#fantasy barn

[oldschoolfrp]

Working on a project -- "Modelling Workshop: Fantasy Barn" by Phil Lewis, White Dwarf 140, August 1991. I think with minor variations this would work for any period of historical wargame in North America including Wild West, or WWII Eastern Front.

[oldschoolfrp]

I completed the fantasy barn based on the "Modelling Workshop" article in White Dwarf 140, August 1991. The structure is foamcore covered with craft wood sticks and coffee stirrers, based on matboard with sand and pebbles, painted with inexpensive craft paints. To keep with the 1991 theme I used simple wood turned barrels from a craft store and carved some lines to suggest staves, instead of using 3D printed models. The basing includes the same types of Woodland Scenics ground foam flocking I would have used in 1991. My one concession to more modern materials was to add a variety of premade static grass tufts.

This project started as a community challenge from the Summon Lesser Maker channel, one of the YouTubers keeping Mordheim alive online.

[oldschoolfrp]

I wanted to make the '90s White Dwarf barn a 1-day build but was interrupted repeatedly. That's probably for the better, since it gave time for the main structure to dry overnight. It looks rough at this stage, but this is only the structural support for what comes next.

My printer is loaded with US letter size paper, so I started by cropping the scanned template page, resizing it to 19 x 27-1/2 cm to match the size of another 1991 WD issue I have, minus the edge near the binding. I erased everything but the templates, cropped around those, and printed at 100%. Pencil and ruler fixed the distorted lines near the left edge.

For authenticity I'm using an imperfect piece of foamcore actually dated from the 1990s (a relic of a local political fight against a major development project -- I took the original rejected site plan as a trophy). The upper window of the barn implies a hayloft so I added a little platform made of leftover scraps with 3 small supports to hold metal miniatures. Of course the card for the roof is cut from a cereal box.

[oldschoolfrp]

Still working on the oldhammer barn from White Dwarf 140. I added some details to the interior, just enough to suggest it is more fully detailed without actually panelling the whole thing. I was going to cut strips of thin card for quick and easy rows of shingles but I reread the article and saw the alternate method with individual wood shingles. I like the look, but snipping and applying them is tedious and the cereal box card is the wrong choice for a base layer since it warps a lot as the white glue dries.

[oldschoolfrp]

Applying some craft wood sticks and a few coffee stirrers to the sides of the Oldhammer barn. I'm neat and straight with some, deliberately rough with others, leaving a few irregular gaps and tilted boards. I like this step, it's a bit mindless and repetitive but with just enough creativity involved to stay fun.

[oldschoolfrp]

Completed construction on the Oldhammer fantasy barn yesterday. Rainy weather isn't helping but I should be able to paint and base it within the next day or two.

[oldschoolfrp]

Yesterday's progress on the Oldhammer fantasy barn (old Wargames Foundry figure with musket for scale) -- Completely covered the exterior with craft wood, fashioned a suggestion of a hayloft pulley with scrap wood bits and a small eye hook from a picture hanging kit, and made 2 doors for the larger doorway, to be glued in place with doors open. After the photo op I realized the top of the interior hayloft platform would be a tad too high if I added more details to it, so I cut off the top layers of the foamcore before gluing some wood planks in place.

It is possible to buy tiny metal hinges that could make these doors functional. It's also possible to buy very small pulleys, or 3D print a realistic block and tackle system, but I'm aiming for completion over perfection and using tools available in 1991.