"Pimping my MDF buildings. Suggestions/blogs/videos?" Topic

I just ordered several MDF buildings from Gamecraft Miniatures for a large multiplayer Bolt Action event in a couple weeks after about a month of trying to make my own. I'm very satisfied with the price and the exterior detail,but I'd like to spruce up the roofs and the interior (the interior has no detail at all). I have some ideas but would love to look at any examples other people have or have come across.

I play around with scaling roof images from textures.com and then paste those on – I don't like seeing the pdf locating pins sticking through the edges of the roof

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At the scales we use these are free.

I do not have any photos….but a quick and easy method for the roof is to drag a stiff bristle brush through a color and then drag your finger on the brush to texture the paint

Model RR shops sell sheet plastic representing various types of building walls, floors and roofs. Two of the more commonly known are:

Evergreen Sclae Models
evergreenscalemodels.com

Plastruct
plastruct.com

There may well be more but these two are sold at my local shops.

Also, GameCraft Minis has a bunch of videos on texturing the outside of their buildings. They area good source for both "how to" info and product info.

RogerC
Yeah I checked out your blog before posting here. Black powder doesn't really interest me (its not a bad rule set just not my cup of tea).

I like the look of British Grenadier but, I'm not overly keen on all its multi sized basing. Saying that it looks about the right sort of detail.

Khusrau
Again Sharp Practice looks like a great set but it has (I believe)some card based elements in it which is not for me. Not a fan of cards in games sorry.

Jim
I will check Guns of Liberty out today

Thanks again everyone

Please indicate when you change lanes….😜

May be the Bug.

O scale model railroad stuff always works

Model railway shops are your answer. I use Wills products like these sheets:

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Cheap and easy to use, they are slightly our of scale but do things like roofs a treat:

Go to BBS of your choice….get textured paint….add some sugar after grinding it….stir and paint on your building for adobe style.

I did this for my game craft 15mm buildings.

Warbases make printed strips of shakes in 3 or 4 styles and slate roofing tiles:
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I used some of the colonial shingle strips on this Sarissa Prrecision building:

Charlie Foxtrot Models also makes some very nice cardboard roofing strips. I use mostly model railroad materials though, there are at least half a dozen model railroad manufacturers that do some form of roofing material.