One of our more popular releases at Salute was the 15mm Agricultural Colony buildings range. We've already had the odd enquiry asking when they'll be on the website, and today is the day.
The buildings are scaled-up versions of our 6mm set, which have been selling very well since release. The designs are based on the idea of a series of colony buildings made from prefabricated parts, which can be arranged to suit whatever type of building the colony needs (the original 6mm release post goes into more detail on this).
What's different about the 15mm versions is that we've stripped off all the external parts – doors, windows, aircon units, roof vents – and left the buildings as a bare shell. The external details can then be fitted in whatever positions you like, to make the buildings incredibly flexible. You can also buy packs of extra detail pieces so you can customize them to your heart's content. We've made multiple different types of doors and other parts to even further vary the look between buildings.
Here's an example of the parts in a single building – for the homesteads you get the basic building shell plus a door, two windows, roof vent, aircon unit and extension. The parts are supplied randomly – there are three types of door and aircon, four types of roof vent and two different extensions. Even the windows are left and right handed. All of the parts are available separately so you can buy extra detail parts and really go to town.
The painting scheme we came up with is pretty simple to allow us to turn out good-looking variants very quickly. In case anyone wants to try it, it goes as follows…
- Spray prime in medium grey (we use Hycote grey car primer)
- Zenithal overspray from above in a lighter grey (Citadel Grey Seer works well for this). Spray this very lightly, just a dusting really.
- Give the whole model a black wash – GW Nuln Oil, Army Painter Dark Tone, or whatever your favorite is. Cover the whole model, not just the bits you think will stay grey, as the shading will enhance the next stage as well.
- You can give the whole thing a quick light grey drybrush at this stage if needed.
- Block in the ribbed parts of the building using one of the many types of speed paint available – we use Citadel Contrast paints, but Army Painter Speedpaints or Vallejo Xpress Color would work equally well. If you need a little more contrast, maybe a light drybrushing on the colored parts.
- Then just paint in the remaining details in whatever colors you choose – oily silver for airvents or aircon units, graduated blue windows etc.
B15-1301 – Homestead-1 – £12.00 GBP
B15-1302a – Homestead-2 – £12.00 GBP
B15-1302b – Homestead-3 – £12.00 GBP
B15-1303 – Garage – £12.00 GBP
B15-1306 – Shed – £8.00 GBP
B15-1318 – Shop – £15.00 GBP
B15-1370 – Building Base – £8.00 GBP
B15-1371 – Connecting Base – £4.00 GBP
B15-1372 – Connecting Corridor – £3.00 GBP
B15-1373 – Extensions (x2) – £2.50 GBP
B15-1374 – Doors (x3) – £2.00 GBP
B15-1375 – Large Garage Doors (x2) – £2.00 GBP
B15-1376 – Windows (x4) – £1.50 GBP
B15-1377 – Roof Units (x4) – £2.00 GBP
B15-1378 – AirCon Units (x3) – £1.00 GBP
B15-1379 – Steps (x2) – £2.00 GBP
Please remember – we're on holiday this week, so while the website remains open for orders, these won't be dealt with until we return on Monday 12th.