WIP Kitbash: Interior - Blacksmith by Mystic Mntn

[oldschooldm]

I'm building the Bakery from Mystic Mountain - a wonderful looking model that I want to convert to have a playable interior.

Here's some pics and commentary on my process/progress...

Since this model has buttresses, I decided to make the main house have two play modes - Roof off AND house-off for most freedom of movement. Very much inspired by this Chapel build:

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Here's where I am so far:


First obvious change: It is not glued to the ground tile - I haven't made the ground tile yet because I'm trying to figure out what I want to use under the texture to attach the magnets in the base of the buttresses to - metal-foil tape or more magnets (which I've just ordered.)

The roof is just sitting on there... Let's take it off...


The interior wall textures are mostly just mirror images of the outer walls. But if you look closely at the dormer you'll notice that I textured the tabs with the roof tiles and the external wall texture and glued them to the outside of the model. This is because...


I cut out the dormer hole and skinned the inside - a space for storing items! I look forward to taking beauty shots with books or something here...

BTW - the floor texture is from an old FDG kit - touched up with photoshop. It is attached to black foam core...






Some more magic-healing-brush and clone tool and I could use the outside wall texture (which had a huge white area for the chimney) inside:



I'll put a chimney prop in when I play with this space.

So far, this model folds up - that isn't a goal, but is interesting. I don't expect that to last. Though, whenever I do a removable roof, I have new ideas how to keep it down and looking decent. This model has several alignment points for the roof: The chimney, the dormer, and the peak that goes out to the work area, so all I needed to do was keep it from popping up. Here's my solution this time:



Yup. Two pennies taped under the spots that tend to pop up. Not elegant but it works.

[Vermin King]

You are always full of useful ideas. Very nicely done.

[oldschooldm]

Next up, the workshop. Again, I'm trying to go with no floor and a removable roof...



Since the roof comes off, I colored all the exposed white surfaces and the "arrow" support beam now has a wood-textured cover left over from a flubbed dormer post...



Probably the most fiddly part of this build was this buttress + support post. The post didn't actually make a solid block and so didn't want to stay true. I ended up bracing it on the back.



The workshop is held to the main building using two bobbypins that go down into the back wall and the support/buttress. This allows me to separate the buildings.



I still haven't decided if the workshop is getting glued to the base or not. I'm still going to experiment with magnets, which would give me the most flexibility. Here's the view of the bottom for now...



If I put a magnet in the fireplace, I'll cut a rectangle to seal it up under and glue to these tabs.

Here's how it looks with the roofs on. I know it's not a great picture, but I want to save the good ones for later...



Oh! I built the props as part of a test before the kit came out - here's what they look like apart from this model. Next time you see them will be in situ.



...I'm off to the hardware store looking for thin metal/magnets...

[oldschooldm]

<- This is what I found at the hardware store to use to hold down my magnet filled butrresses.

I can easily cut it with scissors (but I'm sure they'll wear out wicked fast, so I should probably use nippers...)


Tape it in place before I put down my adhesive backed base texture...


I glued the buttresses in place (5 of them have magnets in the bottom..



Set it down over the mesh, and Bam - soft-mounted building!



How strong is that little galvanized mesh? How about THIS?



The next shots will be complete, with details... :-)

[oldschooldm]

Teaser!



Time for bed...

[cowboyleland]

I'm going to keep my eyes open for that mesh! I did a search for "magnetic receptrive tape" but since what I found asks you to click a button to "Get a Quote" I don't imagine they are interested in mailing one roll of tape.

There is magnetic paint as well, but it would probably warp card like crazy. Thin mesh is a great solution!

[oldschooldm]

I saw some of that tape qhile shopping at Michaels - very thick and weak.

I doubt that magnetic paint would work well. You really want steel/nickel for one half of this..

[bravesirkevin]

Magnets are a bit of a tricky one. I don't bother with any of the tape or magentic plastic emulsions, because they're only really any good when they have a big surface area to work with, and at this scale, you never have that much surface area except on the bases of buildings and other large props. If I need something to be magnetic I go straight for the ferrite buttons, but I prefer the rare-earth ones when I can find them at a reasonable price.

As for things to clamp the magnets to, that galvanised mesh looks like a good option. I personally use tin sheets for that and they work pretty well, and they're very easy to cut with a pair of springloaded shears. Best thing is that they don't cost me a cent. I get them in the form of discarded printing plates from my local printshop.

That's coming along really nicely OldSchoolDM! It's got me thinking of ways to design complex buildings that store compactly.

[WackyAnne]

Once again, you provide marvellous inspiration, oldschooldm. You ought to be on at least paper craft publisher's payroll

[oldschooldm]

Feb 9, 2014 10:12:16 GMT -9 WackyAnne said:

Once again, you provide marvellous inspiration, oldschooldm. You ought to be on at least paper craft publisher's payroll

:: blush :: Thanks for the high praise WackyAnne. Some kit makers have given me early access to prototypes for some of their models and often get cutfiles back in return - either for packaging at release (as with Mystic Mountain) or for quick publication here at cardboard-warriors soon after release. BTW, I'm not meaning to encourage that at the moment, as I'm still waist-deep in my job searching and have all but sworn-off building until I have stable revenue again. (Dave's $1 sale has me itching to do more, but I resist...)

For those who don't know, I give a lot of public love to our creators by publishing my live-play photo blogs, including a detailed breakdown of every model/kit complete with links to purchase/download each one (if possible.) I feel it is the least I can do to support this hobby. At least one vendor has told me that when I release posts featuring their kits, they see a direct increase in sales. :-) Win-win!

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Thanks again for the love - it's good to hear feedback to know that people find my contributions useful.

OldSchoolDM