A few minor details remain for the building - a front-dor for one and some decorative moulding from string for another. Then i can go on and plaster the whole thing and undercoat it. thatnis of course when the real fun will begin - painting it. I am planning on doing the main work with gouache washes and then finishing it off with a little light spray painting.
Then I can think about basing it and incorporating a small hedged folly of some sort.
Now, about those rules...
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I was about to ask how big the manor was when I saw that your copy of Gush had arrived thus answering my question.
I'm going to show my ignorance here but I was surprised by thatch for a manor since I assumed, without any research that slate would be a sign of wealth and power, a cut above the peasant and his thatched cottage.
I am going to go with Ross here, but a might have good news.
I can't post a link in this pop up box, but if you google Little Moreton Hall or look at theentry on Wikipedia, you can see the huge size of stone, (not slate, blocks used on the roofing..
I do not expect you to copy the black and white detail exactly.
I was thinking of places liike Woodsford Castle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodsford
or Alford Manor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alford_Manor_House
or Happisburgh Manor:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223507/Try-buy-The-stunning-property-portfolio-multi-million-pound-manor-houses-mansions-prospective-owners-weekend.html
Interesting, looking at the pictures I would not have identified that as thatched. Nevet seen one so thin and so tidy, especially at the edges and such a nice even shade of dark grey.
Carry on sir!
Fair enough, carry on.
We will wait for your next post before criticising again.
I look forward to it!
I've put the thatching down as rows of towelling strips, well-soaked with PVA glue. It will be all day drying, but I hope to be doing some painting this evening.
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