Paper Houses (2) of (2) - All done

I finished off the two larger buildings shown in the previous post and stuck them onto card bases, this also helped strengthen them up some more. I also completed two small A frame ones. One thing I found was that you need to fold down the thatch ends to increase the impression of thickness or the roof. I carefully painted in an extra door at one end of the long house. Bases painted brown with some static grass added. Completed buildings shown below with one of my scratchbuiltt from cardboard and fur thatch ones for comparison.

A couple of closer in views ....

I like them - probably make a couple more small A frame ones, I'll also investigate some of the other construction sets in the series. The A4 books have the all the parts printed on a slightly shiny thin card, so scanning them and re-printing them gave a matt finish which is more appropriate - worth the effort of scanning and enlarging, so now I have the images done I can print off more as needed; I may darken down the thatch roofs a bit though.

Paper Houses (1) of (2)

A post on Defiant Principality blog showed some paper/card houses for Medieval Town and Village. I bought one of the Medieval village (available from papel3d). They also make a Viking stronghold set as well - may be worth a look.

The buildings are 1:87 scale; great for 15mm, but a tad small for 25/28mm. I opted to scan in the most suitable ones and enlarge them by a factor of 1.5 and then print on 210gm thin card. They do need some stiffening, so some card supports are needed for the long buildings;

for A frame style buildings I just put a central stiffener in which works fine.

I'm also making up two small A frame styles buildings as well.  After adding the thatched roofs I found I heed to touch the dotted 'fold line' out carefully with some thinned paint of a similar colour.  Next step stick to bases and add some static grass - piccies to come when done.

A couple of additions ..

New boys awaiting painting, these are the Saxon King pack from Black Tree Design; nice set. I've given the harpist some more trouser like leggings and the king figure has had his crown removed replaced with some hair - he will represent Earldorman Rodor out of his fighting gear. 

Earldorman Rodor's armoured thegns..

A mix of figs finished off in a session yesterday - mostly Gripping Beast with a couple of Dixon and Redoubt; for a change I tried a bit of shading on faces/hands using dilute brown wash ( I bought a sheet of standards some time back - I think from Redoubt - from which I cut out the one shown)

A closer look at the archer ...

The above are the last ( of the currently planned) major additions to Saxon forces; there will be some more oddments. I'm looking to add some more 'personality' figures and have a small project in mind to model the characters from Noggin the Nog.

Thached stone building with enclosure

I bougth some bits recently from Gripping Beast and while having a browse (as you do), I took a fancy to a stone building so added it to the order.

I wanted to do soemthing a bit different with it so I based it with some hurdle fence pieces from the Games Workshop fence/wall set to make an enclosure; plus some plastic wood to blend it into the base ...

All finished and ready to takes it's place in a village, ham, tun or burgh...

A bit of cartage ...

A couple of carts. I re-based my existing one (on the left above), and I've added a new one - Celtic Cart from Warlord Games.

Looking for the Old Crone ...

Earldorman Rodor's wife Beornwyn, her female warriors, Bishop Wulfrum of Wuduceastre and some armed monks (and a dog called ?spot?) - are searching for the Old Crone, as the Bishop is trying to come to an understanding of the ways of old religion (they go armed as it is a dangerous time - you never know if there are vikings about)  ...

Beornwyn and the Bishop enquire at a village as to the whereabouts of the Old Crone, they are told to try a hut on the hill about a mile outside the village to the north.

They catch sight of the Old Crone in front of her hut ....

The Old Crone disappears in a puff of coloured smoke, and three other wispy smokelets appear ...

The old crone unsure of the reason for the visit has disappeared and has summoned some 'undead' to attack the visitors ..

 The skeleton undead attack, and the party do their best to defend themselves ...

The cowled monk throws back his hood and chants a prayer from the holy book of Crontarth..

The skeleton undead have turned back to dust - a narrow escape for all ...