I'm flinging paint at the model backlog in between bouts of pre-move prep so I have a half dozen projects in one stage or another of completion that I hope to finish before pack out.
This is The Port House from Rampage: The Lost Islands Kickstarter. Rampage is very aggressive with releasing files and they often follow up the initial file release with some adjustments, improvement, or corrections soon after the initial offering. This is the 1.0 version of the Port House. They have updated this, and several other models from the project, since I printed it and it seems that they have generally re-scaled the models for the more common Heroic scale. That means that this model is a wee bit petite compared to my other buildings. Its even a bit small compared to the Tabletop World buildings that are scaled for true 25mm.
Since most of my games that use this style of build tend to be fantasy themed I'll imagine this as a mouseling, or gnome, building. I'll have to do up some mouselings with timber floor bases!
Actually for gaming I probably should have moved to clear acrylic bases years ago... but I didn't... so now I'm not inclined to do so... maybe when I start a completely new army I'll give it a go but I'll otherwise keep trying to theme match the bases for the existing sets.
Gerystone and wood standard process. I skipped out on plaster for this one and may go back and add it later... I had some print errors with this model and went with it being a bit run down.
You can see the very wide back window area that looks like exposed wood... printer error... also some of the supports for the railing failed to survive the print and some outside wood supports and one face of each of the doors are a little fuzzy or deformed. This was an early 'learn to print' model for me and I learned a lot. Still, I think it'll be serviceable enough on the tabletop as part of the larger town so no need to let it go to waste!
For scale there are some Twisted minis, a couple of Lead Adventurer minis, and some Reaper Mouselings. The other buildings that I'd like to compare it with have been packed so I'll have to do that on the other side.
I've done a lot of the Greystone Village buildings and I'm trying some new things. Since this building has a tile roof, instead of a wood shingle roof, I went with a variegated red tile. It was fun to play with the color mix to get a more natural looking roof. The rest of the Lost island buildings tend to have this tile roof so it'll be a nice addition to the wood shingle schemes I've already done.
The Greystone has been a theme here for a long time but I think the next step will be to add some variations to the stones. I'll probably do that with the next several residences but stick with the more monochrome grey for working buildings like shops, forges, warehouses etc..
I've also skipped on putting magnets in this building as the magnets seem to have found themselves packed up already. It holds together very well as is and each level is in two parts that are offset from the level below. I'll likely put magnets in the bottom level at least just to encourage it to stay together through vigorous rotations but it seemed to spin and slide and stick together as it is so no rush on it... one more thing to remember on the other side.
The roof tile started as an Amethyst (Secret Weapon) wash over the black base followed with a Gory Red (Reaper) Dry-brush then patch dry-brush areas... some with Phoenix Red (Reaper) and other areas with Scrofulous Brown (Vallejo).
The printer error is also visible from the outside rear of the model as a elongated window but I just painted it to resemble wood slats and moved on. I think it adds some character to the model!
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