Olde Towne Test building roof

So I printed off the roof at 105% the default size..and decided to try and figure out a way to do the roof in one piece and not cut it apart.
So I left about 1inch of paper around the print out edges and scored the centerline crease folded and used the marker to cover over the white paper edge.
Then I took a foamboard panel thats about 3/8s of an inch tobig and lined it up right against the crease (held the roof paper at 90degrees)
with that glued down and dried i then glued the other side of the roof to the underside of the paper..using a spare piece of foamboard as a spacer to ensure the proper armount of room for the fold.

once the second section was glued down I removed the spacer and let it dry.

after that dried I flipped it over and used the hobby knife to cut the whole thing to its finished size and a clean edge all the way around.

 

you can see when by hand you lift the edge up you get a perfectly fitted right angle to glue while keeping the roof printed paper a single piece.

so then put a bit of glue on both sides of the rabbet and glued in two support pieces that fit just inside the buildings peaks.
and let it dry

the roof fits pretty good but I did find one issue the extention to the font and the back isn't quite enough the lip of the roof catches the edge of the front and back wall. I think If I printed the roof off at 110% for the next one it would fix the issue.
Over all tho it doesn't look bad at all.I still have a chimney to add to it..
For the windows I think on the front I'm gonna try adding the whole window as protruding and on the back just try doing the brick above the window and the window sill and see what looks better to everyone.

Heres what it looks like now.

Olde Towne Test Building cont

So got some more stuff printed off and wanted to get the edges of the building cleaned up.
Starting off I cut out the corner joints..using a smooth sculpting tool and a straight edge I scored teh center fold line on the printed side.

This lets you fold the corner piece smoothly but splits the edge abit tho when you fold it.

after folding and while folded over tight i used a black permanet sharpie marker along the edge to cover over the white paper that shows thru along the corner

after that dries I flatten out and use a straight edge and an exacto knife to cut out the white parts...then use  a sharpie to blacken the exposed edges all the away around( its just like lining! LOL)

after that I put a bead of glue down the middle of the paper at the corner and used a Q-tip to spread it out to all the edges smoothly and then just pressed it onto the corner of the building...i got the front two done..I think it really does a great job setting off the corners.

I want to print out the windows but need some cereal box cardboard to glue to to get the proper thickness I think the 5mm foam board would stick out to much.

Heres pic with corner edging.

Eod First 5

Heres a group shot infront of the building..I think its working out well..

White Rabbit finished

not much different from last one..just some highlighting of the black and some black wash on the metal gun then used runesteel to highlight and buttons

whiterabbit highlighting

so i went back and tried glazing the coat with the darkest color then the same for the highlight color n the highpoints..but its still abit rough..grey's a tougher color to deal with then I thought.
I used the Ltpk lauranna hair directions for the hair..which makes a nice strawblond color..then used a blend of bright turquise up to LED blue for the outfit.for the petticoat I built back up the mid tone of yellowed bone then highlights using linen white up to pure white.

I wimped out on trying to paint a rabbit head on the card(just to small a spot) and just went an more easily recognizable Ace of Spades.

still need to work on the cane /gun and the black slacks and sleaves..but its getting close to done.

Olde Towne test building

so I ended up ordering the Olde Towne and Undeveloped Real Estate pdf's from wargame vault. picked up an x-acto board cutter and some foamboard and printed out a basic building.
Over all it works out pretty good. I think I'll print out the windows and glue down on top to give it abit of a 3d look..the plain build is a bit flat.

Only issue I have so far is the roof is to small. I'm gonna print it out again @ about 110% to give it abit of an overhang then mount it on foamboard.

I think  they should work out pretty good for  Empire of the Dead buildings.

white rabbit shaded

so Rocksmith 2014 has its claws in me..its sooo much better then the original. but its cut down on my painting time..
I  did get some more done..I painted over the coat with rainy grey then I made wash's for the coat the petticoat hair and turquoise pieces.

I got the face detailing done..tho i might need to go back and shade it abit more..I built up the midtone and highlights on the coat..tho I think I need to do a glaze of the darker color to help clean up some of the tranitions..its abit rough atm.

but here she is so far.

white rabbit basecoated

so i ended up going with bright turquoise for the main body color with black and used aircraft grey for the overcoat and hat.
and yellowed bone for the.... well I honestly dont' know what the proper name is for the frilly skirt is :)

the aircraft grey dries more powerer blue then grey..but i'm hoping a dark wash will tone that down the blue... as well the turquiose might be abit to dark for a mid tone but I'll see what I can do..

Tom Gaunt really Done :)

Here he is all based and dullcoted. Now gotta start working on a color scheme for the white rabbit.

Tom Gaunt done,The White Rabbit begins.

Go the last of the detail work and the blacks finished on Tom and got him gloss coted and drying till tomorrow to finish basing him.
in the meantime I prepped the next Kickstarter Exclusive Figure...The White Rabbit! she's an illusionist or something..but I thought she looks cool.
due to how thin the highheal shoes are on her I elected to just trim the slot base down to two pegs and use that in the base instead of pinning.
not sure how this will work out painting the base first..but Here goes nothing :)

tom gaunt almost finished

used the same process as the last one to clean up the pants not to much to highlight, just tried to give it a bit of a crease highlight since that seemed to work on the last one. for the leather bandolier and whip I  worked it up from ruddy leather to oiled leather.
used some algae wash on the shotgun and some runefang steel for highlighting the metal on the gun and the shells..as well as some new gold for the top of the shells..
Think tomorrow I just need to work on the blacks(gloves,shoes and hat) and it will be done.

Tom Gaunt shaded and face highlighted

I got all the metal bits painted with the darkest shades of metalics then I used the secret weapon colored washes for the most part to shade everything. I've been making my own washes from the LTPK directions for a while and figured I'd go back and try and see how these work vs making your own.

For the Red I used one drop of Red/Black +1 drop of Softbody black. for the Jacket 1drop of sewer water+1drop of softbody black.As well as the hair.For the wood stake and gun stock just straight sewer water. for the pants I did use a drop of duskyskin mixed with the black since i don't have a premade shade that works with it .and abit of flesh wash under the nose in the eye sockets and deeper cheek and under the chin.

I started doing the facial details..using blacked brown to line the eyes and the iris's and linen white for the whites of the eyes.
built up the facial highlights using the tanned skin triad from shadowed as the basecoat color up to tanned highlights.

for the hair I added more grey to the blond mix for the first highlights and linen white to the mix to work up to a more grey and white hair color..with just a hint of sandy blond left to it. I don't know why but I like it better with grey hair..


I've been wondering if it isn't time I start trying to paint in some eyebrows on figures like this or if its kind of redundant.

I think for the rest of the figure I'm gonna work smoothing the midtones from the shadows and then go directly to highlighting that same section vs doing all the midtone clean up before highlighting

spent some time highlighting the red from the basecoat color of splattered crimson up to fresh blood. I think thats enough..I dont' have a brighter red that isn't a pink.
after that I worked on the coat..building the midtone back up and blending the edges of the shading then building up the highlights from lonestar leather to tanned leather.
I think its enough..i don't want to washout the darker color completely.

next up the pants I think..but gonna leave that for tomorrow.

Tom Gaunt basecoat

got all the basecoat colors applied except the metalics..used the lonestar leather for the duster and splattered crimson for the shirt and hat sash,dusty flesh for the pants again. The last thing was the blond hair..which.was a drop of alien flesh,sun yellow and a small dab of oiled leather. I think i'm gonna work it more towards grey I liked  the  white primer looks better honestly.

I'm sure the bandolier is suppose to be shotgun shells but they really do look more like shells from a grenade launcher LOL.