One man and his brushes.: A home on the range..

Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Thursday, 16 August 2012

A home on the range..

As last weekend was actually sunny I took the opportunity to do some work outside , catching up with some airbrush work I wanted to start on long delayed project, and I decided to do a bit of house building. I already have a number of commercially available laser cut MDF and resin buildings for the Old West collection and felt the need to create something unique for it. So I have built my own take on a farm ranch type building using 5mm foamboard and 2mm Balsa.It measures L10" x W5" x H4"

I am going to have to build a rocking chair I think to complement this

This is what it started out as , just a few base materials with a bit of time and effort.

I sourced ready made doors and windows from Antenocitis Workshop along with some 7mm brick embossed plasticard (for the chimney.

Painting was done with with a range of different browns - i used vallejo's, but not practical in long run and I will pay a trip to the DIY store to get something in larger quantities (the Sandtex range is good)

I think I will be doing a few bespoke buildings for the collection as I was pleased with how this one turned out.

Also well you need some cattle to look after!

These are 1/64th scale Hereford cattle available from ERTL - in packs of 25 ready painted.