AWI Meeting House and Civilians
This is my latest project and it's been a real joy to do.This meeting house draws heavily on Giles Old Kennett Meeting House that I really like.I decided to scratch build it myself and add a few of my own features. The Perry AWI civilians are just wonderful(I know,all their stuff is :wink: )and I've now had a chance to paint up a few. I imagine this to be the town mayor greeting a porter transporting a tumbrel up to the local militia.

very nice
Really like your painting style Axebreaker, very crisp, clean colours. A great job! cheer Paul P http://napoleonicsinminiature.blogspot.com/

Christopher, Your painting style is excellent, and the scratch-built building looks anything but! Your figures are almost the only ones I've ever seen that not only get away with dark bases ("going light" has usually been the received wisdom where I come from), but actually seem to be improved by them. RtL

Both the buildings & terrain, as well as the figures are superb, sir--quite possibly the best we've seen to date from you. As Ronan astutely observes, your darker toned basing works to create a more 'realistic' look. Well done! :D

beautiful work the house is great and the painting of you rmodels and scenery awesome i particularly like the small fallow field just to the right of shot

lovely work all round! cheers matt

@Everyone Thank you Gentlemen,I really appreciate the kind support. :D @RTL I always have liked a dark base as I like the contrast it gives.I think it deepens the color,but I suppose it's a matter of taste.Almost all my miniatures have a dark base except when doing a very dry to desert type of climate and even then it will be a shade darker then most you might see.

It clearly works for you - looks like the ground is damp after a recent shower; also, the granular effect that results from modern basing techniques/materials looks better dark than light. I also liked your Bunker Hill diorama - again, the darker colours you used for the breastwork contrasted with every other model of the redoubt that I've seen, but suggested the start of the day, when the disturbed earth from the previous night's digging would not yet have dried out.

It clearly works for you - looks like the ground is damp after a recent shower; also, the granular effect that results from modern basing techniques/materials looks better dark than light. Ty and I agree on the granular effect. I also liked your Bunker Hill diorama - again, the darker colours you used for the breastwork contrasted with every other model of the redoubt that I've seen, but suggested the start of the day, when the disturbed earth from the previous night's digging would not yet have dried out. I'm happy you interpreted it that way,as that's exactly what I was trying to portray. :D I guess I just like the wet earth look and seems to be my calling card I suppose.:lol: Cheers Christopher

I've only just seen this Christopher and I'd like to add a belated but really well deserved bucketloat of praise, its really is top drawer stuff I'm a light ground man myself but that's mainly because I paint 15mm figs and am looking for a lighter overall effect. Your ground really does look wet though and well worth considering copying! Did you make the ploughed field or is it a bought item?

Ty,I'm glad you like my project. :D The field is one of the few things in the picture not made by hand.However,it would not be difficult to do.Simply take sawdust and pencil shavings and crush them together and mix with white glue and lay it down in rows and paint.I'll try it sometime and post my results. :)

AB - The 'damp-look' rather than the 'wet-look' on the Tumbrel base: Exquistely done. Very nice. Civilian figures do add another dimension to the table. The Meeting House is rather nifty. (Foam Board?) Looking forward to your next building... Keep at it! GJ

Ty! :D Yes,I used foam board,a pencil to etch in the stone pattern on the wall,balsa wood,cereal box card,a straight edge ruler,scissors and modeling knife.Pretty cheap alternative to purchasing buildings! :wink:

And it helps if you know what you are doing, which is obviously the case here. Most impressive. regards Paul