Friday 4 March 2011

W.I.P the Storehouse update 3

Firstly sorry for the longer than normal delay in posting an update, but I felt it better to wait until I had more to report.

Well the  roof sections have been made and I have thatched the larger main section of the roof , just the smaller section left to thatch.



As you can see in the picture I have departed from the norm and I have gone for a dark, aged  colour  for the roof, which I think is in more keeping for Thatch that would have been approximately  thirty five years old at the time of the battle. I may well end up drybrushing in some highlights but I will wait until I have finished the whole building until I decide if it needs it.

The ground has been completed and is awaiting a few tufts of static grass,and as you can see I have made the external staircase. This still of course requires a bit of painting.

This evening I am working on the second section of roof that requires thatching and tomorrow I can hopefully make a start on all the doors, windows and shutters.

Terry

6 comments:

  1. looking good!!

    I have always wanted to do Rourkes drift but noone else in the club wanted to do it....one day, one day!

    cheers
    matt

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  2. It continues to look better and better.


    -- Jeff

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  3. Looks very good. Thing is though...when the battle takes place you will have to set fire to it ;-D
    Thanks for the info about Linka..I´ll see if there´s a dealer in the EU...import tax for stuff from the US makes it too expensive to mail order.
    Cheers
    Paul

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  4. Thank you very Much for the feedback and welcome Bluewillow.

    Thanks Jeff


    No problem Paul, thankfully I will not have to set fire to this one as it was the one I still have to build I.E the hospital that burned down but thanks for bringing that up as I think I may have to add a burning roof and a burned out building to to the work list ;-D

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  5. Hi Terry, I really enjoy your blog and your conversions - is your work in 20mm or 28mm ? also can you tell me where you got your Zulu native drover from ? Many thanks - keep blogging it's a great inspiration.

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  6. Hi Nick, thank you very much I have been busy doing other projects over the last couple of years. I must get back and do some more work on the Zulu war project as there are draws full of miniatures awaiting painting. the project is in 28mm. I think the drover was from wargames foundry but I am not 100% sure. thank you again for your feedback greatly appreciated.

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