Dunbrough and Gripenhem WIP log

No details really yet, but I've started building very basic foundations for the buildings of Gripenhem. This gives me an idea of where the doors are, I love, LOVE the idea of the doors being at different levels because the landscape is on an incline. With this set of buildings, the foundations are at different levels on each side of the street. I'm building the box of the foundation, and then cutting the surrounding terrain out and sinking the box into the landscape.

Oh yes! I really can't wait to see what you're going to achieve with this!

One question, though: is that inclination a hazard for miniatures to risk their balance?

Joao

JoaoS wrote:

Oh yes! I really can't wait to see what you're going to achieve with this!

One question, though: is that inclination a hazard for miniatures to risk their balance?

Joao

Yes! Actually, no more so than a flat table, a top heave mini is easy to knock down either way. It's really not that bad.

The suspense builds! This is a SPLENDID presentation...keep up the FINE WORK!  

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I love, LOVE the idea of the doors being at different levels because the landscape is on an incline.

Woot!  

For some inspiration on the steep street check out Paul Batchelor's work:

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http://www.paulbatchelor.com/qko.html

Cool eh?!  

Oh, DeafNala, what a find! That looks wonderful! I'll get in touch with the artist as he's included some really cool civilians in there. I want to find out who makes them.

Either way, thanks a lot for posting this! Love it!

Joao

Oh that is a nice street scene! Great find.

Workbench time.

This will be a small corner shop, with someone else's house or tavern or whatever on the above floors. I'm going to give it a stab at doing interiors. The biggest problems that I can foresee are doing chimneys properly, and furnishings. on the top down view you can see how tight these things are going to be. The half inch foam gives the best carving for brick details for sure, but would be about 30" thick in scale, way too thick. That's part of why I've never really done interiors before. The front room will be the shop, with the back being a living space with room for a bed and a small stove.

Will you actually be able to play inside the building, or will it be only for decoration?
Either way, you can really see the work put into this project, and it's really paying off too!

That is COOL looking. The interior makes me claustrophobic; it's probably the way it tapers down to a point...it reminds me of a scene from Alice in Wonderland. GREAT WORK!  

Captain Ludwig of Altdorf wrote:

Will you actually be able to play inside the building, or will it be only for decoration?
Either way, you can really see the work put into this project, and it's really paying off too!

?? Don't know. I don't actually game:lol: 

A little late for the suggestion, but you can trim down the half inch foam to reduce the thickness. I do this all the time with my Arabian buildings. I like the uneven walls that result.

Von Kurst wrote:

A little late for the suggestion, but you can trim down the half inch foam to reduce the thickness.  I do this all the time with my Arabian buildings.  I like the uneven walls that result.

Likewise Late:I also have ripped the foam down to 1/4 inch. Now I usually use the fan foam insulation (looks like an accordion); it's normal 3/16" or 1/4"...it is sometimes available in two ply. I also got a bundle at Loew's that's 1/8".  

I've ripped the foam before too. The catch on this is I'll be doing leaded glass windows as well, which involve ripping the foam. Actually, I'm really just not that bothered. I want it to look good on the outside more than I want it to look proper on the inside. The thicker foam is just easier to detail, to me at least.

and on the occasion you might actually play with it, the thicker walls do lend a bit of structure to the buildings (I've had numerous small walls crumble while playing. which is why I use the foamboard or thick foam nowadays.) Love the atmosphere the little corner door is breathing already!

Ezekiel wrote:

and on the occasion you might actually play with it, the thicker walls do lend a bit of structure to the buildings (I've had numerous small walls crumble while playing. which is why I use the foamboard or thick foam nowadays.) Love the atmosphere the little corner door is breathing already!

You will note that V.K's buildings have survived MANY, MANY campaigns plus the transport back & forth to the game store, which speaks volumes as to the durability of the structures...this could also reflect on the Folks playing the games of course.
For a board that will mostly be used for display, I'm sure some fragility would be acceptable.  

Wow theomar! this is a biiig project, love it! somwhere in the back of my head ived allways had a never-starting project to build a castle, this really inspires me! the stone cutting is coming out really good, i love how it looks in when its so much of it , and the room in the end of the slope (forgive my bad english) is an excellent idea, its just beutifull geometry right there!

as to your earlier work, its amazing, the autum theme is my favorite theme of all!

Wow, thanks!

Ok, picking away at the island slowly but surely. I figure a few towers around the perimeter wall. First pic is a very very early stage of a tower, just a cardboard tube with a birdhouse roof. It will b clad in foam and carved. Second is a re-purposed wall from an earlier project. Since this is where the stairs come up, this is where the wall needs to be the strongest, and it will run from the gatehouse to another tower. That one is also just a cardboard tube for now. Last two are of the turret at the bow of the island.

I'm thoroughly enjoying watching your Masterpiece evolve. The level of Craftsmanship you achieve is WONDERFULLY INSPIRING. Keep up the FINE WORK!  

Today's work.

Allposters tube with plastruct bricks. A foam turret, still need to do the woodwork, and a roof from a card birdhouse.

That looks TERRIFIC...your stonework is much nicer than the store bought variety nice as that is. All in all a FINE day's work.  

DeafNala wrote:

That looks TERRIFIC...your stonework is much nicer than the store bought variety nice as that is. All in all a FINE day's work.   

Thanks Nala. I agree, and haven't used the card stuff in years. I'm not really up on laminating tubes in foam and carving the blocks in. It never looks as good as I want it to. Also, using the sheet stuff gives me a bit of variety, as if maybe it were different builders at different times.