"ECW Blog Updated-Buildings, Cavalry and Club men" Topic

I've updated my ECW blog. Sandy Botond completed my ECW buildings, a couple of questions about cavalry uniforms and club men.

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Gorgeous buildings.

The buildings look nice but very dark beams were a later Victorian style not one seen during the ECW. The buildings of that period were lime washed over including the beams. This usually made them go a silvery grey. If you look at website detailing accurate restoration of historic English buildings all the colour details and references you need are there.

If you want to make these models more accurate, (I think they are so nice that I would make the effort) you could simply wash them over a couple of times with a thinned off white.

Timmo:
thanks for the input. Understood about the lime. Was that to worm/weatherproof the beams perchance? I'll pass this on to my "construction guy" for reference and will try some thinned down white ink with "magic wash" to get it right!

Appreciate it.

Pilum

I debated long about posting as there's nothing worse than having your new toys picked on but they are so nice and the fix is easy…

Yes the lime was about weather proofing. I can't find the links quickly but there are sites which have all the details for period restoration which explain all about lime washes. Look for images of Lavenham Suffolk – the guildhall there is lime washed as original. Depending on the amount of sand in the mix will effect the colour. Often they went pinkish or ochre.

Thanks Timmo…I'll stick to to an old fashioned "white-warsh" but will keep it tasteful.

Thanks again!

Looks good the way it is though.