Hello all!
This is the building that will be in my dio for the "On the Eastern Front" Campaign. I think it is done. What do you think? Let 'er rip...comments and criticism are needed.

I really like it. Good job!
My only advice would be some more heavy weathering on the bricks, but it is only a matter of personal taste
Thanks for sharing, and I think it would be a great submission for the Campaign!

Cheers.

Pablo

Hi Bill

I like it, I like it a lot. Very well done. You've obviously looked at reference because of the little details around the building you've added and included. It looks very much like a building put up in the Industrial Revolution and has been up for a hundred years or so. Great stuff.

If I had any criticism to make it would be the planting in the building corner, too regimented and all the same height. Placed a bit "dolly head" like. But easily remedied, or maybe that parts still W.I.P.

Hope when I get round to creating some buildings they turn out as good as this.

Alan

Overall it's very well done. Very unique layout, very well detailed. Coloring is good, destruction is good. My one area that I would like to see something additional is the door. It looks to plain, I would like to see some hinges, or a handle or a sign, or something.

Very nice. Is this a kit? or scratched with individual 'cork' bricks?
It really looks the part
Cheers,
Charles

Looks very good to me.

I also like the little extra details you have added. Looks very 'Russian'.

Chas

Bill,Great job,something to be proud of .What eles will you be adding to the dio?

Bill, is this scratched?
When yes, Respect , respect, most excellent.

Can you show us some WIP photos? and more explanations please, like materials used etc.

Cheers
Claude

Claude, I doubt this is commercially available, it's too good and too special to be. Not to mention too crisp. i guess this great building was done using the Carlos/Blockhaus cork method,
respect respect for you Bill!
JB

Do I see some Hudson & Allen bricks in there? lol. It looks grrreat Bill...

great factory excellent brick work

Bill- can you provide details on the set used, paints applied. etc.....marvelous job
DJ

Alright. Thank you guys! I really appreciate the nice words.
This building is scratch built and it is indeed the fabulous Carlos/Blockhaus cork method of building buildings. I just can't say enough how glad I am that he shared his techniques with all of us!!!!

Pablo - I was not sure if it needed more weathering or not, that is one of the reasons I wanted to get some feedback...I'm still not sure.
Alan - the groundwork is still in progress, so I will definitely take care of the grass issues.
Scott - I'm glad you mentioned the door, another reason why I wanted others to look at this. A quite obvious oversight actually. I keep forgetting to put the handle on that side of the door!
Jeff - I'm going to include an ISU-152 going over a small wall running in front of the building.
I'm working on a figure or two as well, we'll see how that goes.
Claude - No WiP pics unfortunately. Next time I do a building I'll blog it. But I start out with the same material you start with, foamboard. (3/16th" (5cm) styrofoam sandwiched between thick paper.) I do sandwich the foamboard between artists mattboard (the cheapest stuff I can find) to prevent any warpage.
Mike - H&A bricks were used for the top layer of the rubble pile.

For the bricks I use two thicknesses of cork, 3/32nd (2.5mm), it comes in a roll, and 3/16ths(5mm) which comes in 12"X12" tiles.
Once I glue all the bricks down, I use thick plastic card to spread spackle/plaster over the whole deal, this is the mortar (morter?) Before this dries, I take an old toothbrush where I've trimmed down the bristles, and I scrub the spackle. This removes the unwanted spackle off of the bricks and it forces the rest in between the bricks leaving them raised.
Once this dries I spray the building with either "Almond" (tan) spraypaint or "Fossil" (light grey) spraypaint. This is the regular Rust-o-lium paint you can find at any hardware/DIY store.
Once this dries I get a brick color. I can't be of much help here...the paint I use is a mixture of Liquitex Burnt Umber and Red Oxide acrylic watercolor paint and one or two of about a half a dozen different tans and browns left over from when we decided to paint some rooms in our house. This is just regular latex interior wall paint! I've use it for painting buildings, for washes, and I've even airbrushed it! It has actually cut down on my hobby paint expenditures big time. I'm going to bring a sample of Armor Dark Yellow to one of those "we'll match any color" places and get a 29oz. sample container, that and a few greens and I'll be set!
OK, back on track, get a brick color - rust with some armor red brown, for example. Then get some of those little sponges use for putting on make-up. See the latest feature article, the ones he uses are the exact same thing. Now dab the sponge into the paint, then dab it a few times on a napkin or something so it is not loaded with paint, then GENTLY AT FIRST, dab it on the bricks. What you should get is some color on the raised brick area but none on the mortar lines! It will take a bit of practice and a few passes to get acceptable coverage. I will use a brush with different shades to individually paint some bricks for variation, but that is my main method for painting these brick buildings.

Any questions/comments let me know. Hope this helps.
BillK.

Thanks Bill and well done!

Hi Bill really nice effect you have achieved with the building,i personelly think it does not require any more weathering but that is a personel choice.

Do you have a link for this Carlos/Blockhaus method ?

Steve

really nice work,
very realistic building and well painted

congrats

koen

Excellent work, i'm very impressed.
To me the brickwork is spot on!

I'd say that the concrete around the base of the wall and the groundwork needs more weathering, and as mentioned the door is a little plain.

Great work!

James

Gday Bill
Reward for effort, mate!
That is a well constructed factory sir...
The finer points are all really well done also. Good attention to detail.
You mentioned putting a ISU -152 on the base. From what little I know this a big tank yeah? Any chance of a wider shot of the base to show us where it will sit?
Great stuff
Brad

Easily one of if not the best brick structures I have ever seen. No smoke blowing here Bill, put a realistic backdrop behind it and you'd have me sold that it's a real building.

A little tweaking to the ground cover and you've nailed the scene perfectly.

Hi Bill,
really cool, very realistic and nice brickwork, I want told only a minor question relative to the door, I think that need a bit more detail, but the whole construction capture very well this style brick building
hope see more soon:-)

Steve the metod consited in glue liitle bits of cork 2X6 mm in a carborad structure, you can see this in previous post that I nailed here
cheers
Carlos

Again , thank you all for the helpful comments.
Steve - Go up to the little search box in the upper right corner of the page and put in "Blockhaus cork' and you will get lots of threads about his method and a feature about using cork.

When I have more progress I'll post it.
BillK.

In a Word...AWESOME ! Like it alot, very well done. milvehfan