Hi. I know I said I would post yesterday, but I’m too old and I got too tired to post. So here it is. Worked on the front of the rowhouse ground floor some more. As I did, I started down the rabbit hole of doom scrolling the socials before I realized, I need to stop scrolling and make some progress.
Here is the facade so far. The first pic are stones drawn into the foam core (I removed the front paper layer). I just used a ball point pen to score and draw the stones of what I thought a good size would scale nicely with my minis (technically I bought the minis printed at 32mm scale).
As you can see, I also drew “stones” on the side as well. It actually took me some time. Don’t know if this is the most effective, time efficient method though.
Next is the middle house which was just clad in wooden stir sticks that were hot glued on. It also a little while because of the shorter pieces that were glued in place, then snipped to fit. I also added some EVA foam stones to the bottom as I guess it made more sense than just plain “wood” touching the ground. I don’t think they had pressure treated, ground contact rated lumber back in the olde world – real or fantasy – or maybe THEY DID?!
The remaining facade I simply hot glued some stir sticks to represent wall support planks that also offered some visual interest. I kept the outer wall blank for now because I am think to add some “mini-friendly” stairs or maybe a ramp to the second level? I am thinking in terms of playability. I used to play a lot of FPS like Counter Strike and watch my kids play Fortnite a lot, so I wanted to have that feel in the terrain where there are options for cover, concealment and access.
I also finished off the wooden flooring. I did not glue in the doors for ease of painting, but I am thinking to make hinges for them or maybe leave them unglued
Anyways, that’s it for now.
Thanks for reading. Let me know what you think in the comments below.
Happy crafting!
A Little Bit of Glue 