John Everett
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Post by John Everett on Jan 21, 2015 19:45:39 GMT -5
WOW! I admire your work... please keep it coming! As you wish.  I want to add a wood fired cook stove to what would have been the fireplace, a 20th century upgrade to a 19th century building. Like these:    I won't be painting this one; as it will be a master for a rubber mold. Still needs handles and doodads.   Speaking of rubber molds......A manhole cover and some parts for the Mars rover being build in the SciFi section.   |
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Post by TRM on Jan 21, 2015 19:56:53 GMT -5
Very cool John!! Love the stove....and the molds!! Extras for next time!! |
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Post by Leon on Jan 21, 2015 20:14:41 GMT -5
Nice work on the stove John! Reminds me of my late grandmothers coal stove.  |
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Post by kaytermarram on Jan 22, 2015 6:34:49 GMT -5
The stove looks really inteesting, cannot wait to see it finished! And hell, moldmaking...Something I have to master for some small stuff I need and have done. But the stoves in the examples...is this dollhouse stuf??
Frank
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Post by deafpanzer on Jan 22, 2015 12:02:45 GMT -5
Man, love the stove... looking forward to more! LOL
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Post by John Everett on Feb 12, 2015 12:23:43 GMT -5
Thanks for following! Work has slowed, but not stopped. Rough stairs: (You're right. It looks terrible)  But here's the whole extent which can be seen with the ceiling in place. (Now you know why it's so terrible.)   I'll need to patch the chipping down at the bottom of the stairs. But that will happen during the "interior decoration" portion of the show. |
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Post by wbill76 on Feb 12, 2015 14:21:08 GMT -5
Looks like you've got the right level of detail on the stairs vs. what is actually viewable John! Nice little touch for sure!
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Post by deafpanzer on Feb 12, 2015 15:59:55 GMT -5
Like the birdie view... pretty realistic looking now!
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Post by Jelly on Feb 15, 2015 2:42:12 GMT -5
WOW John, what a display of skill, man.  Beautiful build process, John. Look, absolutely do not worry about the stairs width: old houses in Europe were very "particularly" built depending on the space available, budget, etc. I've seen very weird contructions around dating from the beginning of XX century (and maybe from even faaar in time), so go on without worries Later Jelly |
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Post by Leon on Feb 15, 2015 3:49:23 GMT -5
John! Nice work on the stairs.
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Post by madairbrush on Feb 15, 2015 16:03:54 GMT -5
This is crazy...and... fantastic!!
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Post by desertrat on Feb 16, 2015 14:24:00 GMT -5
looks spot on from where I'am sitting, hope your going to decorate the inside with CROWN PAINTS, (gotta keep me in work lol )
and them stairs look awesome !!!!
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Post by Foenetik on Feb 16, 2015 17:56:10 GMT -5
wow. so well done. love the grouted street. cant wait for more.
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Post by coro69 on Feb 16, 2015 19:44:42 GMT -5
great cork plaster work there... house building also great... the drawback of wet grouting i see is that all your precious work of painting your single plaster stones get a little bit cloaked of the grout... you spend so much time selecting the color for each single stone and painting it by hand...
first i did wet grouting too... but all my stones got really dirty of the grout. so i tried grouting another way with another side of the wall in my dio. i put dry grout into the gaps between the stones and did wet that grout after that. so the painted stones stayed nearly clean of grout... and the result in the gaps stayed the same...
but nevertheless, astonishing plaster... ;-)
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Post by John Everett on Mar 7, 2015 12:51:47 GMT -5
Thanks for following along, gents. It's been a few weeks with figures and vehicles. But now I can get back to the little stone house exterior. I want to get this done before too much has been completed inside. The look I want:  Airbrushed acrylic in about 7 or 8 earth tones. 
First layer of oil based wash.  
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Post by sabre on Mar 7, 2015 15:13:55 GMT -5
Wow John your diorama just keeps getting better and better. Great tips by the way, like the use of the laminate samples. You make it look so simple but I bet it's not, looks like a lot of foresight and research has gone into this one.
May I ask what the dimensions are for the base and the scale you are doing this in.
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Post by Ray Dunakin on Mar 7, 2015 17:54:27 GMT -5
Great work so far! What scale is this? I'm guessing 1/35?
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Post by Leon on Mar 7, 2015 19:47:41 GMT -5
Nice painting on the house John! :)Going to look awesome with the detailing. |
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Post by deafpanzer on Mar 8, 2015 9:04:28 GMT -5
Fantastic work on the house... it will look even better after the weathering job!
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Post by John Everett on Mar 8, 2015 21:56:47 GMT -5
May I ask what the dimensions are for the base and the scale you are doing this in. 1/35 scale. The foam base is 16 inches X 15 inches. The building is 180mm X 250mm. More oil paint and light colored oil washes. In the end I'm going to go with a dark grey or black wash for the building. Although dark mortar in not typical in the region I'm modeling, at 1/35 scale, the dark backdrop will set off the stones with stronger visual emphasis. As you can see here, the stone surface is still too "flat". There's no depth to the stones.    Light oil wash on the right. Darker oil wash on the left. The final mortar wash will be darker still.  |
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Post by kaytermarram on Mar 9, 2015 9:59:43 GMT -5
Always a joy to watch you dio builders at work! The weathering of the house looks extraordinaire, very well done, very realistic. Great work so far, really great!
Frank
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Post by wbill76 on Mar 9, 2015 16:18:54 GMT -5
Stonework is coming together John, nice progress.
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Post by Deano on Mar 9, 2015 16:45:10 GMT -5
Excellent building work as usual John , there are gonna be a couple of mini's included in this ......right?
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Post by desertrat on Mar 11, 2015 16:43:18 GMT -5
Excellent building work as usual John , there are gonna be a couple of mini's included in this ......right? yeah, just don't blow the bl***y doors off !!!! lol |
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Post by detailfreak on Mar 14, 2015 11:26:13 GMT -5
Great looking building John ,I will be following closeley as I am nearing paint with my normandy building.
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Post by mrversatile on Mar 14, 2015 11:47:35 GMT -5
This is a regular construction site. Much of this reminds me of my house rehab of last year but way more innovative. Great use of common items to produce realistic effects. Awesome.
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Post by John Everett on Mar 21, 2015 23:46:54 GMT -5
Thanks for watching! Small update. I'm declaring the bulk of exterior painting complete. Any extra will happen after the roof is on. Darkened the mortar and highlighted the stone texture with airtist's oils in a dry brush.   |
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Post by Leon on Mar 22, 2015 3:29:01 GMT -5
Fantastic work John! Really looking good. |
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Post by lunaiko on Mar 22, 2015 6:56:57 GMT -5
WOW! Great job! I like it very much!
BTW... there are three italian villages, you can buy old houses for 1 Euro. That's why most of the young people move away and lots of the houses are empty. The majors asked the owners of those houses to support his idea and most of them did. To get one of these houses you have to renovate it.
But... you have to pay a deposit (5000€) and to pay for renovation (about 50000€). And the villages are very isolated. No tourism and probably no chance to sell that house after a few years.
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Post by deafpanzer on Mar 22, 2015 11:17:18 GMT -5
WOW! They look spot on... keep up with the fantastic work!
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