Author Topic: Birch Bark Iroquois Longhouse (Read 7002 times)

Bob Murch · « **on:** August 29, 2015, 06:34:46 PM »

I've been experimenting with using real birch bark (from dead trees) to construct a village for Flint & Feather.

Arthur · « **Reply #1 on:** August 29, 2015, 06:44:55 PM »

Looks like an extremely conclusive experiment to me

Mason · « **Reply #2 on:** August 29, 2015, 08:13:43 PM »

Quote from: Arthur on August 29, 2015, 06:44:55 PM

Looks like an extremely conclusive experiment to me

Agreed.

It certainly seems like a successful operation.
Top notch.

Nemo de st privat · « **Reply #3 on:** August 29, 2015, 08:19:16 PM »

Salut
Very nice

Jase · « **Reply #4 on:** August 29, 2015, 08:24:02 PM »

That looks very natural. Did you use the bark as is or did you add paint or washes afterwards?

fergal · « **Reply #5 on:** August 30, 2015, 04:59:02 AM »

Very Sweet! Nice results. I'm from the area where most the FIW was fought and when I started to learn about the war for gaming, I began collecting birch bark whenever I found it on the ground. About 8 years later and I haven't done a thing with it and I pitched it out in a cleaning session last year.

Your results are great! Keep it up!

Bob Murch · « **Reply #6 on:** August 30, 2015, 04:54:15 PM »

This is the natural colour of the bark. I used the inside face of the bark though. The white side faces in. I thought this would give the longhouse a weathered look.

Lord Borjado · « **Reply #7 on:** August 30, 2015, 05:38:06 PM »

Very nice results, congratulations!
But is bark suficiently tough for these kind of models?

Cory · « **Reply #8 on:** August 30, 2015, 07:04:19 PM »

That definitely looks like an idea worth stealing.

joekano · « **Reply #9 on:** August 30, 2015, 07:18:20 PM »

Very nicely done!

Rob_bresnen · « **Reply #10 on:** August 30, 2015, 08:54:17 PM »

I rather like that.

CC2IC · « **Reply #11 on:** September 01, 2015, 06:23:22 PM »

Check out our Flint and Feather Blog at http://flintandfeatherplaytest.blogspot.ca/
This week we posted about the Longhouse.

mikedemana · « **Reply #12 on:** September 03, 2015, 02:45:18 AM »

Your longhouse looks great! Hope it doesn't begin to deteriorate on you, though. Did you seal it somehow?

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com

Bob Murch · « **Reply #13 on:** September 04, 2015, 12:27:11 AM »

Quote from: mikedemana on September 03, 2015, 02:45:18 AM

Your longhouse looks great! Hope it doesn't begin to deteriorate on you, though. Did you seal it somehow?

I built a smaller, simpler birch bark longhouse back when I sculpted the original Flint and Feather range for RAFM. that was 30 years ago now and I still have it very much intact. Keep the model dry and it should age just fine.

mikedemana · « **Reply #14 on:** September 04, 2015, 04:21:16 AM »

Quote from: Bob Murch on September 04, 2015, 12:27:11 AM

I built a smaller, simpler birch bark longhouse back when I sculpted the original Flint and Feather range for RAFM. that was 30 years ago now and I still have it very much intact. Keep the model dry and it should age just fine.

Good grief -- 30 years! The native Americans must have know what they were doing when they chose that as their building material...! I would have assumed it would have dried out and become brittle and flaked off, bit by bit.

I have been using the Acheson Creations resin models, which are inexpensive and look great on the tabletop. They don't quite have that same authenticity as a scratch-built birch bark one, though...!

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com

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