Viking Longhouse for 28mm Dark Ages Wargaming

After a birthday meal at Yo!sushi I have gained a tonne more chopsticks so thought I'd give another building a go.

You guessed it- I'm using chopsticks, foamboard, clippers, a craft knife, hot glue gun and some wire. And a cutting mat, always use this if your mum/ partner has a tablecloth. No matter how tacky it is.

Basing materials supplied by Famous Gaming, check them out!

The walls were made from some mis-cut bunker sides my brother made for his sets on Famous Gaming  Check it out, sells cheap modelling supplies! 

The walls were matched up, wired into place using pegs and then hot glued. Door was cut in 1 side, windows were left as they are.

Another angle.

The sides were covered as standard- chopsticks roughly cut for a rough hewn look. Added a snow shelter over the door from the tips of chopsticks and a foamboard offcut. The roof is again two mis-cut sheets, standard foamboard cut by you will work just as well.

A chimney was added using a foamboard offcut and some rectangular chopstick ends

Snow shelter added above each window

Other side

Scourer thatch was starded as per normal, see older posts for a detailed demo. Basically cut to length, split down the middle to thin them, rough them up and overlay them for a realistic look.

This continued all the way round, including the snow shelters.

Views from all angles. 

It was then glued to a base, sand was glued on (from famous gaming), undercoated black and left to dry.

All wooden parts then got coated in burnt umber

Had to give it a few coats to really sit well. A mix of burnt umber and burnt sienna was added as a final coat to give it a redder look. The roof got a heavy drybrush of country maple.

The roof then had a layer of golden brown applied.

This was then highlighted with a drybrush of tan. The side walls were also drybrushed in tan to give it depth and to give a worn look.

Side by side with another building.

Scales up perfectly!

Great build from scrap lying around my house :D

Any suggestions, comments or questions please ask, thanks for looking!