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Wow Jack...those shingles look real!! those are from a mold of some kind?

JackDarkmoore wrote:Thumbs up! Will this be painted as wood, stone or ceramic? May I suggest some weathering like this http://www.dioramadebris.co.uk/ekmps/shops/diodebs/images/1-35-scale-slate-roof-tiles-mould-1350031--%5B4%5D-10-p.jpg

that looks like would love to make them in that way jack...but I am neither the painter nor the modeller for this amount of detail...

it should be slate when finished...on dave´s thread there is a very cool pic of his work with this kind of shingles...

 dsteingass wrote:
Wow Jack...those shingles look real!! those are from a mold of some kind?

They are real... It is a fabric of some kind (cotton I presume), it came from those disposable fabrics that are on the head rest of the airplane seats. Sorry I cannot explain this better ... A photo may clear things up (not the pillows, the other white thing where our head touches the seat http://www.chicagocbm.com/clinic//wp-content/uploads/2010/04/airplane-seats.jpg)

Mine are more of a wood shake than slate Vik..but paint can mimic either I suppose

I think I'd like in on this.

 dsteingass wrote:
Mine are more of a wood shake than slate Vik..but paint can mimic either I suppose

of course^^... didn´t knew you used wood for that...looks so thin ...only cardstock came to my mind...

Well, it is cardstock, but they are supposed to look like wood shake shingles


Just ask this Chris guy

I think that telephone fee would cause instant kill through my wife...

understood

I guess I painted mine blue though..so I can see the confusion

Amazing work Vik. Looking brilliant.

@ Weaponprime ofcourse dude join away, all welcome, even you.!!

Thank you guys, this is so brilliant, lots of sharing ideas and amazingly different ideas, wonderful.

Vik those roof tiles look fantastic. Way to go the extra mile cutting and gluing.

Vik, those shingles look really great I love the whole thing, its like if you scaled up the construction it would be an actual building, really impressive.

I guess it's time i started putting some cards on the table!

So starting with a mess of bent plastic, card and with help from a cup of tea...


...a little building is born


I've started work on the interior, not quite certain yet what will go inside, guess I'll deal with that when the shell is done.


Some really great work so far,

the walls you did in a three layers method? the middle one has the window tiled frames?... what a cool idea!

I think you should make an operational door due to this method...

and thanks... it is completely as you stated it... my buildingprocess shall mimic the RL constructionwork as much as my own feeble ways make possible...I need to make points with cam where I can get^^ ...to be on par with the lot of you...once you start painting....

Spot on Vik

The windows started as 9 square holes carefully cut out of a sheet of 0.5mm plasticard, with thin strips stuck either side of the spars to add strength and detail. Despite that one did break not sure if I should leave it broken or not yet...

Anyway after that the sheet was laminated between two additonal sheets with square holes removed for the window so it's inset within the wall. Unfortunatly I botched the laminating causing the plastic to bend and warp outof shape. To fix that I added an additional layer of stiff, thick card to the outside which seems to have made it, whilst not perfect, good enough.

I don't fully understand what you mean, I had been thinking of adding a door but how could I make it operational using the above method?
My idea was to try making a little hinge inside with a separate door.

IF I have time to paint this, I'm not too bothered I just want a reason to finish this building

(second time writing this, thank you windows)

@everyone Very nice models out there... Full of character!

@OneManNoodles Please find some time to paint it, it would look perfect with some colour...

No progress for me today, I'll catch up tomorrow...

Hey noodles that is fantastic looking. Can't wait to see it finished.

No progress from me either these last couple of days. It's been way to hot to do anything constructive.

Excellent progress one and all, some great work all round. Keep it going

Go on then, I'll have a bash! Will raid the garage later and see what I can find materials wise....

Made some progress so far... tent almost complete... only some touch ups left.
I started thinking of the surroundings and the base.

Sample shots

Oh nice. The sign post is brilliant.

Hello all.
I am relatively new around here but I saw the contest and thought I would use it as a push to speed up my projects and get some additional feedback. Hopefully I can finish in time. Can I blame it on my kids if I don't finish??
I prefer recycled materials as much as possible. For my project I will be using a Cadbury Fingers chocolate cookie tin amongst several empty giftcards. It's great plastic card as long as you are using smaller pieces.
I look forward to seeing everyones finished work.

Welcome to the mad house.

Generally I lock the kids in the basement (I don't actually have a basement, just a hole under the floor.) for the duration of all competitions.

Looking brilliant Jack.

I must update the list of entrance later, there are a few of you now, would be great to see some WIP, though I don't doubt you have secret projects going on. Great work one and all.

Quonset Hut Barracks V 2.0 WIP:



(Thanks to Warboss_Waaazag for the reference)

Larger, and with probable inside fitting.

Cheers.

LT will have a bases worth of huts by the deadline

Didn't find much in the garage so went to toolstations and got these:
Some guttering (£2.30) and a vent (£1.12)
It's a start!

Interesting shapes.

and @ LT Dave's right you will have a full army base of buildings, looking good.

I've been focussed too much on coursework these past few days to get much done (and what time I've had has been painting other stuff. Yes, I'm cheating on you lot with my Fallout stuff. No, I'm not even sorry a little bit). Slowly at least I'm making working on my roadmap for my submission at least. This is still needs a base and some more tatt, but still, setting the bar low as usual. Its a place to store supplies to sit beside the main feature ...I think.

That looks great.

Holy Megaton house!