Sunday, 16 March 2014

Making Garden Walls and a Base for a Row of Houses.


I purchased some of the excellent houses from www.4Ground.co.uk a while ago and finally got around to building the kits. I decided to add to them by giving them front and rear gardens and a base.
I noticed on a couple of the other blogs the guys were using old paintbrushes with the bristles removed and then using these as brick stamps pressing the empty metal into the high density foam. This is what I have done on the rear garden walls.

I will let the pictures do the talking.



 





And a few staged action shots to finish.














 
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31 comments:

  1. DaveD16 March 2014 at 14:55

    It works very well, duly noted. Thanks Pat.

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  2. Flags of War16 March 2014 at 15:30

    Gorgeous. Every time you post pics all i can think is ''wow i want to play on that''

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  3. James16 March 2014 at 15:30

    Fekkin' brilliant! Nicely done.

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  4. Silver Whistle16 March 2014 at 15:39

    Thanks chaps.

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  5. Barks16 March 2014 at 16:55

    Lovely effect on those walls. Very jealous!

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  6. rhingley16 March 2014 at 17:05

    Very nice. Thanks for the tip about the walls.

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  7. Scottswargaming16 March 2014 at 19:58

    They look great Pat, excellent job.

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  8. DeanM16 March 2014 at 20:36

    Impressive terrain work as always - you've enhanced the already nice 4-Ground pieces even more. Best, Dean

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  9. Hobbyworker16 March 2014 at 20:39

    All i can say WOW!!! Great work...

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  10. Samuli17 March 2014 at 00:34

    Amazing looking terrain! And a great tip for making the walls

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  11. Rodger17 March 2014 at 01:19

    I tired that tip before but without much success. I will have to give it another go. Great results here Pat, very impressive in fact!

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  12. Laffe17 March 2014 at 01:43

    Excellent work! Where did you get the iron fences?

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    1. Silver Whistle17 March 2014 at 07:43

      Thanks chaps.
      Leif, the iron fence came as extra with some Tamiya road signs I bought off ebay. I have just googled the railings and 1/35 scale metal fence by Mini Art look like they are the same item but can't be 100% sure. 1/35 is obviously a lot bigger scale but if you look at my pictures the railing is a lot bigger than the 28mm figure stood next to it and it seems to work.

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  13. Dalauppror17 March 2014 at 02:51

    Stunning work Pat !, realy like the look of the houses on your base, get them look even better ! Very nice to see the reed briiks that tie the houses and tour base together.

    You are realy a tallented builder, it always look so, so so, good! Thanks for the idéas and all inspiration !

    Best regards Michael

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  14. Phil17 March 2014 at 03:13

    A masterpiece in every street corner...amazing, really amazing!

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  15. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)17 March 2014 at 04:13

    Very effective and as usual Pat they look super!

    Christopher

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  16. Anibal Invictus17 March 2014 at 04:54

    Beautiful! Really inspiring

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  17. Steve h17 March 2014 at 06:21

    great stuff Pat! now can you make some for me ;0)

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  18. Silver Whistle17 March 2014 at 07:45

    Thanks chaps, glad you like.

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  19. Juan Mancheño17 March 2014 at 10:43

    Fantastic result!!! These buildings are really nice and you have left them perfect!

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  20. Terry Silverthorn17 March 2014 at 11:31

    Very inspiring! Now I want to get out my foam cutter!

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  21. BigRedBat18 March 2014 at 03:26

    Lovely work, Pat!

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  22. Captain Richard's miniature Civil War18 March 2014 at 08:28

    Excellent house Pat you did a fantastic job on it...the roof is perfect

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  23. Vinnie18 March 2014 at 16:23

    Just incredible building...a true master piece

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  24. MiniMike19 March 2014 at 08:29

    Your terrain is amazing Pat. Another great post

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  25. Pat Grognard20 March 2014 at 11:24

    Superb terrain. Magnifique !
    It's always a pleasure to come and see your posts.
    The french Pat

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  26. PanzerKaput21 March 2014 at 15:02

    Geez chap that is rather lovely

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  27. Silver Whistle22 March 2014 at 06:29

    Thank you gentlemen for your kind remarks.

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  28. Unknown25 March 2014 at 21:29

    Great work, I would love to see any pics of the lledo conversions of you get a chance.

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    1. Silver Whistle26 March 2014 at 13:14

      Hi Shawn,
      My next post will be more terrain and the one after that will be of the Lledo conversions, along with some Russian infantry riding in the back.

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  29. Herrodadog19 April 2014 at 15:01

    i bow down to you, sir. it's truly awesome. great job!!!

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