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First one. And add vertical streaks of weathering.

Or add speckling:

 

I think I like the first version better; more subtle.

 

Thanks guys, I will work with the first option.

The weathering is Nice, but I am afraid I'll mess it up. Probebly I will try some at the edges.
I was planning on adding a mixture of pva glue, grass and maybe some Green wash.

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Not able to finish one piece before starting another one, here is my new project:

In the Random Thread of Randomness our dear spammer @NIGHTBRINGER, so now and then posts a piece of scenery(in construction, mostly).
The one below triggered me to start this new project:



Seeing this, along with countless posts of modular scenery pieces gave me the idea to start my own modular building(s).
First step to this is the layout and the essentials of modular builds.
Here is me planning:


After this stage I could not longer contain myself and I started the first layer.
Cardboard box inner walls and Styrofoam "wooden" columns:



I needed to add some extra depth in the construction, because I wanted the woodwork to stand out opposed to the brickwork.




After the corner columns were in place the other columns could be spaced out. And some extra beams to decorate.
Then stone masonry began:



For the front façade I wanted a window. I made it out of square cocktail sticks. This will be backed by a fiberglass tape on clear plastic to represent stained glass.




This is the progress until now. I will keep you all posted.

and that concludes my 2000st post

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Thanks, I'd like to think that this will be finished before my 3000st post

Grrr, Imrahil

 

I'm glad that the thread was able to provide a source of inspiration. Your project is coming along very nicely, I look forward to seeing it progress!

Congrats on 2000 posts!

 

Very nice work. I love how the indevidual bricks look. Very authentic.

 

Thanks! It takes some time making the bricks, but I did it in advance. When I finish this project I will make more for future projects or reparations

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Today I focused my available time on a tester for my windows.

For this I already had prepared the wooden outlines. I painted those with Skrag Brown and a wash of Agrax Earthshade.
For the stained glass I used some Fiberglass tape and some clear plastic packaging material:



I base painted the tape black, then put Ironbreaker on there and taped it on a piece of the clear plastic. I considered colored clear plastic(preferably sea green) but I couldn't find any for cheap so did try it first with this clear plastic. It is placed under an angle to give the diamond feel to it:



Now it is time to glue the wooden frame onto the 'glass' and let it dry(I used PVA glue, I didn't want the plastics to meld and ruin the piece):


When dried cut away the excess plastics:


Test fitting it in to the wall:



Conclusions to this test are:
- Use clear colored plastics
- When using uncolored clear plastics, either paint the cardboard behind it or paint the plastic(heavy wash) and cut out the cardboard.

This last test step will come up next

Grrr, Imrahil

 

I tried this out, with the following result:



Grrr, Imrahil

 

That's a great window effect!

 

Love those windows, @Imrahil. There's a very similar window tutorial with some YouTube crafters like DM Scotty or Black Magic Craft. It's cool to see it in action.

 

Thanks, I am pretty happy with the result as well. For the next window I have to cut and glue the wooden bits a bit cleaner.

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Thanks, and well spotted. This is derived from watching that particular tutorial
The only thing I lacked was colored transparent plastic.

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Lots of inspiration and good work here, keep it up man! Love that window and just the projects in general

 

Thanks!

Here is a little progress done over a couple of days.



Door is in place. So two sides of the building are done. Figure out how to do the other two.

(For those whom are interested I have a bunch of pictures of the process, to show )

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Hereby the steps It took to get to the door as is above:

At first I made 1 cm wide strips of the isolation foam I use for all my builds:


As I don't want the door to stand out in front of the brickwork I slice the strips in half(thickness):


Now I cut them in the length and shape I like the door to be. Due to how thin the strips are I can not use my usual method of making woodgrains(brushing with nylon brush) so I draw them on:


With the timber done it is time for the metal 'casing' and details. This I used thin cardstock (pizza box) for. I traced the planks and added some extra room to fold around the side so it will looks like it surrounds the wood completely. This I then cut out with my hobby knife:



Then fitted around the timber and put in place:


Once in place I added a doorknob (more of a knocker) and some rivets from cheap adhesive half domes made out of plastic:
(at first I thought they might be a little to big for the door, but exaggerating details seems to work fine )


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Also an update on the walls of the ground floor:



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For the observant reader I remade the woodwork of the window beside the door, I didn't like the orientation of the crossbeams, so I switched them:



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