David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Tuesday 4 September 2018

The Palazzo is Plastered!

Progress on the Borgias’ Palazzo project has far exceeded my expectations to date, in that all the external walls have been plastered with filler. I used about half a tube of the extra fine quality filler, the sort all DIY outlets stock in their decorating products. It dries to the touch in about an hour and is hard in about half a day I’ve found.
Front face: Wabases Modular building with Supreme Littleness Designs
ornate window added; Warbases Roman Villa gateway; Warbases Large
Roman Tower with Sally Forth Italianate crenellations.

Left face: Warbases Modular two storey, High Walls pillars as Butresses,
Shed and single storey Modular Building, Roman Stone window surrounds.
Pantiles by Wills/Peco.

Rear face: Warbases Modular single storey buildings and Shed with Charlie
Foxtrot Tower, omitting middle section (Resin roof comes with the kit).
Sally Forth wooden staircase to tower first floor visible in courtyard.

Rear face (2): Warbases Roman stone window surrounds added to the long
single storey Modular Building.

Right face: Warbases General Purpose Gateway between Large Roman Tower
and Single Storey Modular Building. 3mm MDF  base custom cut by Martin
at Warbases.

The next task will be to plaster the internal faces of the crenellations atop the large tower and paint the inside walls of the tall tower as they are visible through the larger windows on each of the four faces. I might even add some frescos if I can download something suitable and scale it accurately, as I managed with my Roman villa.

In the meantime I’d like to get a few figures on the painting desk. I have a few Trent Miniatures Austrians I plan to render as Grenzer to give something a little different to that army. I also have some Perry Miniatures AWI units in the queue, both British and Continental infantry, and some British Light Dragoons. We will have to see what develops in the next few weeks.

20 comments:

  1. Its coming along nicely David, its only a shame you couldnt incorporate some Borgia Bulls motifs into the plaster.[Just joking] Although the family did love to publicise their badge, what a family they must have been.

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    1. Thanks Robbie, though I’ll pass on the decorating suggestions having eleven thumbs!

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  2. It is all coming together rather splendidly, very grand. I will need a stiff drink, err, brush to dry brush it all🍷😉

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    1. You may have wine, but only after the dry brushing!

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  3. This is looking really nice. Master level kit-bashing going on here! Thanks for sharing all of you building sources.

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    1. Thanks Peter for those very kind sentiments.

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  4. How did you apply the stuff to the walls? Could you use a brush, or did you have to do it by hand? I tried doing something like this awhile back, and did it by hand, which produced a coating which was too thick. I then tried a brush, and it wouldn't stick very well. I wasn't using the lighter material you prepared, however, which may have been the problem...

    BTW, great job!!

    Chris Johnson

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    1. The extra fine filler can be spread quite thinly, but for robust wear I put it on like cake icing thickness, about 1-2mm I’d guess. I use a spatula from a set of dental tools about 1cm wide. I have a small 3 or 4 mm one for fiddly bits. It’s a good idea to do the texture before putting on the roofs! It’s also a good idea to think of how to apply the filler before siting windows & doors - the voice of bitter experience there!

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  5. Looking great and way ahead of schedule! You did say the new year, you'll have the next one done by then!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you Iain, I do have a second building on the go too! A large town house made from three Warbases Modular buildings.

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  6. This looks like it should be a magnificent centrepiece for a game, I'm looking forward to see how you paint it.
    Cheers

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