A village for Acorn Wood

[Stuart Birks]

With the church being a success I decided to build part of a village to go with it. The buildings are based on real buildings from the Cotswolds but not in this layout. The main features of Cotswold buildings are the colour of the stone which is dressed on the front but is often left rougher cut where it doesn't show and the roofs which are limestone tiles. These tiles were hard to make and so a significant feature is that they used large tiles on the lower part of the roof and gradually got smaller towards the top.
The windows are a mix of making moulds and casting frames in the same way as I did for the church but also I drew some frames and doors in CAD and had them photo etched in brass. For the varying tile sizes on the roofs I could think of no other way than to cut individual tiles and glue them on.







It doesn't show well in these photos but there are stone courses and half timbering scribed into the white plastic.



Sorry about the awful colour balance. The camera was not happy with just white and brown as colours and so made a mess of it.

Stuart

 

[Herb Garden]

Goodness that is superb stuff Stuart very very impressed

 

[Paul Tomlinson]

I do like the subtle sag of the ridge on the left-most cottages. These are a real pleasure to see. Cheers.

 

[AdeMoore]

Too drawer stuff. More please!

 

[40057]

What beautiful buildings!

 

[Stuart Birks]

Thanks for the comments.
I didnt take any more pictures during construction so here are the finished buildings. I normally reduce the size of the pictures I upload to reduce the time they take to load but in this case I have uploaded them at full size as they are worth zooming in to see some of the details.











Stuart

 

[Heather Kay]

A mere "like" isn’t really sufficient. I can’t wait to see the group in place in the scene, populated with suitable figures, and with more ingrained grime around the gulleys and crevices. Superb work. My hat is truly doffed.

 

[James Spooner]

A mere "like" isn’t really sufficient. I can’t wait to see the group in place in the scene, populated with suitable figures, and with more ingrained grime around the gulleys and crevices. Superb work. My hat is truly doffed.

I couldn’t agree more! These buildings are truly exquisite and really capture the essence of Cotswold village buildings. Beautiful!

Nigel

 

[ChrisBr]

As others have said, exquisite modelling, looking forward to seeing them in context....

 

[Stuart Birks]

This is the finished scene. There are about 50 people in the market but it is nowhere near enough. I just got fed up with painting people.











The market stalls are just plastic strip with tissue paper roofs. I did buy some of the Langley ones but I was not very happy with them so made my own.
Stuart