Terrain building, WIP

[Zaheer]

I bet on plaster poured flat on plasticfilm and roughly cutted in shape while curing. The rest should be sanding and the usage of an iron brush for texturing!?

It is plaster, but as i'm currently putting together a little range for general sale I'll keep the trade secrets under wraps for a while . Needless to say the real secret is patience, patience and insanity!

[Damas]

I understand *taps nose*

I have the last one but not the first two.

[Zaheer]

I've dumped this on my mediveal thread, but here 'tis for everyone else.



A Dark Age oratory, or small church. Let me know if you're interested in one! I'm planning fantasy add-ons for this and the round hut to make them a bit more spectacular. Also I think I will work on bases with internal detail for when the range is complete, so hold fire if that appeals to you. Next up; something smaller!

[dampfpanzerwagon]

I've dumped this on my mediveal thread, but here 'tis for everyone else.



A Dark Age oratory, or small church. Let me know if you're interested in one! I'm planning fantasy add-ons for this and the round hut to make them a bit more spectacular. Also I think I will work on bases with internal detail for when the range is complete, so hold fire if that appeals to you. Next up; something smaller!

This looks superb.

Tony

[Captain Blood]

That is a lovely thing. I'm interested in one 

[vcina]

Amazing piece of work. You have way more patience than I.

[Zaheer]

Just a small update, I've made some doors for the hut and the oratory, and made a start on something a little smaller, a barrow portal (which is apparently impossible to get a good shot of!) which might be useful for a few more people.

[Rhoderic]

Wow! They're very realistic, and they really capture the "ambience" of places like Skellig Michael.

Out of academic curiosity, what would the inside walls of the hut and the oratory have looked like? Naked stone like on the outside?

[Zaheer]

Thank you Roderic. From what I've read the interiors woukd be rendered or plastered presumably to keep out drafts, and the exteriors were left bare as the stones are all angled downwards they would be watertight. Perhaps if the exterior walls were not left bare water could wick it's way inside.

[Rhoderic]

Thanks for the reply! I'm genuinely curious to know about these sorts of things. The eschewal of exterior rendering/plaster for the purpose of preventing moisture getting inside is something that wouldn't have dawned on me but it makes perfect sense now. I guess stone is in fact a pretty waterproof material, as long as one angles it the right way

[Oathsworn Jo]

Wow! Your buildings and walls are beautiful 

[Ash]

Fabulous work. Pure art.

[majorsmith]

These are fantastic

[Zaheer]

Thank you Ash, Jo and Major!

A small update.




A leacht, or altar found at early Christian sites in Ireland and elsewhere.  



The current state of my next beehive hut, based on 'Cell A' at Skellig Michael, this will be a larger and more visually interesting version of the earlier huts.



The small tomb entrance is finished, and up for sale (click the sig). EDIT - Oh, the sig's gone. Too big perhaps, apologies if so. Click www.fogoumodels.co.uk

[Zaheer]

Well, it may not be the most exciting update and progress has been very slow simply due to not having been able to sit down and work on it, but the new hut is coming along. We are roofin' at any rate. Lots of work to do making everything neater and hiding the join, but I am quite happy with the general effect. Thanks for looking.