1/35 scale Sandwich Shop ... already in progress

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Chipped Bricks on Toast ... continued from bottom of previous page

The "Picket Fence" (white) crackle was toned down a bit with some of the Black Soot crackle ... then washed with Reaper Bone Shadow (warm, putty/gray) and Shadowed Stone (darker gray) and diluted Vallejo black ink ... the wet coats facilitated some chipping ...

Black bricks were washed with the same Reaper colors ...

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After the paint was chipped, I let it dry thoroughly for a couple of days ... then used various diluted reds and inks to add more variation in color to the exposed brick in the chipped areas ... then a couple fairly heavy coats of Krylon clear flat, hoping that would "glue" the crackle paint in place and prevent further unwanted chipping (and that did work!) 

Mortar was laid in with thin bands of Sculptamold (like Milliput) shaped with a plastic toothpick ... still needs coloring on the mortar ...

[Malachi Constant]

Next up:  Color & discolor the mortar a bit then have a look to see what's needed for final coloring / weathering.  This photo is about 4x actual size on a 19" monitor.

Cheers,
Dallas

[Ray Dunakin]

Very nice!

[finescalerr]

That could have turned out a lot worse. -- Russ

[Junior]

That could have turned out a lot worse. -- Russ

That could have turned out a lot better too... ! Just kidding looks great to me. Will the Sandwich Shop be located next to Mudgeon´s Garage?

Anders

[Malachi Constant]

Anders -- The garage may end up being a short walk from the sammich shop ... 

Now, who's going to be the first to try laying wonky bricks like these?

[Malachi Constant]

It's actually an effect known as "the cafe wall illusion" -- all of the bricks are square/rectangular and the mortar lines are parallel ... if you don't believe it, hold a straight edge against the screeen! 

I definitely will NOT be doing the side wall like this!    -- Dallas

[Ray Dunakin]

That is one freaky optical illusion.

[mad gerald]

...Now, who's going to be the first to try laying wonky bricks like these?

... now that's really weird ...  

I definitely will NOT be doing the side wall like this!    -- Dallas

... oh come on, don't be such a spoil sport ...  

BTW: your "sammich shop" (wall) already looks the part!

[Malachi Constant]

No big earth-shaking news here ... (not that you'd expect that anyway!)   ... but it's always nice to make a little progress ...

Some construction work underway ... the outside of the long black wall will get covered in bricks.  I've made a couple thousand of those, which should be enough   ... or at least a decent start.  

Starting to mess around with interior bits and making sure everything will fit in the cramped little shop ... the missing long wall will be attached to the top floor panel to form a pull-out "drawer" interior ... more on that later. 

Cheers,
Dallas

[Ray Dunakin]

Good to see some progress. I'm looking forward to seeing how you do the pull-out interior for this structure.

[finescalerr]

It's starting to shape up. -- Russ

[Malachi Constant]

Thanks guys!  Now, hold on to your hats ... time for a massive update!  (Well, massive for me anyway) 

I've been on manic overload at work ... which is actually a nice change ... and entails many, many hours making resin castings at a couple of other workbenches.  During that time, my mind sorta wanders a bit ... and recently it worked out all this crap for me!    So, this stuff all came together remarkably fast when I got to the modeling bench ...

First, a couple of construction pix ...

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A copy of the linoleum pattern that I used, in case anyone might find that useful ...

I stitched the pattern together (copy-n-paste) and made a sheet larger than needed ... printed on regular paper ... allowed ink to dry ... several coats of Krylon clear flat ...

Installed on floor before side wall was placed to avoid impossibly awkward situation!