Monday 24 June 2013

364 Flames of War - Normandy Hamlet (on the cheap)

Those of you who saw my last post will be aware of my dearth of Flames of War scenery.

I was certainly very painfully aware of this, so I've started to make some:
Having spent time cursing at the price of resin buildings online, I thought 'What the hell - I only need a few blocky shapes: I can whizz them out with some plasticard.

So I did. A handful of buidings and a sturdy old Norman square-tower church (sans spire):
Then, the next evening, I realised that with just a little careful measurement I could easily make some wrap-around facias for these buildings out of cornflakes boxes, and give them sparse but sufficient detail in cardboard relief too.

So I did for one of them.
Then I bunged some fine sand on the roof and gave it a lick of paint, taking my inspiration from those around me - the damp, mossy tideline around the base of the walls is entirely deliberate. From a distance (current lack of chimney notwithstanding) it's genuinely surprisingly convincing! Even Mrs Drax was impressed. They all open:
And for the hell of it, here's the side view of our little rental cottage and a couple of other views down the hill. Yes, that's thatch in the background of the third one. Twee, huh?!
More when I get around to it - including some shots with models for scale. If it helps, the painted model is 30mm tall the top of the walls.

- D.

3 comments:

  1. Nice. Feeling creatively impoverished now; I'll go to the garage and look at scenery.

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  2. Some really nice scenery there. Me and H recently got into the homemade scenery business and realised how much one can save; and that certainly looks at least as nice as the stuff available online for ridiculous monies. Good show.

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  3. Very nice homemade effort sir! Excited to see how that church ends up.

    My Mum's home is thatched, some 600 year old farmhouse in Norfolk. Would make for a splendid piece to model a 15mm of. Hrm....

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