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Where has this thread been all my life? this is amazing.

Nice detail work. I like the fan.

lil tower...this is turning out to be an amazing piece of terrain... as stated in the comps thread...the window frames currently really sell the piece... also...the fan is an amazing choice!...
one question tho... will this building be your entry or are you making a lil scene around it to go with it?

@MWHistorian: Welcome, and thank you!

@Dr H: Thanks, though it's been so hot lately that adding a fan can hardly be called inspired!

@Viktor: Glad you are liking it thus far, thank you!

As for the finished piece, yes, I did come up a somewhat larger plan (Well, sketch at least), with a scenic base and a few other pieces to complete it as well (Light posts, perimeter fence, gangplanks and sentry gun emplacements come to mind), but decided to build and at least come close to finish the basic piece first - and have a "minimum" entry done at least - before plunging into a potentially too overreaching and uncompletable build.

We'll see where it goes from here...

I'll keep you posted.

Cheers.

wise decision! fist the groundwork so to speak and later on if time allows the icing of the cake

Quick update:



Other views & detail shots of both the door and front light and rear fan:



(Windows are just dry fitted, pending paint)

C&C are, as always, much welcome.

as stated on the comps thread... coolness distilled!

There's some amazing stuff on this blog... I'm in.

@Viktor: Thanks!

@Gitsplitta: Welcome, and thank you!

Will try some paint next, and maybe even a new attempt at OSL from that light over the door...

Some detail work and base colours, on an odd - unusual, for me - palette:



Fitted the windows a little better - yet not perfectly, but it'll have to do for now - and, after going over the Contest Rules, filled in some gaps (Avoiding silly gaps seems to be important for scoring, go figure).

Other angles and close ups:



Thanks for stopping by, your C&C are welcome.

PS: On another front, still struggling with my guardsmen for Bebop's Comp, will update later on that. Cheers.

Looking outstanding to me buddy. Your building a solid body of work here for many people to get ideas and admire.

The neatness thing in the comp is to try and get people to push that bit further and to give us some way of distinguishing between the excellent work done by so many people.

@Camkierhi: Too kind !

I could not agree more with the no-gaps point, and in general how neatness and care put into a build help towards the finished look, comment was just meant as a joke on myself and a certain OCD tendency...

As mentioned, WIP painting for The Guardsman Challenge:



C&C are welcome.

Cheeers.

currently it looks like a barracks for noobs... all shiney and new ... tho the aquilla ontop looks vet enough^^...
will this glorious build see any weathering in the foreseeable future?
also...are the windows see through???...will this mean you will do some inside and maybe some cool effects? *nudge, nudge, nudge*

as for the guardsman...looks stunning...is that digi camo or a more subtle approach to stripe and patches?

@Viktor: No, no see through - just paint, tough the idea of bunks and lockers did came across. Maybe in a second one, given time.

As for the mint look, I guess things do have to be new some time, don't they?

Or not?





Regarding the guards, I was trying for an urban camo, with a speckled pattern over a grey base. Still working on them yet...

Cheers.

I was fooled by the OSL you did on the windowpanes...made me think of a see through effect....

and urban camo ...that one was achieved !

in what terrain type will this lodging be located? probably some desert?

Looking good. Liking the glass effect and the stencil on the roof.

Camo' on the chap looks good and blue armour is a nice change.

Very nice work on the Barracks!

Those barracks are looking great LT, super impressed

@All: Thanks for stopping by.

Long week IRL-wise, and not much done until today...

Since I couldn't settle between size does matter and what's inside is what is really important, I decided to give it a go at both, so projected entry 2.0 got under way:



160 mm PVC sewer pipe (Repurposed leftover but not recycled), and cut out windows for making possible to see inside (which means the interior will have to worked on too) once done.

Still far from where I'd want to get, but on the way!

Cheers.

Great googly moogly. That is going to be impressive.

trying to shame your first work...now that is ballsy^^......but the prospect to see you work on interiors... I'm in^^...

@Camkierhi: Glad you approve!

@Viktor: Not shaming it, just upscaling...

Not much to show for the effort yet, some cutting and lots of filing - curved geometry be , I should have stuck to straight edges - and an experiment at heat forming styrene for the windows eaves, to keep in line with the aforementioned curved shapes...

There will be more on this later.

Cheers.

is it later yet?...

Alright! Quonset huts!

@Viktor: Just five more minutes !

@Warboss: Welcome, and thank you for the reference. I'd looked for ref pics browsing for military camps and barracks, and never came across the proper name for the type of building.

Now, a new point arises: It seems corrugated steel sheet skin is an integral part of the definition... The previous version had a smooth cover instead... Wondering now if I should try the classic WWII look, or to stick to the initial plan...

More on this later (for real this time).

Cheers.

Initial plan! Corrugated iron always look cheap to me. The only reason they used it was structurally it is stronger than flat steel...but we work for 40000years in the future...so the iom sure has other means. Beside, I like the flatter look way better...

Udate.

Mounted the window eaves, biult the new door, and dry-fitted the front and rear walls.







Since the fan had gotten some favourable comments in the previous build, I doubled up on it:



And working door:



Peep at the - yet - vacant inside:



@Viktor: Thanks for the input, will probably do.

C&C are welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

Excellent work, looking forward to this. On the corrugated thing, yes it was more in keeping, however I am with Vik, in the future they will have better materials, flat looks brilliant on the other one.

I do have a suggestion. Roof vents. Just a modelled cover to show a means of air flow, I know you have the excellent fans, but look at these kinda buildings around the world and you will see simple vents on the roof. Give you something to add your brilliant detailling skills to!

Love that... very clean and sharp.

Looks great. Tidy build.

The smooth walls make it look more substantial and permanent then a corrugated one would.
You could always make a small corrugated one for the toilet.

and for the working door.