The first is a narrow hipped roof building.
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The second is a rather odd shaped building. I could have made it a regular shape, but I had to change the roofing material I was using because I couldn't find any stock of the original. This new material is in smaller sheets which left some odd shaped off-cuts that I figured needed to be used - also I had bought the last two packs of the material. So I adjusted the shape of the building around the left-overs.
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Also completed are the first three of the garden wall pieces. There are a variety of widths to these pieces but the depth is a standard 60mm so that a 60x40mm stand can be placed inside. These are made from a variety of offcuts and there will be will be another six or so pieces, in various stages of repair and with differing amounts of foliage, thst will be made as I work on other projects. Of course, in a real village the yards would be much deeper than I have made them (contemporary maps, photographs and sketches show them 50-100 metres deep) and cluttered with outhouses, storage sheds, gardens and small orchards, but these are wargames buildings - that depth would make them too big on the table and the clutter would make them impractical for gaming.
So lined up as a village here are all thirteen of the houses.
Now, along with the church, in a couple of variations, with a bit of AI assistance from Google Gemini.
Fabulous village, Mark! AI shows off your work very well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan. There is a need to 'restrain' Gemini's enthusiasm to change the way the image is posed - three of the last six images vary from the original layout.
DeleteThose are superb. Very envious, will certainly give the wargames table the perfect feel for FPW battles
ReplyDeleteThanks Neil. I need to pull together a game to use them.
DeleteFantastic buildings!
ReplyDeleteThank you Michal.
DeleteYou designed those buildings really well to give so many effective layout options. They’re also very attractive viewed in isolation and the painting really captures the look from some of the FOW paintings and ties them all together nicely in a coherent village - a spectacular piece of modelling.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rob. I would have liked to have done a few more at angles, but thirteen really is enough!
DeleteI really like the look of the last building, with its different shape from the others:). A good point re: real life and gaming sizes for representing BUA's etc. Of course the whole lot en parade as a street look superb, ditto the AI images!
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. The AI work was fun, but it did take a few liberties and added a few extras here and there, including three or four models that weren't made!
DeleteThe completed village really is quite superb mark, great work and the table is going to look absolutely stunning when you get the game up and running.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie
DeleteThis has been a most enjoyable project to follow and the outcome in the photos speaks for itself. I look forward to new photos with troops in. Congratulations on a fine outcome,
ReplyDeleteStephen
p.s. the house with the roof offcuts is a clever piece of work. Waste not, want not
Thanks Stephen. I think that the odd shaped one is just where builder started to build and ran out of money!
DeleteHi Mark,
ReplyDeleteThe completed village looks Fantastic! Seeing all thirteen buildings lined up alongside the garden walls and church really captures that classic Franco-Prussian War setting. It’s going to make a magnificent centerpiece for your next game!
All the best, Andy
Thanks Andy. I have started on the next set for battles in Alsace now... not as many buildings this time though.
DeleteAs an onlooker of the picturesque village, it should be located where at least two sets of marching units must pass through.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe. I'm sure that many units will pass before these buildings before too long.
DeleteThe village looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteKind Sunday Morning Regards,
Stokes
Thanks Stokes.
DeleteI like the irregular shape of the house. Very effective and unique. The village assembled looks terrific.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence. I like it too...puts some variety in the village.
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