Monday, 19 June 2017

Winter Village - Part 2

Over the weekend I finished the first half of the village, that now consists of two small wooden houses on a small base. Since the construction technique did not differ all that much from the first house, I didn't take any work in progress images, but here is the second house.




Ths base was made from foamcore board with the "paths" to the doors cut deep within the board to give the impression of deep snow. The fences were then built as though they were deep in snow and were painted.

The whole surface was them coated in fine sand and painted an off-white. When that was dry about a dozen coats of white were drybrushed over the surface and some Woodlands Scenics snow sprinkled on it on as well. At the same time snow was glued on the tops of the fences and the small piece of stone wall in front. The dead tree was scratch built from wire and tissue paper.





There will be another two houses made to complete this village in due course.
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  1. rross19 June 2017 at 17:55

    I will be first to say these are beautiful models as always Mark! I suspect I may be seeing them one Sunday near Rotorua....!

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    1. Mark Strachan19 June 2017 at 20:50

      Maybe one year near Rotorua, but not this one. These are reallly for a Great Northern War project that will start after the War of 1812.

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  2. Phil19 June 2017 at 18:53

    Realistic and very nicely done!

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    1. Mark Strachan19 June 2017 at 20:52

      Thank you Phil. I had lots of fun with these.

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  3. Unlucky General19 June 2017 at 19:38

    They are beautiful I really like them. What did you use for the thatch?

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    1. Mark Strachan19 June 2017 at 21:00

      Thanks. The thatch is just a fine sand applied over foamboard with one of the cardboard faces cut away and sculpted a little. Once you start to drybrush over a dark undercoat, a pretty reasonable thatch effect can be achieved very quickly - have a look at an earlier posting about Dark Age buildings for a fuller description.

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  4. Stryker19 June 2017 at 21:15

    That is a master piece! Do you have to make all the Christmas decorations in your house?

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    1. Mark Strachan19 June 2017 at 21:21

      No to the Christmas decorations - Chistmas in this neck of the woods is summer time.

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  5. Lawrence H20 June 2017 at 22:00

    Looking great Mark. I suppose the nice thing about making this style of dwelling is that they are relatively timeless and can be used for so many conflicts within most of Eastern Europe over the past thousand years.

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    1. Mark Strachan20 June 2017 at 22:15

      Thanks Lawrence. You are exactly right, they can be used anywhere from Scandanavia in the north to the Balkans in the south and as far west as Poland and Bohemia, right up to WWII.

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  6. Jonathan Freitag21 June 2017 at 13:57

    Quite outstanding models, Mark! The two buildings enclosed in fence is a sharp diorama.
    Well done!

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    1. Mark Strachan21 June 2017 at 17:12

      Thanks Jonathan. It makes something to fight over, doesn't it? I have two more in development, but the lead and plastic mountain has been restored so buildings will take a back seat for a week or two.

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