I airbrushed the floor with Vallejo Model Color Flat Earth and the interior walls with Vallejo Panzer Aces Light Mud. I followed that up with a wash of Liquitex Raw Umber applied full strength. The baseboards and framing were done with Reaper Pure White.
After the paint had dried I pulled out my metal jig and my weights and quickly assembled the floors and walls. I left this in the jig to dry over night. I need to go down and rummage around and see what roof shingles I have sitting around. I'm thinking that the next session will see the roof completed, hopefully with shingles, the exterior trim glued in place and the exterior walls painted.
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The floor airbrushed with flight earth |
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The walls airbrushed with light mud |
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Raw Umber ink applied full strength |
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Baseboards and trim painted white. |
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Starting to put it all together |
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Here we are with the big weights removed and the small jig magnets holding it all together while the glue sets. |
Looking quite nice. Using the foamed PVC seems like an easier way to go than plastic card or real wood.
ReplyDeleteDo you think that it would be useful for a brick/masonry building as well?
I think it would be a good stand in for brick or masonry.It carves easy and if you rolled a rough stone across it the texture would "stick" without a lot of effort.
DeleteI will have to get a sheet and try it out.
DeleteI like Doug's idea for a chair rail, and it seems like other trim sort of things could really sell the idea that this is a real room.
I think you are right and it wouldn't really take much more to sell it, but I think the chair rail and maybe creating another room will be the extent of it. Definitely things to keep in mind for other main buildings. I don't want to get to crazy on the supporting buildings I want to keep the build times down.
DeleteOne of the other things I have been toying with is adding lighting to at least some of the buildings. I haven't really found a source for kerosene lanterns that I can modify though. The ones that I have found are just cast in pewter or are simply way to large.
Nice simple interior. You might consider a chair rail in some of your buildings as well, since it's a very typical Victorian feature and trivial to add. Also, transoms are a really good choice when air conditioning is non-existent.
ReplyDeleteA chair rail would be a good addition. I'll add that to the next one. The front door is definitely getting a transom, the back door is to short for one. I'm still debating dividing it up into two rooms.
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