Marksman Gaming posted a tutorial some time ago on how he makes his Tudor Cottages. Seeing as I had nothing to do and wanted to practice\learn myself I decided to give one try. One small project I have is to build some fantasy\medieval town buildings and my Zvedza fortress, as such I need buildings.
The only building I have made before is the effort below some 10 years ago, not the prettiest thing I might add. Horrible actually but I guess by 2037 I should be able to make something half decent.
The frames cut out per the recommendation.
Hey Presto - glue gun action, coffee stirrers. matchsticks and PVA glue later the frame is completed.
I could knock this together in an evening so I was quite pleased with myself. I do want to make some more and all I had left was to paint it and see what it looked like in the light of day. A few glaring errors and improvements needed (Not sure why I used matchsticks) but cheap, recycled and easy to make. They will suit the purpose I want them for so that is good enough for me !
Of course I did try some other things too such as a 1/72 siege tower. I just needed something and this was better than anything else I had.
4 comments:
A fine beginning, Paul. One can never have too many buildings.
I have four others to make (For my fortress town) so I shall pay more attention to what I am doing next time.
Cheers Ion,
Nice cottage Paul! I too made some like that many years ago, but now decided to reward myself with premade ones! Couldn't face the scratchbuiling after all the painting...
I was suprised but I guess having a template to work off was a big bonus. I will be making three or for more of these and I plan to get them made in one evening, then painted over the following two evenings.
Cheers
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