MDF BUILDINGS
Part 2
Just completed etching and adding detail to the MDF buildings. The past couple of months I have been kept busy building Terrain for CACON 2017, and squeezing in a couple of games each fortnight.
To cope with this project I needed to expanded my workbench from inside the house to the small store room and now into the garage proper converting the table tennis table into a workbench.
On the go are Terrain mats,High stone walls, low stone walls, dirt roads,sealed roads, river/stream,crop and ploughed fields,experimenting with maintained hedges, rural hedges and of course the buildings. Also want to give a shout out to Pat's blog http://wargamingwithsilverwhistle.blogspot.com.au/which has been a great source of inspiration.
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| This is where I started the process of etching and adding the detail to the buildings. |
The Chateau
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| Before Detail |
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| After Detail added |
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| Front view of Chateau showing a driveway,entrance,exit point for vehicles and side raised garden beds. |
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| Side view |
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| Back view showing 2 triangular garden beds |
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| another view of the back, the shutters where constructed from sytrene plastic sheets. |
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| the square base is the foundations for a future fountain. |
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| Carved the fountain spout from a wood rod. |
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| Sectioned the fountain spout |
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| Prepared 2 sheets of perspex, each component needs to be painted before assembling |
HOUSE WITH BARN AND SHED ATTACHED
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| Before detail |
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| After detail added |
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| Front view |
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| Side view of attached tool shed |
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| Back view |
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| figure placed for scale |
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| Side view of attached Barn |
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| Used polyfiller for edges of building and added some pebbles |
THE CHURCH
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| Before detail |
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| After detail added, I decided that the church needed some battle damaged |
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| Measuring up to construct a base |
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| Outline drawn |
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| cobblestone and drain etched into base |
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| constructed a low wall and glued in place along with the church building |
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| Doors carved and tomb stones ready to be carved. |
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| Tomb stones |
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| Front view |
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| Side and rear view with a figure for scale |
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| Rear view of church with tomb stones in place |
DOUBLE STORY BUILDINGS
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| before detail |
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| after detail |
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| second building before etching |
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| with detail |
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| side view building 1 |
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| side view building 2 |
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| rear view building 1 |
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rear view building 2
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HORSE STABLES
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| before detail |
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| front view of 1st stable |
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| front view of battle damaged 2nd stable |
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| side view 1st stable |
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| Rear view |
SINGLE STORY BUILDINGS
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| 1st building Before detail |
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| After detail added |
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| Models glued on base |
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| Added wood fire storage |
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| Also added a tool shed and small vegetable patch |
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| Side view |
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| Second building before detail |
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| Detail added,front view with battle damage |
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| side view with extension added |
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| Added some flower beds and a small hay box |
SMALL BARNS
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| No detail |
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| No detail |
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| After shot with detail added carved a wheel barrow and a broken wooden ladder to spice up the barns. |
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| Both barns have some battle damage, one with a hole blast the other with some door and roof damage. |
TOOL SHEDS
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| Before detail |
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| After detail added, the third building I attached to one of the single story buildings. |
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| Side view |
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Rear view
LARGE BARNS
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| I decided to build 2 large free standing barns the first based on this for sale in France. |
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| First large barn without roof |
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| Front view with a cart wheel and wheel barrow carved from MDF added for points of interest. |
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| Back view |
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Side view
This is the imagine I loosely based for the construction of the second large barn |
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| Start of etching side wall of second large barn |
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| detail etched on front of barn wall |
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| Completed 2nd barn with small water trough added. |
RUINED TERRACE HOUSE #1
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| Before detail |
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| detail added |
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| Initially all the terrace house were too narrow and I subsequently extended the length and added a back yard. |
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| The 4 WC s were added to each terrace home. |
RUINED TERRACE HOUSE #2
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| Before shot |
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| After shot |
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| Side view showing the clear line running down the building where the extension was made. |
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| The walls and roof of the WC has been blown away but that has not stopped the troops from using it , someone forgot their toilet paper. |
RUINED TERRACE HOUSE #3
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| before shot |
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| after shot |
That's it for now, onto Part 3 painting .
