Dio-Bolical Monday No: 54 – “Death & Taxes: The Earls Visit – Part 32”

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I thought I’d start with a recap of where I had got to with the Barn.  Basically the lean-to and its roof had been completed as had the bottom of the Barn, both on the inside and the outside.  The images of the state of play are below.

I should also point out that the foot knights which you will see in the background of some of the photo’s don’t relate to this diorama.

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The next step was to start painting the roof.  The roof comes in two parts and the images below are the of the lower section which is where I started.  The “construction” of the Barn roof is essentially all wood – planks, beams and tiles.  As paint jobs go it was pretty straight forward.  Plenty of browns and dry brushing with some inks thrown in along with some oil washes.

I added the wheel as an accessory for good measure and applied some moss texture to break up the colour repetition.

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The second section of the roof is essentially constructed in the same way so the colour scheme was essentially the same.  A feature of the upper section is a pully wheel which I decided to drill through so I could l add a rope and there was also a sign to be fixed into place and painted as well.

As you can see from the photo’s below the top section sits on top of the lower one and the fit, as is the case with all these Table Top World buildings, is perfect.

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Surprisingly this was a relatively quick paint job given the size of the areas involved.  I added a couple of lanterns which were also part of the kit but as yet the doors and various other bits have still to be done.  Put together the Barn is, in my opinion, a great looking building and I enjoyed painting it very much.  The images below show the Barn both with and without the lean-to.

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In due course the Barn will be fixed into place on the main base but that can’t be done until all the knights have been properly positioned first.  Eventually there will be plenty of accessories and scatter stuff added to the Barn but that too will have to wait for now.

The next priority is to get the remaining knights done.

TIM

28 thoughts on “Dio-Bolical Monday No: 54 – “Death & Taxes: The Earls Visit – Part 32””

  7. Excellent work and progress this week! The barn looks really nice and has a cool medieval design too. It will look great with everything else you’ve finished. I look forward to seeing some more knights next week 🙂

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  13. Well mate you have been a busy boy while I been away! This is brilliant, the paint job is up to your normal high standard, fortunately I have a crap load of stuff to make other wise I would want one, but then I would stuff up the painting of it and Jill would take it to the Oxfam shop for some kid to play with!!!

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