In my final addition to Dave Stone's scenery challenge did another major face-lift on an old 4Ground kit of mine, this time on Miller's Livery Stable.
By cutting the original facade of the building I completely changed the look of the building - and now it fits more in what I always picture a traditional barn looking like, not something off main street in an old west town, but something out amongst a lot of land.
I went through and painted all the individual boards of the stable with my new favorite way to enhance old west buildings and got more great results.
Not too much grazing going on here for these poor horses - I need to break out that green fields mat, not the desert mat 😁
It's these fun little details that I love to place around the building and table to help create a scene and setting.
For the roof I added an obscene amount of shingles and I think it really enhances the look and feel of the barn.
I think my favorite part of the re-visit is the weathering that I did on the two main doors. They really look the part of an old barn now.
Finally, I just want to thank everyone for following along in these past several months. I've been less active posting and can't see that changing anytime soon, so I'm going to take a bit of a break for a while and I'm going to shut down the blog for a while. My wife and I are splitting up after almost 25 years together.
Hopefully I can get everything sorted in relatively short time and fingers crossed I can get back to the hobby desk, and then... back to the tabletop 😀
*honestly, even I have to give myself a pat on the back for just how great that name is and how well it works lol*
Until next time, thanks for looking
Ivor
