Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Butter market built


So here we have it - one butter market/market cross.


I initially painted it grey to match the church, but found it looked too drab. Mixing up a light mustard-colour I repainted it to look like Collyweston stone, a variety of stone found in the British Midlands which varies in colour from pale grey-beige to honey-yellow. The grey paving slabs on the base were drawn on using a sharp-ish pencil.

Of course, now I have a market cross, I need a market place to go with it. I'm thinking of using a section of roofing shingle coated with vinyl adhesive then painted. Not sure if it'll work or not, but I'll give it a go.

In other news, I find I'm horribly tempted to get into yet another field of gaming - WW1 Mesopotamia. The question I ask myself is - do I need another period with troops in pith helmets supported by river gunboats?

3 comments:

Michael Awdry said...

Love it, what a fabulous scratch build.

A J said...
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A J said...

Thanks, Michael. It was a bit more fiddly than I anticipated but I got there in the end.

 

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