Wednesday 12 July 2017

Winter Village - Part 3

Due to another flattening of the lead pile I returned to the winter village that I commenced last month. This, regular readers might recall, is for a future Great Northern War project. The simple nature of the structures will enable their use in any winter theater in Eastern Europe and into Scandinavia from the 16th Century right up to the Second World War.


This second batch of buildings consists of four structures. The first two buildings are a variant on the  two that were completed earlier in that they are dwellings.





I still have to complete the base on this one.



The other two buildings - a farm house and a barn - are in ruins. 







There may be one more structure in this series, perhaps it will be something to work on the next time that the lead pile flattens out.


In the meantime it is back to the Napoleonic Russians with work commencing on two cuirassier regiments and a position battery.

12 comments:

  1. Great job, realistic and fantatstic building/ruins...

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    1. Thank you Phil. I always like making the ruins - it appeals to my messy side!

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  2. This scenery looks really cool Mark....pun absolutely intended!

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    1. Given the fact that it is 6 degrees in Henderson at the moment (7:40) and a probably getting colder overnight, the pun has meaning!

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  3. Great looking buildings, both intact and ruined!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Iain. The ruins are always the most fun to work with.

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    1. Thanks Mark. They were quite quick to put together really, well compared to some of the projects I have undertaken in the past that is.

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  5. As others have stated, these are works of art, Mark. You have a talent for this, no doubt.

    As for GNW project, Colin, http://www.carryingsonupthedale.com/2017/07/a-bit-of-clear-out-both-in-my-head-and.html, is clearing out a bunch of Swedes. Maybe of interest?

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    1. Thank you Jonathan. Yes I saw Colin's announcement and the Ebor figures will be my figures of choice, but the timing is wrong - we have a holiday coming up soon and I need to save the pennies until we get back...this is why my lead pile keeps flattening out and why so many buildings have been made of late.

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  6. More lovely work. These buildings could potentially take up a bit of storage space - have you found an effective way to accommodate them all?

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    1. Yes you are right and storage is becoming an issue as a whole. But the solution was a sale at a local plastics retailer early this year with two 42 litre bins, with lids, for $18. Eight bins later all fo my buildings, including the new ones from this year, have a home in a plastic bin stacked in the roof space above the garage. Each bin contains a particular type of building (Italian/Spanish, American, European, etc), is labelled and its contents are recorded. All very safe and secure, and out of sight of her indoors.

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