Down in Dorset - part the sixth - more pictures to add

Some Georgian town houses.

As promised, here is the first (sixth really) in the next few posts of what went into the table for this years Salute. The whole lot is a commission and it somehow keeps getting added to as we go along lol

The town houses were quite simple after doing a bit of research and most of them keep to the same style. The difficult bit was trying to get accurate colours for the render so I think some of them might be slightly off.

They were ll made from lasered acrylic with various elements such as sills, lintels and porticoes added after with strip styrene. One of them was done with brick sheeting and one as clapboard just to break up the monotony somewhat.

There are still quite a few to do but the next ones will have shop fronts and a few more details as they will be in the centre of the town.

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Time does fly...

When you forget to blog...

To make up for it (I hope), I'll post you some pictures of this years Salute game, The Adventures of Paul Darke; a tale of smuggling and derring doo in Darkest Dorset.

When I have a bit more time (this bank holiday weekend) I'll write up some more detailed posts of what went where and how etc.

I'm afraid quite a few of these aren't mine as I didn't have time to take many (looking after the trade stall and all that) but my thanks to those who did take them and many apologies for not being able to credit those responsible.

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Down in Dorset - part the fifth

The customs house!

What self respecting coastal town wouldn't have a customs house to gain as much revenue as possible from the 'honest' sailors, traders, fishermen and merchants...

The model for this is based mainly on the Poole customs house (which is now a cafe...) but simplified for the gaming table.

This is the real one (picture taken from google images). And yes, it's been suggested that I make the buildings surrounding it.

This is a finished picture of my version and although it's not the same it does look the part, I hope you'll agree.

It was lasered for the most part as shown below and once the main body was built I spent a bit of time attaching the architrave etc. The portico was mainly lasered with the two front columns being turn on a lathe to get the correct shape, a template was used for this to help get the both the same.

The wooden structure out the front is actually for a set of weighing scales for customs duty etc and is quite an interesting little addition.

The building was masked in several stages with the different colours being sprayed on. Once everything was dry the masking was removed and the weathering began. Plenty of inks and weathering powders were applied but I kept them subtle so as not to make it look over done.

I'll leave you with some shots of the finished building and hopefully you'll see it in a game soon :-)

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Down in Dorset - part the fourth

The buildings...

What is a game without some buildings to play around :-)

These are still a work in progress as we had enough stand in buildings for the game itself and other builds have taken a priority.

About of them will be simple cottages and hovels for the populace of Dorset to inhabit and the other half are to be more town like buildings and there will be one or two special buildings that will get their own separate posts.

The village buildings are mostly made from blue foam they are quite simple in construction

The thatch was also done in this way as I don't like teddy bear fur for more recent thatch (it's ok for dark ages at a push). It doesn't look too good in this photo but it does in real life.

I think the roof needs a few more colours on it but it'll do for now. I've got a few other structures for the village under way but they are at a less stage than the one above so I'll post about them when they are in a more complete condition.

The town buildings however are racing along and I'm really enjoying doing them.Google Earth street view has been my friend whilst doing this (that,and having a mate in Dorset who takes the occasional photo for me :-).

Just a few done for now but with more in the pipeline along with a harbour town square etc and a fair few key buildings thrown in.

These were the first two with the customs house on the left in the upper photo.They are basically lasered boxes with all te fiddly bits added on afterwards and then sprayed, weathered and finished off. The still need some door knobs though...

The first two are stuck together and I'll do the same with some of the others. There will be more angled buildings to allow for the twisty type of Dorset (and most small town) streets and these ones will be separate to allow for more modularity. Pavements will and have been added to the more important houses but aren't too wide.

Plenty more where these came from but the next post will be the customs house.

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