Nice one Charlie. It will be nice to have some of the practical side of working with the blocks for myself (being selfish) as I am looking at getting some of these when I may have a moment or two longer to spend on the hobby (He wishes...)

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Great terrain , i like the little cottage; Maybe u could make a village;,

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goblin: "people associate me with boogers because i am green"

You read my mind.
There are many attempts made to try to make a village, but there just a handful that I know of that did it.
It's not a little task, and takes months even years to get it done.
I make no promises that I get it don, but I gone try.
Next up a Barn, hope to get some wip picture up tomorrow or the next day.

Sounds good, look forward to seeing your village. Remember Rome wasn't built in a day

Beginning of the next building "The Barn".

Making the cardstock model for scratch build reference.


Printing and cutting out the templates.


Begin cutting, weathering and gluing al the wood onto the outer shell.


Until next time, Jan

Great barn!

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goblin: "people associate me with boogers because i am green"

Some update on the "Barn".

All the wood is on the outer shell.


Detail of the doors.


Beginning of the roof structure. (more for a visual representation than a constructive meaning).


Roof shell is going to be used for putting on the wood shingles (front view).


Roof shell (back view).


Until next time.

great work! u doing well

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goblin: "people associate me with boogers because i am green"

Really nice! Very good scenery pieces you have here. Will look forward to the finished product.

Some small update on the Barn.

Roof structure and interior framing of door and window.


Making the dormers and putting them on the roof shell.


Beginning to glue the roof tiles on the roof shell (it’s a tedious job).


Until next time, Jan

Good job; I see it will take a while to finish the tiling of the roof But it looks really good so i guess it's worth the time it takes .

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goblin: "people associate me with boogers because i am green"

Thanks Wouter.
I'm laying the tiles one by one, so i think in the end it gives a more believable roof surface. (I hope )

i must say very very nice work . . .

Thanks Matt

Here is a quick snapshot of the work in progress.


P.S. Nice little website your building (hope to see some nice picture in your gallery).

Update on the Barn.
After placing almost 700 tiles and placing the border planks here is the result....







Until next time, Jan

Well the results are very good it was worth ur hard work. - I noticed how a terrible work it is when doing tiles on my fort. But now i have met something more evil. I will have to ink - over 400 drawings, and there will be more . So no more painting for a while should be best if i want to finish this. But painting is so fun... i ll manage it somehow.... between it all.... i hope

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goblin: "people associate me with boogers because i am green"

Fantastic

Thanks guys.
Next up the interior and painting.

Has anyone a suggestion what for base the Barn sought have ??
(plane ground cover, pavement, on a low grassy hill, ……)
(I will place some objects around the Barn: crates, barrels and planks to spruce it up a bit).

Keep in mind that this will be integrated in a city scene. (that’s the plan in the long run).

Some kind of dirt with tracks of carriages? b4 it. To create the suggestion of loading and lossing of storage stuff. Or u can do a piece of long grass with farmy fences - for cattle. ,.....

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goblin: "people associate me with boogers because i am green"

That’s a sound construction, Jan!
But for a Rohan barn, with a history of probably several decades, if not ages, the wood is maybe looking a bit… undamaged. Maybe you can cut a few notches into some of the planks, and add a bigger hole somewhere between two of them? An odd plank, some bended nails, a reparation or two and a few minor injuries might give the barn a less sterile look, even before painting (they’re rough people, these Horse Masters, you know. No civilisation at all! Now Dwarves, on the contrary…)

Well done, so far!

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