Merchant's House Printer Friendly Version   By BOB1804 - Dec. 31, 1969 General Description: This building is intended to be the home of a prosperous merchant and is built in a standard northern European medieval style. I wanted to experiment with mixing different types of blocks and other materials to add some interest to the building. I also wanted to use the accent pieces to try to show the wealth of the owner. The other objective with this project was to focus only on the exterior of the project with the intent of being able to quickly crank out a building that could be used for “village filler”. It’s basically intended to help fill up a village setting with the idea being that the adventurers aren’t going to need to go into every building. Some buildings would just be for background effect. Unfortunately, it still took quite a while to finish so with most of my future projects, I will go ahead and finish the interiors as well. The building is also designed to be slightly modular in that the back courtyard can be removed. Also, the outhouse is not glued on to the project. The building is not attached to a base so it can be dropped into any village setup. At some point I need to start working on a modular street system. Otherwise, the project is pretty straightforward. The stone paint job is your standard issue gray color scheme with a few stones picked out with slightly lighter and dark shades of the base color. A few shingles were also picked out in a similar manner. I tried to use some different shades of gray for the different types of stone (i.e., small bricks, trim, cobblestone etc) to add some variety to the building. The second story walls are painted antique white and then hit with a dark brown wash. One thing that I learned the hard way about foam core walls is that they can warp when you add the moist spackle mixture to them. It’s best to apply the mixture in small patches and let it dry or insert an internal piece to keep the walls from bowing in while drying. Molds Used: - Small Brick (#250) – First floor walls - Wooden Plank (#220) - Outhouse - Wooden Shingle (#240) - Roof - Dragon’s Inn (#51) - Shutters - Fieldstone Wall (#70) – Fieldstone courtyard wall - Fieldstone Accessory (#71) - Doors - Tomb Mold (#56) – Arch on front of building - Cobblestone (#210) – Courtyard floor Other Materials Used: - Foam core board – Second story walls - Balsa wood – Timber frames - Flower box from Miniature Building Authority - Drywall repair mesh – Windows - Spackle compound for wall texture - Epoxy putty for the hinges on the outhouse Project Size: Main building: 4” Wide x 6.5” Long x 7” Tall Back courtyard: 4” Wide x 2.5” Long x 1” Tall Thanks for looking!   5 Ratings     12345      Public Comments Please log in to post a comment    Created  Comment  Aug. 29, 2008, 05:19PM  By: BOB1804 Thanks for the kind words, folks. Duke - You're right. The building is a little too clean. I'm hoping to start experiment with weathering using the info that Bruce recently posted. By the way, I'm very impressed with both the quality of quantity of projects you have in HADD. It's always a pleasure to check out your projects. YRM - I'm not surprised that the building would fit in well with your projects. I've been lurking on the board for a long time and the projects you posted years ago (especially the Green Dragon) heavily influenced my building style for half timbered buildings. I also borrowed style ideas from Ryan Skow who was posting about the same time. Thanks for posting such great projects for so many years, YRM.  Aug. 24, 2008, 09:46AM  By: SHAMMOND42 I love the windows on this building. Using the drywall tape was a great idea. I also like the arch over the front door. Nice touch.  Aug. 20, 2008, 06:16PM  By: BOSSMAN Very cleanly built with an excellent balance of features verses practicality. Would love to see inside!  Aug. 18, 2008, 06:47PM  By: YRM Nice house. If we were in the same gaming group, I'd want to borrow it to sit next to the Green Dragon Inn and the Forge. You don't happen to live in Pittsburgh PA do ya? Anyway, this is quite a piece for display or wargaming.  Aug. 17, 2008, 03:51PM  By: DUKEDREAL A very nicely painted and clean build! This merchant must spend a lot of money on servants to keep the place so clean. If I remember correctly sometimes they would use rocks on the roof to help hold the shingles in place. I really like the slightly different grays used in some of the blocks. The windows and the wood are all greatly done. Overall a great build with an excellent paint job.

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