Butcher, Baker and…

When I shared the butchers stall last month, I mentioned on a Facebook group that a baker was in progress, so tada… 

Mix of resin bits from Iron Gate Scenery and greenstuff. Jam jars plastic tube and squares of paper.

And, of course, someone had to suggest a candlestick maker just to complete the rhyme… and I couldn’t not after that…

 Candles are plastic tube, candlesticks and boxes are resin. The classic British joke under the table are also plastic tube.

More Market Stalls

Some more market stalls, first a butchers…

The wooden boards allow me to add ground items, boxes etc, but I reckon work to represent the various market lots available, so I’ll add a couple of empty ones I think to represent empty lots. The butcher set is from Iron Gate Scenery, I added an extra board to table so it matched the width of the other tables and added some more steaks and sausages so it wasn’t empty space. The box of eggs is from a different IGS set. Sausages, black pudding & random apple from greenstuff.

The second lot has the IGS ribs and carcasses, hanging frame from plasticard, butchers block from balsa. Slop bucket from the 3D printed stuff that supplied the wicker baskets, offcuts inside from greenstuff. 

I had intended to add a dog in the space under the table, but have changed my mind…

The locals needed to improve their diet, so I added a second veg stall using IGS bits. I removed the basket of berries and added a box of berries so the wicker and box items mixed better. An empty box was added under the table and some new loose veg on top.

The second stall is turnips and beans (greenstuff using the empty wicker baskets), more loose carrots, bag of apples from I don’t remember where, potatoes from IGS, the cabbages are what I assumed to be melons from IGS with some gs leaves (melons being a tricky grower in the 1600’s). Dressed with more fennel bits from the Etsy set, gs apples and more berries.

Next, a tailor. All from scratch. Balsa central boards and strips of paper wrapped around them. Shears from plasticard, a little big, but will do.

The trough is from a set of garden veg from Temu. Gardens to follow at some point. A close up:

Wallpaper streets

 Wallpaper again - but a decent result. Well I committed. This was an Easter weekend project, posting now though as real things got very real for a bit there. 

Anyhoo, this is Seriano Pietra Wallpaper, from here: https://ukwallpaper.co.uk/products/seriano-pietra-wallpaper-silver-1102.html

Although looking at the picture on the site, it doesn’t look like what I have. But works. It used to be available from B&Q for about the same price, so £2 a metre or so. It could be done cheaper, but wouldn’t look as nice and I don’t want to waste time with individual cobbles or anything like that. But it works and isn’t in the £100 plus range of some really good embossed wallpapers. I finally got round to covering the reverse side of my skirmish board. I couldn’t match the pattern for the life of me, so added a gutter and manhole to avoid that. Works for me and an underground access point could be interesting for scenarios. If I ever have the space for a proper sized table, I’ve plenty to spare. 

Market Hall finished - more or less

Finished Market Hall - well pretty much finished. Anything else will just be furniture and not bolted down.

Windows added. One day I will add them before any painting as they are a bloody pain and if you look closely some are bent and very knackered looking as I forced them in place.

I added a pamphlet about trials to the outer landing as that seemed apt. 

There is also an odd dead space above the outer stairs, so a Crooked Dice chest fills that nicely.

Market stalls…

Some market stalls… these are utilising some 3D printed tables which were pretty awful, the tops and goods they came with were unusable with such pronounced layer lines no paint job would help. They came with canopies which I think can be saved with a lot of work, but they will come later…

Fruit & veg with the previously shared baskets of fennel and carrots (and converted parsnips and red onions) and sack. The apple crate is from Ainsty if memory serves, the berries are railway scale apples (not that they say what scale) but with one of the empty baskets work nicely. Loose apples in greenstuff.

Cheese monger with the most popular cheese of the 17th century - Cheshire. I do my research. Made from jewellery beads, I took a press mold and did a greenstuff copy so I could slice one. Cutting board from balsa and cheese knife from plasticard. Wine bottle is a 3D print and the chest from Crooked Dice.

Pamphleteer. I added an overhead beam and a front piece so I could have display sheets. The pamphlets were found online, reduced and printed. The stacks were just multiple bits of paper, and greenstuff stones to keep them down if the wind picks up. Chest again from Crooked Dice.

Pottery of various types. Earthenware jugs made from nesting plastic tube. Large jug in wicker is from Fenris if memory serves, but may be Ainsty (had them an age). Plates and bowls from Oshiro. I pressmolded the topmost large plate to make a greenstuff shattered one under the table. Vase was from the terrible 3D print market set and smothered in liquid greenstuff. Again, chest from Crooked Dice. Loose apple and table cloth for some colour.

And an attempt at a group shot…

Various bits of scatter…

Some scatter - tents from Renedra and various trade goods from Ainsty. There were a lot of single wool/cotton(?) bundles and the L shaped stack, so I stuck five of the singles into the square stack for ease and should add to the market vibe…

Some scatter

Some lovely scatter terrain from Etsy - really nice 3D prints, no layer lines, highly recommended: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1550656901

FYI I added the tap to the big barrel with some plastic rod.

There’s a lot of fennel in the set, but I’m happy with how the painting ended up.

This is the complete set painted (less the wooden half barrel which is currently the slop bucket in the market hall gaol).

The seller was very helpful and did a custom order for me if mainly empty baskets as I can add my own veg down the line. For the second set of carrots, I went with parsnips (adding an extra one from greenstuff to mix it up) and got the fennel I cut off the stalks, added another with greenstuff and went with red onions.

And some barrels, again from Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1678320358

A source of fan cobblestone…

 Right, I’ve found a decent textured wallpaper that has a 28mm passable fan cobblestone pattern (the larger end of acceptable that works for me):

This was a quick paint job and drybrush and is serviceable with a bit of dressing. This is the original finish:

I found more sandstone colours as well with the same pattern. This was from here: https://wallpapersales.co.uk/acatalog/gb6175-mosaic-berkeley-seriano-wallpaper.html - which did samples for £1.20 and what arrived is A2 folded. So I only painted half of an A4ish after folding as supplied. A roll is £13.

Here: https://www.homeflairdecor.co.uk/berkeley-mosaic-arch-texture-pewter-wallpaper-by-seriano-gb-6174-p2982 - is the beige one which has a nice picture that convinced me the texture was good. But is now out of stock.

I think this works. Sadly I don’t think it will work for me as it’s very European and/or fantasy and I’m more Tudor England at the moment and they don’t quite work. But, anyone doing Three Musketeers, WW2, Frostgrave, etc. I highly recommend it. Even the sample size (if you can stretch out the creases) would be enough for a posh square or plaza. Hope it’s of use to someone…

Market Hall WIP 6

The Market Hall gaol gets some straw and a slop bucket. The straw is bristles cut from an old toothbrush, the bucket from a very handy set of market goods from Etsy.

Mainly baskets , barrels and sacks of grain and veg, a couple of empty baskets and half barrels allowed for dressing both the gaol and also the base of the orange trees I did, complete with some oranges that came off the Temu trees.

This is the rest of the set in progress. That’s a lot of fennel…

 

Market Hall - a splash of colour

I needed to paint some colour… and the plan was always to have some decorative bits.