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Good work, Vik. Looking very good (and sturdy ).

I also have a very laborious idea for the slate...
Cut many (MANY) tile shapes from very thin card and then glue several together (lamination style) to make each tile. If they're not all quite the same shape/size then they will look like the layers of slate...
I don't think even I would do it that way though.

I think just cut them from a suitable thickness of card (the kind that is layered) and then remove a layer or two from the occasional corner to make them look chipped.

That's a mighty sturdy-looking abode!

I like it Vik. My grandfather had one in the woods something like that when I was very young. No memories directly just old photos.......

Very nice work Vik, Have you had any thoughts on how your going to paint it yet?

not yet... in the end it will hopefully look like a true log cabin... but I am not that good at painting something that actually looks like wood....

well, with such thick timbers, I say that house is a strong Armor value 9 dwelling, maybe even a AV-10 with all the work done on it.

Vik, for painting wood you want to find a few images of the colour you want to achieve. You want to pictures to be as large as possible and be as close to the wood as possible, so you can have a very close look at the variety of colours that make up the "wood colour" from a distance. You'll be surprised at the number of colours involved in a simple bit of brown wood.

Also (not to blow my own trumpet) have a look at where I was doing all the wood colour tests in my main blog and in my hut tutorial for an explaination of the process.

And, as you are painting actual wood, I think you'll want to use quite thin, watery, paint and kind of "stain" it. Then you'll keep the woodgrain that it already has and make your life easier.

shasolenzabi wrote:well, with such thick timbers, I say that house is a strong Armor value 9 dwelling, maybe even a AV-10 with all the work done on it.

LOL...well...with this one my usual fears for dropping it on the floor are next to non existing....

Dr H wrote:Vik, for painting wood you want to find a few images of the colour you want to achieve. You want to pictures to be as large as possible and be as close to the wood as possible, so you can have a very close look at the variety of colours that make up the "wood colour" from a distance. You'll be surprised at the number of colours involved in a simple bit of brown wood.

Also (not to blow my own trumpet) have a look at where I was doing all the wood colour tests in my main blog and in my hut tutorial for an explaination of the process.

And, as you are painting actual wood, I think you'll want to use quite thin, watery, paint and kind of "stain" it. Then you'll keep the woodgrain that it already has and make your life easier.

very good helpful ideas, the one with the big pictures I will definitely use...also when painting starts your thread will also be used for reference... that was a definite from the start
I just fear I will ruin my building work with my painting work...
and thin paint... oh I have to restrain myself for once^^...

Have you considered making a beam with ribs and covering for the roof?

oh...I was about to update something that might answer that question^^

I just fear I will ruin my building work with my painting work...

You don't have to be afraid. I found that painting wood (as well as rust) can be very forgiving, especially if you are going for an older look.

Washes and dry-brushing was all I used on my sprue-wood. Slap it on in patches, let it run, no need to tidy up slips, build up colour after colour, let them bleed and blend together (no sharp edges to the colours) and dry-brush the highlights.

Add grey to your colours to get a washed out look (got that from Weety, she does lovely wood )

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Have you considered making a beam with ribs and covering for the roof?

Yeah!

she´s an amazing painter...that is a definite!

and yep..the grey was one thing that your wooden building made a sort of revelation...

Damn, now Dave has me thinking of babyback ribs!

Suffer! Galorn posted something about roasting pork on his FB 2 days ago, and I'm STILL thinking about Chili Verde!
Speaking of..I need to get into the kitchen, it's Spaghetti Tuesday (on Wednesday)

Can;t get the ribs, but so do want! Dangit Dave!

dave...that was pure evil... it is almost 0:00 o clock and I had almost no meat today...argh...this looks so mouth-watering.....

Yeah Vik, plant ribs in front of me and I am like a hungry Kroot!

LOL...kroot and ribs...now there is an image I have seen built from bitz^^

so...speaking of some wooden ribs...:

the roof in the making...


this is the big supportive beam...four of the thinner ones glued together...




and the ribs...:



so I guess tomorrow I will have to make shingles....lots and lots of ´em...^^

Sturdy looking build there Vik! may want to consider architecture works

Nice ribs! Why no meat today Vik?? We ate Salads the past 3 days straight!! SO tonight I fried up ground beef and pork and put in Spaghetti sauce

That guardsman is working very hard building this all by himself...

It kills me Vik how you can work in so many different materials....

Amazing wood work Vik!
What will you use this house for?

shasolenzabi wrote:Sturdy looking build there Vik! may want to consider architecture works

seriously no! I just don´t have the muscle and I don´t like to work out in the open all day regardless of the weather... nope.. me= indoor work...

dsteingass wrote:Nice ribs! Why no meat today Vik?? We ate Salads the past 3 days straight!! SO tonight I fried up ground beef and pork and put in Spaghetti sauce

well... some days are meatless...and some days are filled with meat...my son oskar is sick at home... quite the cold...and the doc told us...let the kid decide what´s for meal... so...carrot soup and such things

Dr H wrote:That guardsman is working very hard building this all by himself...

there is no place for lazy guardsmen...

mxwllmdr wrote:It kills me Vik how you can work in so many different materials....

it needs to be used up ... all that nice materials need to be used up there is peeps starving in howondaland each day due to lack of hobby materials

Klaus, not Santa wrote:Amazing wood work Vik!
What will you use this house for?

its for this new shiney competition hosted by cam...
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/90/570324.page#6418855
you should join...


speaking of...

the roof, the roof, the roof is shaping up...°.°





just the first side started... tried to be as random in this setup as possible...hope I get a thumbsup?...^^

cheers, vik

It's kind of like riveting isn't it?

full marks on that description mister! it totally is!!!

That does the trick. Here's what you were after...

ah.... that is a splendid currency...the best^^

 dsteingass wrote:
It's kind of like riveting isn't it?

Giant square rivets

Looks great vik, needs a horse head on the end of it or something along those lines for a tavern feel. Build a bar, some benches and tables and you'll have a fine officers mess hall worthy of M.A.S.H.