Messsy areas or mistakes can easily be covered up with 'moss' or other such wall climbing vegetation. Ground foam, etc. are available in model RR shops.

The deadline for completing the diorama is drawing nearer, so I'm try to spend as much time as possible working on it now.

Today I finished the half-timbered house in the courtyard:



Inside is the castle administrator sweating over all the paperwork he has to do:



I am wondering whether to add something more inside the building or not, what do you think?

A lot of pictures from the construction and more photos of the completed building can be seen here:
http://oscalemodel.com/dioramas/castle-diorama-viii-half-timbered-house

Thanks

Hi Occam

You should post a few more pictures here also.

Is your dio finished?

There is a lot to improve regarding weathering. The white plaster, the castle wall under the house (you did not change the ultrathin plastering of the stone wall) and the wood structure of the house are untouched.
The last one is probably to late to modify. Next time, this is of course just my opinion, try to work a bit more with oils and other washes. The straight brown paint kills every effect the balsa wood has (grain) and doesn't look weathered at all. Dip your balsa into a RawUmber/Sepia oilwash and the wood looks aready better then now.

You say on your site that you are showing the clerk submerged under paperwork.
Where is the rest of the paperwork?
Also the chair and desk look unpainted.

You say for yourself that the slates are better suited for 1/35.

So, forgive my straightness (this is my character style, especially on a monday morning), but why did you use it then?
This roof area is a minuscule surface, so scratchbuild slates in the right scale are defintely in your area of expertise. Why rush and use the wrong stuff?

The ground cover under the house is way to clean. It looks like a path is leading into the wall! Eliminate the grass here completely . Only earth, bad herbs and put stuff in there, a lot of unused stuff.

Let me end with one positive. The idea to put this house near the castle is a good one!

Hope this helps and i was not to harsh

Claude

It looks good, but Claude's points are all very valid, with these improvements, especially, the paperwork, i reall thought straight away, where is the rest!?
how about putting some canned food, or stuff that you would find around someones office in the 30's, more furniture, things people use a lot, food, fruit, a painting. these will make it look more lived in!