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Tutorial: Making a Ruined House

Step 1We used the following materials: Modelling Knife, PVA Glue, Hard Cardboard (for the base),Foamcore (for the walls), Coffee Stirrer Sticks, plain Cardboard (for the inner roof), Small Nails (to

pin the inner roof) and pre-made Plastic Windows. Cut everything out and glue it together.

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Step 2We used sand to add texture to the walls. Then we took some thin-yet-stiff cardboard and cut it

into numerous squares. These were then glued onto the roof, starting from the bottom and

working our way up.

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Step 3Then prime everything black. This will save you a lot of trouble as even small white spots will look

silly on the finished building whereas black spots will just blend in. You can use almost any cheap

spray you want as long as you arent priming actual models.

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Step 4Apply the base colours. We choose a very dark grey for our buildings to add to the gothic feel of

Mordheim though most darker colours will work. One thing to keep in mind is the eventual

coherence of your city, once you reach many buildings; to this end we keep almost all of ourbuildings in the grey/brown/red scheme seen below and the totality of the table top landscape

looks amazing!

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Step 5Put two layers of Black Wash all over the building. (Wash is a technique where you thin the black

paint down with water, thus adding a transparent dark layers to the surfaces of the buildings.) Be

careful not to get too much water onto the cardboard base as water will make the cardboardwarp. Two thin layers will add more contrast than one thick.

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Step 5Drybrush all of the building except for the roof. (Drybrushing is a technique where you dip a dry

brush in paint, then wipe most of it off again andonly then paint the building with the dry

brush. This highlights the areas dry brushed.) We choose white as it gives the entire building adusty, ghost-like look and make the models stand out when the move about in the building. A

more time-consuming technique would be to drybrush each area in a lighter shade of its original

colour (i.e. lighter grey for the walls, lighter brown for the woodwork etc.). This will make the

building look even better than our building.

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Step 6Add details. This is primarily for atmosphere. (If you are just starting out, you might want to get a

lot of buildings up and running before adding details.) For this building we choose an owl from

the Wood Elf Dryad-Box, Barrels from Ogre Kingdoms, a Bretonnian Mug, a High Elves Banner, andsome old Skaven Night Runner bits.

(More pictures on the next page.)

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