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Post by lightning on Mar 25, 2020 0:12:39 GMT -9
I have halted all my regular (martial) developments and want to create a set that will not only be of interest of tabletop adventurers and wargamers but also to parents in lockdown who want to build some toys for/with they kids and for the kids to play with!
That's why I am going to the FARM theme!
Here's a first sketch of what I am going for. Farm house, animal shed and barn building.
And here is a rough size blocking to make sure it all fits with minis.
I got a lot of feedback on social media that is pointing towards the Wild West, so I might make some additions (water tower, wind tower) that will make it compatible for that setting too!
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 25, 2020 4:28:49 GMT -9
Looks like a great project, sir. I like the deal with keeping to two roof angles so that you can swap dormers around, etc.
If you proceed with a wild West project, I hope those movies come in handy. Besides those I mentioned to you, I've been catching a few others. Surprisingly River of No Return was a lot better than expected. Had to watch it when I saw that it was an Otto Preminger (from Austria) movie with Marilyn Monroe as a show girl.
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Post by lightning on Mar 25, 2020 5:19:17 GMT -9
Just watched the trailer. The country they are showing sure looks like Austria in the mountaints. I bet Otto got homesick there :-)
Here's the large stable prototype ...
... and the large barn. Turns out it's huge. So will make some smaller versions too :-)
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 25, 2020 5:31:50 GMT -9
Barns should be large. During the westward migration, pioneers built much bigger barns than houses. If they didn't take care of the livestock and crops, the house wouldn't do them much good. It was after they were fairly established that they would build a better farm house.
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Post by lightning on Mar 25, 2020 7:33:58 GMT -9
I agree. The barn dimensions are only limited by page size. I could go bigger with multi-page parts. But for beginners (aka parents trying this for their kids) I want to add a smaller option. They might be discouraged with the shelf space the large buildings would required and I am not sure if they will go for fold flat with the first buildings they try.
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Post by squirmydad on Mar 25, 2020 8:16:34 GMT -9
When my parents started their ranch in the Aleutians the first building they built was the barn, which also became our house, so I really was raised in a barn.
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Post by lightning on Mar 25, 2020 22:26:05 GMT -9
That brings back a lot of memories of a childhood spent on farms in the Austrian Alps. We kids loved to play in the barn. There were so many ways to go from A to B it was ideal to play hide-and-seek and it was full of animals, hay, tools and machines. Just a fascinating world in its own. And warm in winter! The cows were living heaters :-)
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Post by Parduz on Mar 26, 2020 0:19:41 GMT -9
If you're not tied to "old west" (or US country) theme, and you want some challenge in the modeling process, why not try to build also an european (or maybe just italian? i dont know) style barn? Try to google images for "granaio" e "fienile"... at least here (in italian google ) it will return some very nice (and complex) building shapes
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Post by lightning on Mar 26, 2020 7:54:01 GMT -9
The farm is more a generic euro fantasy type. I just got a lot of feedback to maybe also make some Wild West adaptions :-) That granary building looks cool. Never seen anything like it. Will keep that in mind for future projects.
In the meantime I made a small barn and stable for the "small farm" set. The barn roof is inspired by a typical Austrian roof type I see all over the countryside!
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 26, 2020 8:23:43 GMT -9
I would have seen very similar barns as I was growing up. Cole Camp, Missouri was founded by German emigrants, and as I grew up, similar barns were somewhat common in the area. As I've gotten older many of them have been demolished, so when I picked up this hobby, I decided that I wanted to make a model of the last one I knew of, on the Holtzen place, but when I went down there next, not only was the barn gone, but so was the farm house and the other outbuildings.
So, I am looking forward to what you come up with
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Post by Parduz on Mar 26, 2020 12:19:28 GMT -9
So, today i'm learning that our granary style is'nt "european", but just ... our
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Post by lightning on Mar 28, 2020 22:51:32 GMT -9
I am not surprised that the Europeans going to the US brought the distinctive buildings styles from their home countries. Some pics I see from old towns in the Rockies looks like it could be in the Alps!
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Post by lightning on Apr 3, 2020 4:53:18 GMT -9
Here are a couple of pics showing the texturing WIP. I am focusing on a framework style first for the walls. But here are options to make different looks.
I will refine the textures more. This is just a starting point. I am already working on more details.
With the lean-to, dormer and chimney options I can already see a little settlement.
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Post by Vermin King on Apr 3, 2020 5:16:14 GMT -9
In your concept drawing, you show the farm house siding as vertical. I hope you will offer a horizontal siding option, too.
Going back to the Benton County, Missouri area, Cole Camp was a settlement of German emigrants. To the south southwest is Warsaw, Missouri, which unsurprisingly was a settlement of Polish emigrants. The oldest houses around Cole Camp had horizontal siding and the barns had vertical. I don't know of barns around Warsaw, but the oldest houses around there were roughly equally split between horizontal and vertical siding.
I hope that you do both.
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Post by lightning on Apr 3, 2020 6:21:25 GMT -9
In your concept drawing, you show the farm house siding as vertical. I hope you will offer a horizontal siding option, too. Going back to the Benton County, Missouri area, Cole Camp was a settlement of German emigrants. To the south southwest is Warsaw, Missouri, which unsurprisingly was a settlement of Polish emigrants. The oldest houses around Cole Camp had horizontal siding and the barns had vertical. I don't know of barns around Warsaw, but the oldest houses around there were roughly equally split between horizontal and vertical siding. I hope that you do both. You mean where the door is? For the basic edition I will have two fixed versions (one vertical and one horizontal). For the deluxe edition there will be 4 positions for doors and windows and you can customized them like you want via layers!
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Post by Vermin King on Apr 3, 2020 6:25:34 GMT -9
I was referring to the first floor textures. In the drawing the wood planks go vertically. I was simply expressing a desire for both a vertical and horizontal version
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Post by lightning on Apr 3, 2020 7:06:15 GMT -9
The planks! So this will be the "framework" skin. But I will follow up with a wooden planks skin that has both sidings. And probably a third skin with just drystone, no wood at all.
It's just the options in just this set are so many. So I will split it up into several little sets and a final bundle, so I can get the first set out sooner.
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Post by lightning on Apr 9, 2020 6:28:55 GMT -9
Some more test builds to see how the different options are looking on the table. I got most options for walls and roof done now. The dormer segment adds more variation. Still need to work on the chimney and some weathering options.
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Post by lightning on May 28, 2020 6:05:40 GMT -9
I have started to work on the stables and used the wooden planks textures to create a new version of the farm house! I'll also make a "horizontal" planks variant too later. Vermin King , going in the right direction?
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Post by Vermin King on May 28, 2020 6:25:21 GMT -9
Heck, yeah!
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Post by lightning on Jun 18, 2020 9:39:29 GMT -9
I have been working on the small stables set. Here are a couple of WIP pics...
Weathered stable versions
Trying out ground base tiles
Of course interiors!
And made a new fence set.
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Post by lightning on Jul 18, 2020 21:25:23 GMT -9
Started working on the small barn. It's big enough for mounted minis! But I will make some interior structures so you can go to the upper level. Will be a bit more crowded then :-)
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Post by Antohammer on Jul 19, 2020 3:30:01 GMT -9
seriously one of you best work man!!! i love this serie!!!!
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Post by lightning on Jul 19, 2020 9:12:25 GMT -9
seriously one of you best work man!!! i love this serie!!!! thank you! I enjoy making these buildings. I also hope it will provide some alternate options for the gaming table
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