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Project Entry by redvers

Italian Houses

October 9, 2023

I have a project running here that I started some time ago to build an Italian hill village for Flames of War. It’s taken a bit of a back seat for a period of time. Early in the project, I designed some buildings firstly out of laser cut mdf which I wasn’t happy with and then using a cad package, I made some STL files that I got printed. I wasn’t really happy with any of these but they did create a set of test subjects for a colour scheme for that actual buildings.

I wanted to see if I could paint them quickly and after much searching of reference photos, I settled for a light sand colour. I found a cheap rattle can paint online which I’ve used to paint the walls. This was a mistake as the paint was poor and splattered out of the can. For the real buildings I’ll use my airbrush and some proper modelling paint.

The roofs went through a series of experiments before I settled on a white primer and then a Sienna ink applied over the top. I’m quite happy with the result and will be using this on the final buildings.

The doors and shutters were just an elf green that I had lying around.

This is all 15mm scale and I couldn’t help digging out a sherman tank to give myself some idea of what the games will be like when I finally get round to finishing the project.