In addition to playing English Civil War games recently, I've dabbled in a few tabletop games set in WW2. When setting up a small village in these games, I typically use 3 to 4 buildings to create the scene. However, I recently had the idea to enhance the village's appearance by incorporating pavements or sidewalks.
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| A few buildings representing a small village. |
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| Adding some pavements/sidewalks help to improve the look and impression of a village. |
In order to make the pavements/sidewalks, I used rectangular pieces of 3mm MDF board. I applied a coat of grey paint and then added a black wash. After allowing it to dry, I dabbed on various shades of grey to create the appearance of paving stones. The buildings are simply placed in the centre of the rectangles when required or not if an individual farm building.
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| After being painted grey and having a black wash applied the paving stones are applied as dabs of paint. |
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| Various shades of grey are used with the dabs of paint. |
As I was making terrain I thought I would also add a church to my collection as it is one building I lacked with my existing collection of wooden block buildings. A couple of previous posts show the process for making these wooden buildings here and here. These buildings are very much wargaming models and get thrown into the terrain plastic tub when not in use.
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| A village church is added to the collection. |
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| Another view. |
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| The village with pavements/sidewalks. |
The church looks good Peter and the idea for adding pavements is very clever and definitely adds to the overall effect - great stuff!
ReplyDeleteI was surprised how well the pavements worked out.
DeleteNice work here Peter on your Buildings and Pavement- the Church looks great- a nice bit of scratch modelling- well done. Cheers. KEV.
ReplyDeleteThanks, the church was a fun and quick model to make.
DeleteVery attractive get simple and inexpensive- great job
ReplyDeletePeter (gonsalvo)
Hi Peter, I always like inexpensive terrain, more money for new armies. Peter
DeleteYou are so talented.
ReplyDeleteThank you, the painting is a bit loose, but consistent with the other buildings.
DeleteExcellent! You could use the same technique to create cobbled streets.
ReplyDeleteCobbled stones would require a lot more patience, or a different technique. Thanks.
DeleteThe paving definitely improves the 'village' look. I guess you want to keep them really flat for packing but the odd stretch of wall or patch of lawn/flowerbed (green/brown felt) would help to break them up a bit.
ReplyDeleteAgree, few smaller lengths of wall and hedges would prove useful and look.
DeleteLovely looking church model 👍🏼👍🏼. With the paving, are the grey blobs done freehand (or eg stencilled?)?
ReplyDeleteAll freehand to be consistent with the way I have painted the buildings.
DeleteBoth the church and the stone pavements work a treat:). Something that I might try for my 10mm figures, but probably a bit too small to pull off effectively.
ReplyDeleteThank you. The pavements could be a tad tricky unless you had print of pavements to stick on them.
DeleteExcellent work Peter! Very clever.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Its always good to make cheap terrain.
Deletethose do look good. This is for 15mm - ish miniatures and buildings? The effect is more pronounced with many grouped together. 😀
ReplyDeleteYes, about the 15mm scale, not that I measured. I generally have the building at a slightly reduced scale else they are just too big on the tabletop.
DeleteLovely pieces that would grace any table. Lovely job.
ReplyDeleteThank you. They are also easy to store away without worry of damage, which is becoming increasingly important.
DeleteThis is a great idea. It really makes the village look like a village. I had done something similar for a one-off game for a village center but never thought to make them sized for individual buildings. Far more flexible this way. "Borrowing" this idea as they say :D Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI hope it works out with your 54mm setup. Thanks.
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