Well lets see where this goes ?
Starting with the front facade .
Ref. pics.









Is this a difficulty , thinking , execution factor problem , ..... does a .......

What the…I thought for a second those were photos of your build so when I realised they weren’t the bear said it for me. Anyhow you can’t just throw those bits on the workbench without telling me/us what they are, you got a doody man! Great start though

LOL , doody , I see what you did there .....

The plaster architectural stuff is from Dioramadebris molds .
Block , fancy round stuff , rectangular slate roof tiles I'm using for the wall block .
Doors and windows are from the Miniart building accessory kit .
Don't know where the bear came from .........

Maybe I need an earlier night, didn’t notice you’d already posted those shots on the conservatory thread until just now Thanks for the notes, reason I asked was I thought you might have been casting your own. Let's just be grateful it wasn’t a bear in the air

OK,some of the mystery has been revealed concerning the shapes in that gatehouse. Nice solutions !
J

Once again, you're off with a great start. Will you also do the interror, or only the outside?

Hi Cheyenne,

Nearly missed this one, definitely one I'm looking forward to following, .

Cheers, ,

G

Thanks Tim , JR , Erwin and the G man !!
Front facade done , sept for weathering .
All dioramadebris and Hirstarts molds , some of my own stuff and Miniart doors .

That is really something man! Great stuff! I assume the "dagger of death" we see over on the right is used if a project does not meet your standards?
J

Hi Cheyenne,

Truly outstanding work, this elevation is coming together a treat, .

Will you be constructing all four elevations on this one?

Cheers, ,

G

JR , G , Piet , thanks guys !!

Finished the front , right hand side and in progress on the long left hand side .
The front facade and right side will be street level .
The left side will drop down to the reflection pool , greenhouse base level .

Always cool to see the architectural embellishments that you source.
This will really fit well with your greenhouse.
J

There you go again! Leavin us all in the "dust" when it comes to imagination, I just don't get it, HA! Flippin impressive, Ma Brotha!

I've got this dog pegged for watch, gee wiz,..........

Honestly Bro, do you ever come up for air!!! Bahahhaaaaaaaaaaa! I love it to the empth degreeeeeeeeeeee!

The inspiration alone is worth admission Cheyenne, it's awesome.

Top quality rustication goin’ on bro, & I was just suppressing an evil cackle when I looked again at the real thing’s roof

Thanks JR means a lot !!
Broski , thanks man , love your work over on TL with the bike , how bout postin it here ?
Tim , yeah go ahead and laugh , lookin at that roof and thinkin about replicating it makes me feel shrunk up like I just got outta the pool . What do you think the roofing is , small slate tiles ?

Morning Glenn I forgot you’re an early riser – 9.30pm here. Yeah I just asked Ski the same thing in my thread, so it’s on Tracklinks? As for the roof I think the technical term is shingles, something else I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy

Yeah check TL , Ski's work is fantastic !!
The real ref pics are of a French gatehouse circa late 1700's I believe .
So chances are the roof has been redone many times .
Kinda looks like small slate to me ?
If you look closely the gatehouse is actually two different structures . The one has a brick chimney on what looks like an attached building behind the one gatehouse . The other pic is different . When researching this the gatehouses stand on oppisite sides of a long wall fronting the chateau grounds .

OK yep small slates, wooden shingles would be pretty unlikely. Maybe the chimneyed house was lived in by a staffer & the other was just for symmetry, except that one has flower boxes suggesting also inhabited. Do you know where this place is in France?

North eastern France , chateau De Champlatreux

Nice place looks like my weekender – you could always put the stables in the background, they’ve got the same funky roof line:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/simmons_tx/8298708326

Funny guy , I actually thought about the stables but they're too big !!

See what you mean - that link I posted must be mis-titled, I reckon it's the garden shed.

Really nice .
love the new wall part (White plaster ) with ornaments
If you don't like doing the slate shingle's
you could do zinc roofing as seen on many 19th century French building.

Hi Cheyenne,

Truly draw-dropping work, and an inspiration to all architectural modellers, .

Cheers, ,

G