Thursday, April 25, 2013

Renedra Ramshackle Barn





One thing I don't spend enough time on is scenery and in skirmish wargaming, in particular, large amounts of scenery are often a necessity.  I've got some trees, hills and now even a small river (which still needs some work) but very little in the way of buildings.  I have quite a few resin ones from Grand Manner but very few are painted.  




So when I saw this new Renedra plastic kit of a ramshackle (from the Middle English word to pillage, ransaken and hence ransack) I thought it might be a useful item for a number of periods from ACW onwards.  Immediately I thought it could form part of my vague ideas for a board for In Her Majesty's Name.  Normally I would bring it home and forget about it but my lack of good condition paintbrushes (since remedied) meant I couldn't paint any figures properly so I set to work on constructing the barn instead.




It went together quite well without it being completely easy.  The nature of the roof meant that achieving a snug fit was impossible and the small outhouse was tricky to get straight but I soon had a reasonable approximation of the one on the cover.  I decided to mount it on a base as it didn't feel that robust without one 


"Are you my mummy?"


A quick undercoat of black paint and then four or five shades of dry-brushed Humbrol number 98 brown saw it looking suitable scruffy.  I know it looks grey but however I photograph it the colours won't come out properly.

Anyway, I enjoyed painting it so much I am going to work on a building for my Darkest Africa campaign next.

9 comments:

  1. I'm really liking that barn! Want one...

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  2. Any problems with the roof(s) aren't visible in the pictures. It looks good.

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  3. Wow that's turned out very well.

    I like the colour, the 'grey colour' actually works very well ... if you ever look at old wood its actually more a grey colour anyway due to weathering, rather than brown, and often green in patches due to mold moss and lichen..., as you have done.

    Top notch stuff!

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  4. The bottom one is closest to its actual colour.

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  5. Scenery will always be king, excellent work

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  6. Great job, I think the colors look fantastic.

    John

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