Fighelm
Serf
Totally agree! Like a Stone shitehouse plus steps over a piggery pen below? A bit of 'vernacular' farm architecture....
Michaels 25mm WFB Stuff...
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Michael Stockin
Lord
Totally agree! Like a Stone shitehouse plus steps over a piggery pen below? A bit of 'vernacular' farm architecture....
Nooo. Only Townscape buildings allowed in my world. Sorry.
The Serene Badger
Baron
Apparently not just a good way to dispose of the waste, but the heat from the pigs helped warm the outhouse up just a little on frosty mornings.Totally agree! Like a Stone shitehouse plus steps over a piggery pen below? A bit of 'vernacular' farm architecture....
Michael Stockin
Lord
So.
Now I have worked out how the village proper has formed, time to begin on the main building, the Inn.
3 tubes of budget superglue and 5 hours later:
Still quite a bit left to do.
I need to fill in each window pane.
Make the shutters.
Do the doors.
Cut all the roof tiles and slap them on.
Then do the plaster/render stuff.
Then details like signs, chimney etc.
Then base it and paint it.
Then do the stables, then do another joining template, or maybe for this do it as one larger complete build?
Time for sherry and crap TV now though.
It is of course based on the Townscape one, but not a faithful recreation as that would be way too fiddly.
Now I have worked out how the village proper has formed, time to begin on the main building, the Inn.
3 tubes of budget superglue and 5 hours later:
Still quite a bit left to do.
I need to fill in each window pane.
Make the shutters.
Do the doors.
Cut all the roof tiles and slap them on.
Then do the plaster/render stuff.
Then details like signs, chimney etc.
Then base it and paint it.
Then do the stables, then do another joining template, or maybe for this do it as one larger complete build?
Time for sherry and crap TV now though.
It is of course based on the Townscape one, but not a faithful recreation as that would be way too fiddly.
Brother Meredith
Lord
Nice work! The came together quickly. 
Michael Stockin
Lord
Thanks. Not sure if you think 5 hours so far is quickly or unquickly?
The Serene Badger
Baron
That's looking fantastic! What's the 'card' you're using for the walls?
Michael Stockin
Lord
I can never remember what it is called. Foam PVC? I think a brand name is foamex. It is sort of like plasticard, but lighter, and way easier to work with.
The Serene Badger
Baron
Thanks, I'll look it up. I want to start making more terrain, but my old ones were just card and polyfilla. They worked but were certainly solid!
Michael Stockin
Lord
I will double check tomorrow. But it is the only thing I use now. It is a game changer.
Brother Meredith
Lord
52 Miniatures did a great video crafting buildings out of a layer of packing box card and cereal card:
Foam board is great for modelling, was something quite mysterious in my childhood but once you find a supply in an arts / craft shop you will appreciate the benefits!
Foam board is great for modelling, was something quite mysterious in my childhood but once you find a supply in an arts / craft shop you will appreciate the benefits!
Michael Stockin
Lord
I find it too thick personally.
Citizen Sade
Lord
How thick is the Foamex you use?
Michael Stockin
Lord
2mm
Michael Stockin
Lord
Citizen Sade
Lord
👍Most people, in my experience, use bog standard foamcore AKA foam board which is available in various thicknesses (including 2mm) and colours. Am I right in thinking the stuff you use doesn't have paper sandwiching the foam?
Michael Stockin
Lord
Correct, it is sort of like plasticard meets that blue insulation foam.
I prefer it as it is light, can be glued with wood glue or superglue. But not liquid polystyrene cement which is a shame, and it scores easily if you want to texture it a bit:
And it is so easy to cut.
I found foamboard too thick (nice to know you can get 2mm thickness though, I am used to the big sheets at Hobbycraft, maybe 6mm thick or summat?) and the paper backing vexed me, plus it was easy to dent/bend/squish.
This is the sort of stuff I mean, that I could not get on with:
www.hobbycraft.co.uk
I prefer it as it is light, can be glued with wood glue or superglue. But not liquid polystyrene cement which is a shame, and it scores easily if you want to texture it a bit:
And it is so easy to cut.
I found foamboard too thick (nice to know you can get 2mm thickness though, I am used to the big sheets at Hobbycraft, maybe 6mm thick or summat?) and the paper backing vexed me, plus it was easy to dent/bend/squish.
This is the sort of stuff I mean, that I could not get on with:
White Foam Board A1 25 Pack Bundle | Hobbycraft
Buy White Foam Board A1 25 Pack Bundle at Hobbycraft.
www.hobbycraft.co.uk
Citizen Sade
Lord
Interesting. Am I right to assume that it doesn't play nice with rattle can paints either then?
Michael Stockin
Lord
No, it sprays fine. Well at least with the Humbrol cans I use.
Michael Stockin
Lord
At the risk of being a mad fanboi, it is like a wonder material. The only possible negative is that liquid poly glue does not work.
File it, sand it, cut it, glue it, spray it, engrave it... marry it?
File it, sand it, cut it, glue it, spray it, engrave it... marry it?