Timber frame houses

   Three timber frame houses which I hope can easily be used for Lord of the rings, SAGA or BA games. They look like village houses of the Vikings era but also are proper for the time period of WWII. The good thing is that they are low cost scratch built terrain pieces. I used balsa wood, foam boards, a towel from IKEA, plaster, little rocks and MDF. 

   

My wife cut the stripes from the towel.

I used plaster to cover the walls.

I painted the thatched roof brown, then highlighted it with desert yellow and finally with buff.

The first house is ready.

Second ready.

Third and last ready as well.

   In the meanwhile, there are preparations around here for the forthcoming Feria. People are already gathering together in various clubs and organize little pre-Ferias to practice the famous "Sevillanas". 

   Little Odo, welcome onboard!

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!

Palisade

   Not exactly a palisade, I think it is more of a humble wooden fence! A wooden fence made of plenty of balsa wood, glue and patience!

A Russian sailor helps to see the scale of the fence

I used putty, sand and little rocks to make the ground.

The front side,

the left side, 

the rear side,

and the right side. 

The corners,

the short pieces

and the long pieces.

   By the way, Happy Easter! On the Easter Sunday we went to Arcos de la Frontera, a very nice little town of Andalusia, where there is an annual tradition of running of the Bulls! They call it "Toro del Aleluya"! 

   No, we didn't run, just watched!

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!

Dáin Ironfoot

   Two weeks ago, I visited a town close to the place I live now, called San Fernando. And I found a shop there which sells various miniatures, including some old metallic GW. I bought the Dáin! Didn't have this one in my dwarf army. Instead, I used a dwarf king miniature of Ral Parth in our games. So, here he is:

Dáin

   Back to our city, we visited the Bodegas Obregón, famous for the "Pollo en salsa de Pedro Ximénez (PX)"! Pollo means chicken and PX is the sweetest of the sherry wines. 

My wife aka "the dice bags maker"

El pollo en PX

PX itself!!!! A peculiar way to serve, one glass over the other!

A coach passing by!

   That's all for today! Stay tuned for more!