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Asterix en co (or how to make a holiday home)

Posted by Paul on 09 Feb 2010, 16:46

Dad's Army wrote:
Paul wrote:Finally I´ve got wednesday to look forward to :-) :-)
I´m definately going to have a go at making an "Astrix" house after seeing this.


he thats my idea :nono:

Sounds like a challenge to a duel to me :-)
Who can build the nicest looking so that Hydrophobia will want to move in andmake a pie for Obelix :-)
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Posted by Nono on 10 Feb 2010, 17:47

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Posted by dykio on 10 Feb 2010, 22:52

And now ladies and gentlemen the moment you've al been waiting for... (i hope :lol: )

Now how do you get that incredible unbelivable fantastic roof ?. Well these next steps are not difficult... infact they are realy easy otherwise I could'nt do it. But they are extremely dangerous.
Now in order to continue you have to please your misses..... and if neccesary even twice :sweatdrop:

then when she's asleep go downstairs and be very quiet :sst:

then steel a towel :lol: and please be carefull because if she founds out :whip: :lol:

Next you cover the house (the small one not your own) with the towel

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Now the n you just cut it roughly in the right size
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Then the gluing starts. I use watered white glue. I think about 50/50. Now you must use a lot of glue because the towel "sucks".... I just spread it on and push the towel into place.

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I always try to make it fit as good as possible, so bent it over the parts of the roof that stick out and fold it back. Then cut it and glue it and keep it in place.

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And let it dry. So this continues tomorrow !! :lol:

Well oke i did this yesterday so today i could paint.

Now the painting is also not difficult. But you have to use very watered down paint. I mix water/paint/white glue in about 60/20/20. Now keep the towel realy wet... i mean use a lot of the mixture because the towel has got to get stiff.

Here you can see the effect. For this roof i brushed upwards so that the treads of the towel stood out. You see what i mean later

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Here you can see that i folded the towel back to stick it a the inside of the roof
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Next i simply drybrush with lighter colours
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As said with this roof the treads are standing out. Next to this one (the left one) you see the one where i brushed the treads al the same way down. this gives it a smoother apperence. ( i like the right one )

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So there you have it.

And for those who are going to start there own village i can recommend
Constrictix an co. (see below) Nice guys and very cheap.

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Now here is the rest of the village so far. I'm still planning to finish the whole lot before i'm retiring........................

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Notice the very lifelike gras.... (the green paper) a great idea of my youngest doughter

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This is my favorite (although not yet finished)

So guys now i want to your results soon !! perhaps one day we can show the village in kampen !!

Hope you enjoid it

Good luck :thumbup:
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Posted by monty on 10 Feb 2010, 22:56

bloody excellant :thumbup: :thumbup: :love: is the one on the tree for the umpalumpas :lol:
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Posted by Dad's Army on 10 Feb 2010, 23:01

:shock: WOW this is indeed where I was waiting for..
Awesome..

good idea the towel, but the other roofs are excelent to...

(would fit perfectly with my figs ;-) )

Hope to see them in Kampen :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Posted by GEM on 11 Feb 2010, 01:34

:thumbup: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
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Posted by musketier on 11 Feb 2010, 04:59

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :shock:
Excellent!
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Posted by Maurice on 11 Feb 2010, 07:55

monty wrote:bloody excellant :thumbup: :thumbup: :love: is the one on the tree for the umpalumpas :lol:

:shock:

Go catch up on your literature! You know that's where the bard lives :nono:

Looks great :thumbup: How did you do the roof of the house on the right?
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Posted by ModernKiwi on 11 Feb 2010, 08:33

Some really awesome work there, even by your normal high standards. I have a feeling I will steal these ideas one day in the future.
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Posted by chen on 11 Feb 2010, 12:27

Great!! What a nice idea and wonderful scratchbuilding job! :thumbup: :thumbup: I too will steal the ideas, especially for that tree house.
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Posted by Peter on 11 Feb 2010, 14:15

Dykio :notworthy: All my respect, this is just wonderfull :love:

Shouldn't this topic be moved to the articles section? Rich? Dykio?
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Posted by Susofrick on 11 Feb 2010, 14:43

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: But what if the missus wakes up and see what you're doing with that towel???
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Posted by Paul on 11 Feb 2010, 16:55

:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: Absolutely Brilliant !!!!!!
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Posted by luchs on 11 Feb 2010, 19:00

fabulous... :thumbup: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :occasion:
i'm speakless... :drool:
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Posted by Old Wolf on 15 Feb 2010, 09:47

great job you did there mate and thx for inspiring us.
can t wait for the finished dio and hope to see it in Kampen.

Andreas
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Posted by west1871 on 15 Feb 2010, 10:21

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Amazing :thumbup:
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Posted by Konrad on 15 Feb 2010, 17:18

Very good work!:thumbup:
My respect.
See it all in Kampen.
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Posted by dykio on 16 Feb 2010, 09:40

Thx everybody for al the interest in this topic :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Posted by Martin on 17 Feb 2010, 12:12

Hi Dykio,
Such "tutorials" as this one: that is what we are waiting for!!
It brings other to ideas. (they will steal it).
This is one of the very best reasons why this forum is so successful.
With work like this.
Simple but GREAT!!

Hope to see you in Kampen and keep up expanding this beautiful small village. Now a menhir grove.....?
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Posted by Wheeling Turn on 17 Feb 2010, 14:39

excellent bouildings, wow...

nice to see the way you build them. it gives some great inspirations..
cheers Markus
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