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Thanks. I worry if I'm building it tough enough to survive kid contact. As a result, I think I'm going to scrap the 2' x 4' board and mount each building to an individual board and either add half of the road to it, or make the road separate pieces. 1' x 1' will work for most of the buildings, with bigger ones on a 2' x 1'.

Not much work done on Sunday as I spent most of the day brewing beer (making a rum barrel stout for Christmas, hoping it turns out okay as I'm deviating from the recipe).



To make the 'tires' on the posts, I think I will find myself some fender washers and notch the posts with a dremmel tool. Then sink them in slightly to help them stay in place.

This is brilliant! Subbed ;-)

Friday I picked up some plywood base boards and today I got a fair bit done. First up is Lizzie’s shop, which is almost done and ready to mount.







Then Guido’s got some paint and work on the tire stack:



It will need a dry brush and then the awnings and windows.

Lastly work started on Ramone’s Paint Shop. Not sure how I will do the roof yet.

Got the facing and walls up for the Town Hall, and started adding siding to Ramone's:



Man, the face of the building was originally going to be plywood, but it was a royal bugger to cut and sand correctly. So I mocked up card for the front and will do the same for the sides. It also means I've left the rear wall flat instead of also adding the arch.



I am going to recess the roof, and may or may not add the capitals on the wings. I need to see if I can find a suitably size round like below for Ramone's roof:

http://www.michaels.com/artminds-basswood-oval-plaque/10044694.html

Looking fantastic. Always difficult to replicate something accurately, bit of artistic license is allowed. Possibly look to cake decorating for the mouldings. Excellent work, keep it up bud.

For Christmas I've decided to clear out some of my sprues and give my gaming group some 4 pt Saga warbands. To go with I've customize 4 warlords, left to right: Saxon, Viking/Jomsviking, Visigoth, Anglo-Danish





They are from a mix of Gripping Beast and Conquest Games parts with some putty.

I'm also working on Wyatt Earp for my daughter (she'll get a mini plus a book about his life). I will try and get some cleaner pictures of him to share.

Short writeup and photos from our Friday night game:

http://www.wfhgs.com/friday.html

This was our first chance to use the Aetius and Arthur battleboards, and the Roman Levy were the heroes of the day (not something you usually say about levy). They refused to die, having one foot plus one member of the ballista crew survive to the end. The ballista itself did very little, but was frightening enough that the Saxon levy and a unit of warriors never got into town for fear of the carnage it 'might' wreck. Then the levy locked up one unit and blocked off another while the reinforcements slammed home. Some rough rolling by the Saxons coupled with good rolls on the Roman side. In the end, the Saxons just couldn't capture/kill enough people.

They held up/held off several units of Saxons intent on plundering the town.

Unfortunately, my board is showing some of the design flaws and the cracks between bits of Styrofoam are showing badly. Perhaps in 2018 I can come back to the floor tile idea (though I think I will adopt felt covered tiles with accouterments instead of the fur approach, making them better suited for multiple scales).


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Building work continues. First is the Town Hall ready for paint, more work on Ramone’s, and the start of Flo’s V8 Cafe.



That is the start of the headers for her cafe. I tried making the supports but the initial attempt did not work, so back to the drawing board there. I also need some 0.5” dowels to insert into the nuts for spark plugs.

For the diner I need to find a 2 or 2.5 inch pvc pipe. The 3” and 4” are too big vs the air filter I could find.

Lastly, I was able to finish these two up this past weekend. Wyatt is for my daughter, and the Dread Pirate Roberts is for my Mom. He's a simple conversion of Antidelluvian's Wesley (https://antediluvianminiatures.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/shop-fantasy-range/)

Here we go with a mock up of one section of the V8 headers.



Then some more work on the other header:





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Then, I found my answer for Ramone's Paint Shop. I bought a desert from one of the local grocers, and the cup it came in was perfect. I filled it with some expanding foam to keep it from collapsing and hold the spire steady:

Here is one of the two V8 headers for Flo's V8 Cafe. I need to do finish up the neon and the spark plugs, but it is close to mounting:



Then first paint on Ramone's Body Art. I need to finish up the lettering and get the neon up, but getting there:

3 of 5 done. The other two are nearing completion as well.

Last of the WIP shots here. Closing in on success. Hopefully they aren’t destroyed first time out of the gate.

Flo’s Cafe:



Town Hall/Court House:

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you have a good one! Tomorrow, proof will be in the pudding. Five Radiator Springs buildings done and the cars to go with them for my son:







Assuming he is happy with it and they survive I will build the Cozy Cone, Sarge’s, Filmore’s, Doc’s, and Mater’s Towing

Happy New Year! Hope you had a lucrative plundering and pillaging followed by a big hickey party (thank Mr. Stevens).

The deeds of the Northmen blog now returns you to our regularly scheduled programming. I got a nice gift for my anniversary, Vikings! So a ship and a new horde are on the horizon for me:



First finishing up my Geats/Saxons:



Plus the first round of new Northmen!

Radiator Springs looks amazing. Fantastic work sir.

Nice haul, looking forward to seeing your work.

First up, I've almost finished a new unit of warriors using Red Box Games figs.



Then a lot of works in progress.





Then some conversions of Warlord Saxons



I also got my daughters Scots/Picts built up and primed, and have them primed, but I have to figure out a banner and help her start painting. Have any of you tried tartans on 28mm figs before? I know Tartans were not yet in swing in this period, but I'd like to do a simplified version of either Clan Donald:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Donald

or

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Menzies
Black and White Menzies Tartan:
http://www.scotlandshop.com/tartan.aspx/Menzies-Black/White-Modern-Tartan-11806

I'm descended from Clan Donald of Skye on my Mother's side and Clan Menzies on my Father's side. Personally, I'm a fan of the Menzie's black/white tartan (it's pretty unique) , but I'm not sure which she will want to borrow from.

Well, here we go with the walls for the tower. Alternatively I'll be able to use it as a fortlet for other periods.

A stable for messengers/scouts/riders, the start of a wall, and what will become the gate.

Really looking forward to this, great start.

I made some more progress on the gatehouse and the stable. First up is the wood hording on the gatehouse:







I need to add a wood sill/step to cover the bottom of the second story door ways. Also, I need to make the wooden doors for the first floor.

Then for the stable, I got the 'thatching' on, and primed it with Tamiya Wood Deck. It's ready to paint and then set on a small base. I still have some coconut matting that I want to throw down as straw for the horses bedding. For that, it has to go onto a fairly small base, but painting it separate will be easier.

You're really moving on this stuff, looks good!

Excellent progress, thatch looks a little wooly to me, but early yet.

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Excellent progress, thatch looks a little wooly to me, but early yet.

I agree, I need to trim a little and see if I can get some of it to lay down right once I start painting.

I've been following your newest project from the start and I've gone through the rest of your projects on this thread. I enjoy your work and I think it's excellent to see Historics as a project theme. A friend of mine used to play 25mm Romans (I've forgotten which system it was for). He and I spent many hours building things like this, which gives me a distinct appreciation for what you are doing here. Looking forward to seeing how all this turns out.

I decided to try something different for my Geat flag. I found a viking inspired wolf and mirrored it. After painting I coated it with some watered down glue to try and strengthen it. Thoughts?







I need to dirty it up a little/streak it and touch up some of the lines.

Some work done on the walls this weekend. It is much faster with an electric pencil sharpener, but still not the fastest. I need to find my paintable caulk to coat the foam with. The 'cobble stone street' vinyl should do nicely for the stone retaining wall.





I am testing out a small corner to see if I like it or if I end up with two sides slightly shorter than the others (with rounded corners on the ends).

 Maniac_nmt wrote:
Some work done on the walls this weekend. It is much faster with an electric pencil sharpener, but still not the fastest. I need to find my paintable caulk to coat the foam with. The 'cobble stone street' vinyl should do nicely for the stone retaining wall.





I am testing out a small corner to see if I like it or if I end up with two sides slightly shorter than the others (with rounded corners on the ends).

I like the wall exposed maybe put a small wood fence along the landing to match front of wall


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I finished up the railing yesterday and finished painting today. I think I will try LEDs inside it and the window film so I can light it. Now I just need to build a ladder or stairs, any opinions on which?

[url=https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/892932-.html][/url

looking good, why not both,, one stair at one side and ladders elswhere



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Friday I picked up some plywood base boards and today I got a fair bit done. First up is Lizzie’s shop, which is almost done and ready to mount.



It will need a dry brush and then the awnings and windows.

Lastly work started on Ramone’s Paint Shop. Not sure how I will do the roof yet.

this is great work, it reminds me of the little towns people make in america i see on american pickers

Looking quite brilliant bud. Going to say something in the comp thread. I like it as stone.

I did not make a ton of progress, but did get some important bits done. One palisade and two corners to go, plus the backings.





I may have to turn it into a small fort outright. I did get the palisades up on the two small walls and get a first coat of paint on the gatehouse. I need to decide on the doors though.

Well that is fantastic bud, really fantastic, really nice work, you have done a lot more than I thought you were doing, and it is looking brilliant. Always love your terrain especially, and this one is adding to the list.

Thanks, that means a lot coming from such an excellent terrain maker.

Have you ever dabbled with chalk? I read a tutorial a while back that used chalk to fill in the gaps and then wiped it over with a damp cloth/towel. This left the chalk in the cracks and cleared off the surface.

Alternatively I can use some gel medium to make an antiquing gel of whatever color I want and that works similarly.