Sunday, 16 April 2017

The Town of MDF : Part 3

Have spent some time painting the first house today. Starting with a single coat all over of cream. Then the window sills and extra stonework in light green, white for the windows. A bit of touching up and some stain to make the green look darker. It looked far too clean to start with.
Front elevation
Rear view.....
Comparison with one of my warbases buildings.

In summary scale is pretty good and as a basic building they are good. Cost I would say about £4:00 which is the basic model, glue, free card and paint. The hardest thing to estimate is time required. Conservatively I would say about 6 hours in total for this one but I would hope to get quicker with the next few. What I do plan is to make each one unique in some way 🙂
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25 comments:

  1. Michal DwarfCrypt17 April 2017 at 07:01

    Very good realistic terrain.

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  2. Phil17 April 2017 at 07:39

    Wonderful job, nice details...

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  3. MartinC17 April 2017 at 08:21

    Looks fab, I now have some pointers

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    1. Matt Crump17 April 2017 at 08:49

      They do take a bit of time ! Might try and do the shops next 🙂

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  4. Michael Awdry17 April 2017 at 08:31

    It really is looking great Matt.

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  5. Phil Robinson17 April 2017 at 08:57

    Splendid, worthy of "Homes Under The Hammer" ;~)

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    1. Matt Crump17 April 2017 at 09:42

      I am hoping it is fairly universal as they built houses of this type pretty much anywhere from early 1800's possibly even a few in the states ? for ACW gaming later in the year 🙂

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  6. Rodger17 April 2017 at 10:55

    That is a really nice result Matt! Great work.

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    1. Matt Crump17 April 2017 at 11:51

      Thanks Rodger more to come when I get a chance

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  7. Clint17 April 2017 at 14:51

    The house looks very good. I really like the roof slate colour as well as the rendered effect and colours as well.

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    1. Matt Crump18 April 2017 at 19:15

      Thanks Clint simple really just takes time 😀

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  8. Stuart S17 April 2017 at 16:42

    Coming along nicely Matt.
    Cheers
    Stu

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  9. Mallius Vane17 April 2017 at 17:43

    Looks brilliant. Excited about getting mine. Shall be following your 'how-to' closely when I do finally get to do them!

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    1. Matt Crump18 April 2017 at 19:16

      Bit of trial and error and some time 😀

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  10. A J17 April 2017 at 18:50

    They came out a treat. Nicely done.

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  11. David18 April 2017 at 07:47

    Each to their own, of course, but six hours is a lot of time to cost in for me when ready to go buildings are available cheaply in MDF and resin. Looks fine though.

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    1. Matt Crump18 April 2017 at 19:17

      Thanks David......the time is a challenge, of course I quite enjoy making stuff so not a complete hardship🙂

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  12. caveadsum147118 April 2017 at 10:54

    Nice building at a great price, good finish too
    Best Iain

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    1. Matt Crump18 April 2017 at 19:18

      Thanks simple approach just 6 to make 😥

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  13. Unknown26 April 2017 at 18:03

    Looks really good, nice job!

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    1. Matt Crump26 April 2017 at 18:22

      Thanks...mainly cardboard and glue plus a bit of time 😀

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