Fachwerk Haus

[wbill76]

Got to love the use of found materials for that suit of armor, very nice.

[remarc777]

Hi there John,

This looks amazing! It's exactly the reason why I love modelling: it takes all of your imagination, but then you see some awesome creations...

greetings, Richard. 

[John Everett]

A small post.

I found these plastic, sparkly things at the craft store. Their diameter is a perfect fit for the domes style chandeliers, which are also from the craft store.






I've got a couple of days set aside for work on the building. I would like to be ready to start placing roof tiles. But that could be a tall order at this point.


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[tigrazor]

Yeah... Great idea. Those craft stores/"girls accessories shops" etc. are always a good idea for stuff like that. Especially small chains.

[John Everett]

Getting the first of the decorations on the walls.

[Leon]

WOW,this just keeps getting better and better John.Very impressive work.

[Return_To_Kit_Form]

I'm not sure what to say. That is some very impressive work there. Congratulations.


Brett T

[armorguy]

Impressive interior John. It all looks 100% real !

[bullardino]

The interiors look great

[John Everett]

I need a few swords to adorn the walls and go alongside the shields and suit of armor. I tried various things. But in the end, plain old steel, just like a real sword was best.

Standard fabric pin heat treated to soften (anneal) the steel.


Hammered flat and will be cleaned and honed with a Dremel stone.

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[Leon]

WOW,what will you think of next John.

[deafpanzer]

Great work on the swords... amazing!

[bullardino]

Interesting idea.

[wbill76]

Nice use of found materials for the chandeliers and a perfectly 'in-scale' solution for the swords!

[John Everett]

Thanks for dropping in the comments, gentlemen.

The interior is complete enough to allow the big step of gluing the roof in place. The building however, is not yet fixed to the base.




Final look before gluing on the roof.




I also cut the base for the scene. I tried four or five layouts. This final configuration allows the story to be told, minimizes the size footprint, adds an important multi-level feature, and helps to kill the monolith which was the stone wall.




This is more mad scientist than anything. For the portions of the damaged wall, there will be areas where the woven structure which supports the plaster will be visible. I needed a woven looking texture to simulate this. A scrap from a worn out pair of blue jeans had a nice pattern.
Painted.


Glued in place, waiting for dry wall Spackle.


We will have to wait and see how the experiment turns out.

[macmcconnell]

Wow some mega detail and work in this.

Mac

[bullardino]

Another great tip, thanks a lot

The result looks great

[deafpanzer]

This is really GREAT STUFF!!! Really enjoying following your build... please do keep it coming.

[remarc777]

Hi there John,

Still following this one with awe and amazement. Can't wait to see the whole of the dio.

greetings, Richard.

[John Everett]

Thanks for dropping by, gentlemen.

I've been spending most of my time working on the 10 figures which will populate the scene. But there has been some minor detail work on the base.

The beginnings of a small retaining wall.






Some drainage items for the street.



A few faces. I always paint the uniforms after I'm happy with the face.

[Leon]

John with each new update you add another piece to the puzzle.This is simply amazing and i am enjoying all of it .BTW nice start on the figures.I really like the facial expressions.

[Deano]

Nice work and progress Johnny ... keep it comin !

Deano

[bbd468]

This is ridiculously fantastic John, Im lovin this! More fella.....MORE!!!

[jackh]

Fabulous John, a lot of brilliant detail here.

[Deleted]

Keep getting reminded ........ " We are only limited by our imaginations." ..... and boy you have no limitations!

[wbill76]

Nice start to the 'population' for this one John, looking forward to more on this one. Very impressive.

[bullardino]

Really fantastic

Where did you get the drainage stuff? Was it scratchbuilt?

[John Everett]

Thanks, guys, for all the feedback. It means a lot.

Dec 2, 2013 10:10:46 GMT -5 bullardino said:

Really fantastic

Where did you get the drainage stuff? Was it scratchbuilt?

Nope. Those are a commercial injection moulded thing from DioPark.........might be MiniArt.....but I'm pretty sure DioPark. It's a very nice set with park benches and sections of iron fence.


I glued the building to the foam base. This will provide a nice "handle" for the structure and will help to avoid damage to the roof tiles from rough movement......Just so long as I don't drop the dammed thing.

You can also see where the grass and the sidewalk will go around the edge of the building.
The retaining walls are pink foam, painted in craft acrylic. (For texture, sprinkle on some baking soda while the craft paint is still wet. It makes a nice concrete texture.)





I will need curbstones along the edge of the main sidewalk. These are nothing more than MDF strips which have been dry tumbled in a rock polisher (rock tumbler). I added some course sand and a few sharp bits of metal (nails, bolts, copper thing, you know, whatever ).

This is what emerges from the drum after only two hours.





I also painted the areas where the cobblestones will go. I probably didn't need to do this, but it seems there are always one or two small spots of pink which remain visible after the stones and grout have been placed.

[bullardino]

Fantastic

Thanks for the info, I'll look for that set

[paulh]

Clever, imaginative,superb!