Maudeheim & Environs, Part III: Updated 06/14/20

This is where we stand thus far today:
Hovel #06, W.I.P.:

 
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...the new paving/cobble stones:
 


 
...AND The Village to date:

 

 
...if things go well, there should be more later today...hopefully.  

More updates! Looking forward to even more...

Thanks, Jim. Still cooking away on Hovel #06...eventually they will all have names rather than #s. I have all the roof shingles in place, the bricks carved, & painting the sucker black.  

Today's Update: Hove #06 tentatively aka Mother Pringle's Amulets, Charms, & Recreational Potions is all put together, base coated, & ready for some paint:


...a little detailing on the front door:


...side & back views:






...Mother Pringle herself:


...The Village to date:




...AND the day is still young...unfortunately, I'm not, but another update is still a possibility.  

Woot! Mother Pringles! I see another advertiser for da Big Toof Shouta...
I'm sure all the businesses of Maudhiem would love a franchise in Big Toof.

I think she needs more chimneys and maybe an attached vat or two for the proper manufacture of potions. At least a lot of chimes, charms and such hanging about. Just a thought to slow you down a bit...

Do you need/want any bats? I got bats, spiders... No newts though.

Von Kurst wrote:

Woot! Mother Pringles!   I see another advertiser for da Big Toof Shouta...

...sounds like a FINE idea. There is always a need for more Witchcraft markets.  

Von Kurst wrote:

...maybe an attached vat or two for the proper manufacture of potions.  

Now THAT is a GREAT idea. A nice Vat would be just the thing for that open space by the Personable Mushroom. Thanks, Jim!  
...it didn't take all that long to make a start on it either:

AND now with the Vat is done, Mother Pringle's is ready for some color:




...Mother Pringle, Herself:


...The Village to date:


...that should wrap up today's posts...probably.  

That was quick! Good work! Looking forward to Wednesday now.

I'm still in an early morning funk, so I'm looking forward to today also...it's got to be better than it is right now.
...moments later: I just started doing the stone work on the gate.walkway. It's amazing, the  power of the first cup of coffee.  

SO that pink lump between the two sections is now The-Ready-To-Paint Gate:




...seen here approaching The Village:


...from the inside. Just pull the lever & the Gate goes down...occasionally followed by a blood curdling scream:


...& The Village to date:


...still cooking...for the most part.  

A Gate as well as a bridge! Nice detailing as usual, pretty good for a Wednesday.

Thanks, Jim...glad you like it.
I've done the last of the paving/cobblestone work. The place has a nearing completion feel to it.  

Love it, those colors are so vibrant, even the greys!

Thanks, theomar. I'm delighted you like it. The grays/white over black base coat is a big help in getting vibrant colors.  

AND here's The Twisted Tower & Goblin Village as it looks now:










...getting there.  

Wow that is tall! OH BABY!!!!

Thanks, Jim. At 27 1/2" from ground to the top of the stork nest, it's one of the three tallest buildings I've made...can't make life easy for the braid climbing Princes.  

You can't have Rapunzel's Twisted Tower AND not have a braid of hair for some Fearless & Hopelessly Noble Knight to climb...or in this care hang onto while being yanked upward at a fair turn of speed. SO an almost suitable braid has been added to the Twisted Tower:








...with some details that the Gentle Viewer may have missed from much earlier photos:








...inching along toward completion.  

Thanks for all the detail shots Alan. That braid of hair looks suspiciously like a trap...

Thanks, Jim! I'm going to add an exhaust pipe & some gears to imply the steam winch inside that the braid is hooked up to...just a lever could work as a dead weight device. Either way it's quicker to the top than you would guess.  

Since you never out grow your need for Mushrooms, AND I need to something with the excess green stuff from The Braid, I made some more of the George Bush (The Elder) style Mushrooms:




Friend Jay, from the Reaper Forum, suggested doing an Operatic Tenor Mushroom
...seen here in the green:


...AND in his prime(r):




...I'm easily influenced...at times.  

And thank goodness for that!

The shrooms are a joy as always. If you have the Foundry Valkyries you could pose a duet

Thanks, Jim...glad you like them.  
I've never picked up any of the Foundry minis. They just don't seem all that available, although they do have some splendid looking pieces.
I was toying with the idea of making a Mushroom Diva, but I just haven't come up with ideas or motivation...yet.  

One of my game store colleagues was an historical gamer so I would get the minis he had to have once but had never painted cheap. Never got any of the big viking girls though.* Otherwise, as far as pricing, Foundry was GW before GW.

*As far as I can tell anyway. I was cleaning out my stored library yesterday and found a bunch of loose Reaper fighters in the bottom of a box of books. No idea why I bought them or when. Hate that.

Although I've never seen them in the pewter, I liked the look of their Renaissance Orcs. I did paint some of their Indian Mutiny minis as a commission. I was not impressed. The detail was minimal & the pieces were devoid of personality much like what I expected from war games miniature of an earlier time.

AND here he is in full color, ready for basing...somewhere:






...I think he has a certain resemblance to Zero Mostel...sorry about that Zero.