Hello,
this is my first attempt at buildings. I plan to use them to display a panzer 1.
The product used is the Ruined Street section from Verlinden. I was very happy at the result, especially since it is my first attempt. Hope you like it,
Andrew

Oberst

looks good to me can`t wait to see that dio

Andrew, this building looks really good. One thing I would add though is a bit more weathering in the corners and other tight spaces. For example I would use some dark chalk powders to simulate accumulated dirt where the stairs meet the building.
Just my $0.02

Looks nice now howabout a nice wet dirt road with a lot of mud to wallow in............or a cobblestone street heheheheh stug

Andrew, looked like mighty fine building to me, you are much more courageous to me, so far I haven't dare to attempt a dio yet.

How do you get the wood color on the door so real?

Well, the door is dark green. I "drybrushed" an off white onto the door while the green was still semi wet. It worked quite well and so I did the same thing to the rocks that trim the buildings. They are grey that have been gradually lightened with different degrees of white.
Thanks for all of the comments,
Andrew

Awesome! If it wasn't for the orange background, I'd think it was real!



Andy

It's great!

In which scale is it? Please, tell me / us how you did the walls, I am very interested! I think that you could carve in/paint some marks in the wall. Use a knife to cut the walls a little bit, so it looks unequal.

And again, nice job!

Aragon, what looks unequal?
The walls were painted with neutral grey first.
Then, it was lightened with dark yellow (with a brush).
Then, gradual lighten was done with white (also with a brush)
It was a very creative process and i was thrilled with the result as I am more of a construction (PE) type guy, rather than a painter. Us no-talent armour modellers are good for something afterall,
Andrew

First attempt ? You're kidding us, right ?!
That is an excellent paint job.
Don't forget to paint the hinges of those basement doors (rusty ?).
Try running very (VERY !) diluted mixture of terpuntine with just a hint of grey/brown (oil paint) from the corners of windows and other protruding elements, vertically down the building facade. That's what the rain does to a building after a few years. Try it on something else first, to convince yourself.

Thanks for the tips Jan.
I guess it is beginners luck
Andrew

Beginners luck my foot!
I think the painting is amazing! I really like the bare bricks and your use of colour here! The weathering looks great also! this will need an equally good result now from a nice cobblestone road. What verlinden kit number is it! this is something i would be interested in for an ongoing/future project!

Wow, Andrew -- great job, especially for a first try!.

Nice touch adding the wooden window frames -- it's one of the details some people miss.

You know, this kit is a blast from the past -- probably one of Verlinden's earliest dio kits. It was the first plaster kit I ever bought, back in the early 80s, I think. I built it, painted it and used it as a photo backdrop for many years. It was damaged in a move, but I kept the parts. They were resurrected last year for a Dragon Wagon dio I've been puttering with on and off for about two years. The garden wall was pretty much trashed, but the store/house front and garage are there -- I cut out the single garage door so I could detail the insides of the buildings. I added floors, ceilings (all suitably damaged), wallpaper, etc., as well as extended the interior and exterior walls back with some scratchbuilt bits. I think it holds up well next to some Custom Dioramics buildings I bought recently.

Okay Plasticbattle, the kit is number 0097 "Ruined Street" from Verlinden.
Hollowpoint, thanks for he comments and the interesting story of the evolution of the dio. It must have been alot of work! I would love to see the pics (as would others, no doubt).
Thanks,
Andrew

looks good Oberst. haven't done buildings myself yet but when i do id be happy if it came close to your first effort!!!

Very good, I think is a real house.......nice work!!!
this is to you deservedly...

Man - killer building. Great job, especially for your first. Can't tell if its the picture or me, I think the mortar holding the red bricks could use a touch of a wash or pastels to tone down the white. If its not going to be photographed it could be just fine. In the bright light it has come across very white.
Cant wait to see the armor in front.
Good job.