Don't know what to say anymore Claude, it's all been said a hundred times already!
You are an absolute artist!

Hi everyone, thanks for the superbe comments.
I notice that the Photobucket bandwith is exceeded, never had that problem, sorry for that, but you probably want to look at it all at once

I just checked Photobucket, as i understand it my monthly bandwidt of 25 GB has exceeded and it is calculated monthly from my join date, and that was a 18th of the month. That would mean that there is nothing to see for the next 4 days !!! Sh....t!!!
I have to do something abot that, but what? I think i will upload this last pics to my Armorama account, so please be patient.

Thanks

Please check back in an hour or so.

A bit proud about that


Claude


Edit: Consider it done!!

Looking great Claude! Not much for me to say but I thought I would pass on some more words of encouragement. Hope everything is going well!

Claude nicely done !!!!
Brilliant work on the beds and a very convincing job on the destroyed rooms.
Is it warming up any over there so you can spend more time working on the building ?

More progress pics please .............
Glenn

Hi Claude,

Love you're building work the hostle looks great, and the beds are a really neat touch, very well done indeed. Beautiful work.

Al

Thank you very much everyone,
as i never know exactly where i stand in regard of quality before showing anyone, i'is always a big relief to see that you are still with me

Glenn, it's mid-march, so it is warming up, of course. I spend already to evenings until 10 in my working room, after 4-5 hours of modeling (in the week), so i notice the difference and the build should move a bit faster now, not that i am going to hurry.
I am in fact a bit further already but i am to lazy to work on the pictures, so progress is coming soon

Cheers
Claude

I build the attics floor (also the celining for the last level) . Firework sticks were sued as joists for most of it. Balsa wood was used were i intended to destroy it later


Everything was planked with Balsawood.

after a first sanding to level it


this already gives the wood nice different tones.

I dyed the whole roof with Oil colours, mainly Sepia, but also a few other tones, in a very concentrated consistence and simply wiped off all the excess. Not a lot of it will be seen later. I also did the same with the inner side of the roof boards.


I tiled the front face of the roof as usual, but having a specific finishing in mind.

after i finished it completely, i had to notice that i couldn't get my specific layout this way and took away the sides again



This is what i wanted, nice rounded last tiles


Now i was satisfied



That's it for today

Claude

Hi claude.
I like the planks tone. This really carry the 'wet' effect, and I can almost smell the wood rot away.

Many thanks for sharing and not being lazy of posting.

Regards.
A.

Amazing work as usual Claude, never failing to amaze me!

Thanks Alexandre and Martyn

For a destructed roof this looked a bit neat until know, so let's do something about it.
A well build truss is something siolid, even in scale, so i had to bring the artillery


Two-three beams were cut with the Dremel and with a bit of force i pushed down the roof


I admit, it was a bit risky, but to build that look up from ground was not an option, so ..

With another fine modeling tool i crashed a hole into the floor (remember that i placed Balsa joists under the board especially for tghis, so forward thinking is necessary)


This starts to look better


but i am not finshed yet!

Cheers
Claude

Absolutely stunning work!

I wish I had the patience (not to mention the skills...)!

Hi Claude. I wish I could see this in person. Even though this whole project is so massive you still pay attention to the small details. Like the bed frame. 150 pieces? Wow-za. Looking at the bed frame I can't help but wonder what happened to the mattress? I guess it got chewed up pretty good by falling debris but I was wondering if maybe you would include a part of the mattress somewhere? Perhaps a corner sticking out from under some debris? This could add some colour too. Just a thought.

Matt

Superb work !

Intereasting method into damaging the flooring

Thank you Stefan and James
@Matthew, thanks also, good catch about the mattress! I tought of them also, but in my book, as this was a youth hostel until some time before the war, it was unoccupied for at least 5 years, so, in wartimes, you can imagine what happens to mattresses who are unused.
As a compromise, i intended to make one rolled mattress lying somewhere, but under this amount of rubble....?
If i have some energy left i will add a corner sticking out somewhere.

Thanks for your input
Claude

Great work! I sure can learn a lot from you.

lars

So guys,
I found myself on page 3 of the diorama forum, so it's about time to show something.

The ceiling was a bit outfitted with wood debris

I added nails also, some made with stretched sprue, some with copper wire only and some still in place, the nails head punched out of lead foil.

l still need to add a lot of broken tiles.

A part of the roof is tiled neatly and correctly


(after having put one more hole into the front part of the roof)

both sides are then completed with remainings of tiles, put here and there. A lot of nails are being inserted also



The roof is airbrushed as usual with blueish-grey colors. I am then putting some contrast (but also a dirty look) to it, by washng it heavily with RawUmber.
This time i used the waterbased Oilcolor, slightly diluted with rectified Turpentine. The effect is not bad, a bit more "heavier" on the look as the normal wash i made until now.
I also added immediatly some more color with other Oil colrs, such as White and Vandyck Brown. This will all be treated with more pigment slater




This all is already a month old, so another update is coming soon.

Cheers
Claude

blimey, it's been a long time I checked here and man, that roof is fantastic! looks like you're becoming even better than what you were -fantastic weathering!
JB

Claude , beautiful work !!!
The roof weathering and destruction are very lifelike.
Are you along on this section of the build enough to show it with the rest of the castle and houses ?
Pics. please ....... l.o.l.

Glenn

Blimey that looks good!, the wrecked roof and all of the timber looks incredable!.

nce work on the weathered roof!

Thanks guys,

Jean Bernard, thank you, fortunately i have still more room to improve!

Glenn, thanks and Yes, i am at the point to do such pictures :-)
in real, but not yet here, because this last update is already a month old (shame on me) and i worked a lot more on the build since then, including layong again some 3000 tiles on the adjacent witch tower!
Give me a chance to show this last progress, ( a bit of discipline please!) and this will then be done with such a castle view. At your service! :-)

Jaymes, thanks, always one of the first to respond!

Cheers
Claude

Wow stunning work on the roof Claude!

Hello Joachim, it's quite a while ago I checked out this thread, but I see it's very much alive.

The tiles are the real thing, I believe this is top work, you pushed your skills right up. The ruined wood is also great quality ! You even used tiny nails to "fix" them, wow. Your topic is a source of inspiration !

Hope to see more soon my friend ! Guy.

Cheers Claude, it look's awesome, I like the two tone weathering job on the shingles, and the damage looks so realistic, excellent job my friend, even the nails holding the shingles in place came out great, hey if you ever start teaching a class, let me know, I would be the first signed on the list. Can’t wait to see the finished results.

Holy **** that's insane! Much respect!

Matt

Claude...umm....I can't think of anything new. Just please, keep posting your progress. Your work is inspiring. I smile and shake my head at almost every update you post.
Thank you.
Bill