Tortuga Inspired Buildings, Finished & WIP

Eliazar wrote:

I think Ezekiel has a secret contract with providers of rare earth magnets.

haha, crap you found me out... I get 39 percent of every sold magnet

OK, last Tortuga building.

You can see shots of it in the last Sartosa battle report.
I've decided this is the NCO building. Half will be a bar and half will be a gameing room.
Here are some "WIP" photos.

Here is the basic floor plan from the back.


A close up of what's to be the upstairs front porch.
I positioned it so the balsa wood decking will be flush with the upstairs flooring.


To be the upstairs.


The open roof top.


The 3 parts assembled, still looking at the back.
The downstairs wooden support beams I later removed.
They looked OK but were not needed for support and took too much room for moving models around and the inside furniture I planned.


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VERY NICELY DONE! After doing SO MANY ruined Mordheimy buildings, intact structures come as a refreshing shock.

Even in Mordheim not all buildings were damaged or destroyed.
Besides, there are enough windows and doors to run through.

Great job so far, keep up the impressive work!

playtable wrote:

Even in Mordheim not all buildings were damaged or destroyed.
Besides, there are enough windows and doors to run through.

VERY TRUE! Most of the stuff I've made for other games are intact structures...I've just gotten accustomed to doing the ruins over the last few years.

playtable wrote:

OK, last Tortuga building.

LAST! The original has 10! And then there's the suburbs! LAST!

Von Kurst wrote:

playtable wrote:

OK, last Tortuga building.

LAST! The original has 10! And then there's the suburbs! LAST!

...AND then there's the Fortress overlooking the harbor....the last building is the one you're working on when they pry the Hot Wire tool from your cold, dead fingers...MANY years from now.

OK, so it's the last one I've done and I haven't started anything new yet.
I did get my Space Hulk genestealers painted and have the marines 1/2 done.
Then there is this Lustria campaign we're going to start next week and I need to do some work for terrain for it.

I will post the finished pictures of the NCO Club as soon as I get more time.

OK, here goes. My last Tortuga building, for now.

The NCO Club is really 2 establishments in one.
First is the Angry Squig bar and then the Trophy Room game room.
Here's the front.


The front, no roof.


The front, no 2nd story.


The front, no top at all.


The right side.


The back.


The left side.


More front.


The door to the Angry Squig.


The door to the Trophy Room.


The interior of the upstairs room.


The Angry Squig.




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The Trophy Room game room.








And of course, window shots.










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I love your buildings. Simply awesome, and all the detailed rooms are giving everything so much atmosphere.

VERY COOL...a Grand Finale! That is a TRULY GREAT piece. WELL DONE!
Have FUN with your next project(s).

Absolutely love the buildings, how about posting some measurements/templates and some more detailed how to......

Fantastic work!

insanely brilliant!

This is just amazingly sick! Supreme paint job! very inspirational, I would love to give my own buildings the same wall texture you have going in yours!
Thanks for sharing mate!

It´s just me, or the last atmospheric pictures inspire you too to make a lot of house rules about bar brawls and drunk fighters...??

Beautiful work, it´s just Mordheim in a new and completely different enviroment.

Very good job! I think i'll copy a couple of details for the tavern in my hold

Sorry I have to post my compliments too. This is such a nice set. So much atmosphere and so cleanly executed. I wish I could mail you a ship and some Palm trees to go with it. Respect, for the Pirate king!

Thank you
superscenic.

Thank you all.
But, I feel, things are too clean.
I have a hard time making things dirty, crooked, or random.
I've also been reminded that I'm not done and need to start on some more buildings soon.

superscenic wrote:

Sorry I have to post my compliments too. This is such a nice set. So much atmosphere and so cleanly executed. I wish I could mail you a ship and some Palm trees to go with it. Respect, for the Pirate king!

Thank you
superscenic.

Don't worry, we wouldn't turn down contributions but there are palms, ships, etc galore.

https://boringmordheimforum.forumieren.com/battle-reports-and-fluff-f11/to-be-a-pirate-king-endgame-and-fade-into-sunset-9-3-09-t2058-100.htm#38413

Beautiful stuff. I was hoping for a miniature gaming table in the trophy game room. Especially a table with mini-miniature tortuga inspired terrain!

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Beautiful stuff. I was hoping for a miniature gaming table in the trophy game room. Especially a table with mini-miniature tortuga inspired terrain!

What an absolutely cool idea!

+1!

Maybe in the Governor's Mansion? Nudge.

playtable wrote:

Thank you all.
But, I feel, things are too clean.
I have a hard time making things dirty, crooked, or random.

I used to "scenic" lots of movie sets and architecture models. Firstly, I like the clean look, but if you want dirty: try diluted raw umber washes (I don't know GW colour equivalents).

Secondly, and this will sound crazy, but the best way to get dirt effects is to take actual dirt and rub it onto a surface using some cotton-wool balls. Oxides and powders can be too much colour (dark) sometimes. Try going out into your garden, get some soil then rub it onto a surface you base coated with that stucco colour of yours.

If you look at references, you will see dirt naturally accumulates where people walk, touch and along the bottom of walls. Thus around door and window frames, up to chest height, where people walk most often (center of stairs/passages halfway up pillars and posts and tops of balustrades. Where things burn there will be soot going upwards.

Von Kurst wrote:

+1!
Maybe in the Governor's Mansion? Nudge.

I vote for navigational charts, maps(search some old ones online) with little ship/settlement models and measuring equipment.

thank you
superscenic