choosing pink foam and balsa wood as our materials, Teshub designed a set of four buildings that would fit up against the inside of a castle courtyard set-up. The roofs will be removable.

He began with simple walls


Then applied a layer of white glue, and the balsa for timbers


(on the left is a trial piece, we kept the spacing between timbers much smaller in the final pieces)

The bottom piece of foam was carved then layered in spackling,



Timbers on the inside walls were carved to match the outside, then a layer of glue to give the foam tooth, followed by a couple coats of black paint



The front wall detail:



inside:



and the rough out:



More painting to follow soon!
Jevenkah

[von Lucky]

Looking promising. I've been regularly droppimg into this thread and the updates are always good.

[Mason]

Some promising looking buildings there.
They should fit in well with the castle.
 

I look forward to the next update.
 

[rumacara]

Missed this one.
Lovelly ideas Jevenkah.

[Suber]

Your dedication is worth of all my admiration, love your work!

[DeafNala]

LOOKIN' GOOD! Unlike the miniatures, terrain is never really done; there is always something to add, replace, or tweak a bit. The new buildings are TERRIFIC; the half timbering is especially attractive. Keep up the GREAT WORK!

[Jevenkah]

Thank you everyone!

I'm quite happy with the way the buildings are painting up so far.



Teshub carved all the timbers to look like wood and left the plastered bits smooth. I was worried after the first few coats of paint that I had covered the wood grain detail, but it worked out fine. If the carved foam is looking this nice, I can't wait to do the fancy outside!



On with the painting,
Jevenkah

[DeafNala]

They do look WONDERFUL. The colors suit the period perfectly; the construction & brushwork are BEAUTIFUL. I love the shutters. VERY WELL DONE!

[Jevenkah]

Hi all! The Castle courtyard buildings are still under construction. The interiors are all done, I'll be painting the outsides once they are all glued and assembled.





However, a slight miscalculation has resulted in the bases being too small, so we'll make other houses to fit the finished bases:



The rooftops are a very simple construction of carved wood, just waiting for the finishing:

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We didn't get them done before the next wave of gaming started, put them away, and brought out an entirely different project to do the next Sunday: more walls coming soon!

Jevenkah

[DeafNala]

LOOKIN' GOOD! The brushwork & color selections are OUTSTANDING as always. GREAT WORK!
I can relate with the base size mishap; i.e., I've done more than a few extra buildings due to the one. The upside is they all turned out well & added to the overall effect.

[Dr. Zombie]

Very nice.
You need to look at the glass as half full. Now you will have twice the number of buildings for your minis to fight over!

[PatrickWR]

Looks great! I will be shamelessly borrowing this technique for my own stuff, just as soon as I get my basement workshop back (home improvements in progress at the moment).

[dijit]

As always another great update from you guys. We might have to arrange a LAF crash house party at your place one day!

[rumacara]

Again, well done.
Lovelly work on the construction of the buildings.
Looking forward to the upgrade of the walls.

[Jevenkah]

Thanks Al! Glad to hear this is not as rookie a mistake as it seemed to be.   And the shutters did come out so nicely it makes me want to have Teshub put them on the outside next time.

Half-full is the way to go, Dr. Zombie! Can one ever have too much for the minis to fight over?

Borrow away Patrick! Home improvements have the peskiest way of interfering with hobbying. Good luck with that!

And thanks dijit, we can accommodate lots of gamers and builders at once. It is a thought... the Transatlantic LAF Meet Up! Camping on premises.

Thank you too rui! I can't wait to see it all together myself!
More soon!
Jevenkah