| richarDISNEY | 03 Feb 2010 3:36 p.m. PST |
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I am looking to make some 28mm Pacific Island huts and need to make some thatched roofs. What is the best way to make some of those?
Thanks! |
| quidveritas | 03 Feb 2010 3:51 p.m. PST |
Buy them in Resin and paint them up. Dark base; Wet brush medium brown but take care not to fill in the deep recesses; Stain with Dark Brown Ink; Light drybrush/highlight with a straw yellow. Use a big brush (1.5" wide). You can do these pretty fast. The second picture mislabeled as Terry's DBA game shows a couple of my Gaul Houses. link Just for what it's worth most thatch roofs turn brown after a while. mjc |
| Andrew May1 | 03 Feb 2010 4:35 p.m. PST |
I used a jute door mat to make a thatched roof after someone on TMP suggested it to me a few years ago. Man was it hard on the old digits… |
| asa1066 | 03 Feb 2010 4:42 p.m. PST |
I've heard that teddy bear fur can be used for thatch. GW used to have a tutorial on it but I can't track it down. David S. |
| Ferrous Lands | 03 Feb 2010 4:53 p.m. PST |
I've used the teddy bear fur. I think it works great. You just cut a piece, glue it on the building, and brush glue in to the fur. The next time I make such a rook I am going to run an old comb through the glued fur to give it more of the look of straight, carefully laid thatch. |
| rdjktjrfdj | 03 Feb 2010 5:25 p.m. PST |
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| Schogun | 03 Feb 2010 6:11 p.m. PST |
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| runs with scissors | 04 Feb 2010 6:06 a.m. PST |
There is also the old school method of covering a card roof with filler, waiting until it is almost dry and then scoring lines into the filler. Personally I like the teddy bear fur method – combing helps. |
| Altius | 04 Feb 2010 2:23 p.m. PST |
I built some using black 6mm foamboard for the basic shape. I then slathered layers of wall spackle on it. Most thatch roofs I've seen seem to have a pattern of rows of thatch material, and I've found that layering the spackle creates those rows. I then press vertical lines into the spackle with a sculpting knife to simulate the texture. I think it looks great, and after painting it, it seems pretty solid. |
| Sane Max | 05 Feb 2010 5:55 a.m. PST |
I have used Teddy Bear Fur, and scratching filler. for larger models I agree the fur method is best – wet it with PVA and squeezee it out before applying, then use an old comb to get the strands in the right direction and look. For smaller scales (15mm doen) I used towelling – terry-towel – and that wOrked very well, and was enormously hard wearing. Pat |
| Mick in Switzerland | 05 Feb 2010 9:24 a.m. PST |
There are some excellent tutorials from Ryan Skow using toweling here. I have used these and they look nice.
ryan.skow.org
Mick |
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