New Project - Buildings For Sale

I have always been an evening painter. That is, I prefer to paint figures after dinner for two or three hours most nights, usually with some streaming service on the TV in the background. But now with a reduced emphasis on creating armies I have found myself at a loose end in the evenings. Sure there is still the TV and those streaming services and there are a lot of books to read, but I am not good sitting still on the couch and I have a bad habit of falling asleep when I read after 7:00 PM. So I have been in need of something to fill my evenings.

It will be obvious to anyone who reads this blog that I like making wargames buildings. I have made hundreds over the years - maybe as many as a thousand - in 1:300, 15mm and 28mm scales, both commercially, for my own games and for a few individuals. I have really enjoyed working on the winter houses that I made for a gaming friend in the last month and I have decided to make some buildings for sale, the first seven of which are now complete.

Mine is not the precision style. I make buildings that are rustic and have been knocked around a bit. They are one of a kind pieces build for wargames, fully painted and  made robustly to be as 'wargamer proof' as possible. Each one is built around a MDF shell, some with a removable roof. In most cases the exterior detail has been sculpted using an epoxy putty, although some make use of other materials. Each model is mounted on a fully textured MDF base measuring no more than 200mm x 160mm and has a maximum height of 140mm.

I have been busy in the last month and here is the first batch of 28mm models.

This is not intended as a full blown commercial operation. I am not out to make a fortune (and that is reflected in my pricing structure), but rather I am looking for something to keep me busy in the evenings that pays for itself and maybe buys a few bottles of wine. The idea is to make this first batch of buildings and put them up for sale on this blog. If they don't sell then I guess I add some more buildings to my collections, but if they do then I will make more to keep up an inventory of four to six models. The type of buildings will be entirely at my whim and pricing will include shipping. They will generally be for 28mm, but there may well be some 15mm pieces from time to time. I am not going to go to the effort of setting up an e-commerce site and all transactions will be via bank direct credit or PayPal. 

Full details, including a broader range of photos of the buildings that are available now on a first come, first served basis and can be viewed HERE, or from the 'Buildings for Sale' button on the navigation bar at the top of the page.