i am considering making a Rohan village style house with a thatched roof, but don't know what to use for the roof. I saw one person use teddy bear/fake fur and others use 'unwound' rope/twine. Does anyone have a suggestion or a technique that produced nice results? thanks


(if i did use the fake fur, what length should i get it in?)

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I use short teddy bear fur. There are several useful links on the above post. One for towels that is also good.

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I would concur with the teddybear fur, works very well:
http://scottswargaming.blogspot.com/2008/12/lord-of-rings-terrain-rohan-house.html

Cheers
Scott

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I used Scouring pads, spliced in half and cut in strips to get a Thatched Roof for my Rohan Tower.

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I have heard of that too. I have never tried it. Do you have a link or a photo?

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But none were more dangerous than the Great Willow: his heart was rotten, but his strength was green; and he was cunning,

I haven't painted it yet. I'm uploading the a video of it on YouTube. I got the idea from 'The Kamloopian'. He had a whole bunch on suggestions on thatched roofs. Here's his video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tab7nfzBJV8&playnext=1&list=PL896082CCC309B819

And here is what it looks like before painting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6JStN9tOJU

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I like his videos. His accent is as bad as mine. Lots of good info I saw that but could not find the pads he uses.

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But none were more dangerous than the Great Willow: his heart was rotten, but his strength was green; and he was cunning,

Go to the dollar store and get the thin pads or ones attached to sponge. Just rip it off the sponge and then divide the pad in half, cut it up and glue it on. It comes apart in layers so its quite easy to do.

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I just ripped up an old tea towel. Works really well!

I always used, some fur type material from the fabric shop and watered the hell out of pva glue and put loads of layers of that on it, brushing in the direction you want the thatch

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