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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Building Calamity - Marshal's Office Finished

Well the exterior is finished, I'm still deciding what to do with the interior. But it should look just fine on the table right now. This is definitely not a blow by blow account on how I finished this one. It is the only brick structure that I have so it should stand out a bit. There are a couple of details that I'm not fond of, one of those being that the corners are wood for the brick exterior walls. I would have preferred to see a more standard brick corner. Overall its fine though and I'm pretty happy with the way it came out.

 I haven't added any kind of dirt to it yet. I'll save that for when its mounted on its sabot. I'll want to match the ground cover as closely as I can with all the other buildings. So there is work to be done but for now it can sit on the completed shelf and I can move on to another building. The railroad station is nearing completion as well. It needs some touch up paintwork and the roofs need to be shingled, probably a little work on the chimney as well, but its getting close and I'm much happier with it at the moment.
The front, the roof is off in this shot, the interior is not lighted, however, that is an interesting idea.
The brickwork was done with a combination of pigments and isopropyl alcohol which creates a  paint like pigment paste. 
I may go back in and do more with the brickwork. I like the dark mortar lines but they don't show up very well.
You can't really see the paintwork on the roof, but it looks good. Pretty pleased with the way the roof came out.
Back to the front. The whole thing needs a shot of dullcote now to seal it up and provide some protection
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  1. styxFebruary 28, 2013 at 11:44 AM

    Nice, the weathering job is great, very natural.

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    1. HeislerFebruary 28, 2013 at 1:00 PM

      Thanks, it came out pretty well in the end. Still may go back and do something else with the bricks.

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  2. Ray RousellFebruary 28, 2013 at 1:41 PM

    Very nice Kris, I like the weathering under the windows.

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    1. HeislerFebruary 28, 2013 at 2:10 PM

      Thanks Ray! I am still a little unsure about the weathering under the windows right now, sometimes I like it sometimes I don't. I like my work on the front door better.

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  3. Sam WiseFebruary 28, 2013 at 4:54 PM

    I like this one!
    a beautiful building with a very good painting work!
    I agree with you, even in the pictures the roof looks good.

    Congrats!

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    1. HeislerFebruary 28, 2013 at 7:55 PM

      This roof was shingled with the paper shingles from Wild West Scale Model Builders. The lights really washed out the roof highlights though. Hopefully they will all turn out as good or even better.

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  4. SeanFebruary 28, 2013 at 5:03 PM

    Looks really good Kris. In fact it reminds me I need to get my house painted. The detail on the roof shingles looks really good in the pictures. I also like the idea of the lighted interior, the picture where you can see the floor boards through the window is good.

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    1. HeislerFebruary 28, 2013 at 7:59 PM

      I'm not sure that was quite the desired effect! I'm definitely going to start at least looking for some possible lighting effects. Effects might be more trouble than its worth, will see what a little research reveals.

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