I had hoped to had completed this project by the end of this month (Oct.), but it seems I will not. Although the shack nears completion it still needs soome attention.
However, it is time to layout the roof sections. The roof will over-hang the front entrance by up to five feet. Perhaps I didn't need to do so, but I added bits of textured cardstock sheet to two inside walls, just in case the interior is viewable from its location on the layout.
I had wanted to add another screenshot of a monolith to this post. However, In this case a manmade fountain carved from stone will serve as an introduction to this new label and series.
Screenshot from Conan the Barbarian/
Although this structure still requires a few tweeks I have went on to the second phase, the roof. The roof will over-hang the front, creating a porch like area.
View of left-side. This structure might have been built from one type of material, but over the years the owners used whatever materials that were at hand: plywood, corrugated and steel panels, wood boards, even some tarpaper sheet.
Back
And the right hand side
A great performance by the Who. Back in the day, this was one of my favorites from the Who. We are all getting old.
Bits of parchment and map.
Map depicting ancient territories during the Hyborian Age.
Steal must be tempered with fire and ice.
Screenshots from Conan the Barbarian: Born on the Battlefield
"Dasein pictured the Santaroga Valley as a swarming place behind a facade like pyramid: solid, faceless, enduring. In there, behind the facade, Santaroga did something to its people...
He sensed a one-pointedness here such that every Santarogan became an extension of every other Santarogan. They were like rays spreading out from a pinhole in a black curtain.
What lay behind the balck curtain?"
The Santaroga Barrier, Frank Herbert, Copyright 1968, Berkley Medallion Books
"No one bought cigarettes in Santaroga. No cheese, wine, beer, or produce from outside the valley could be sold there. The list went on and on and grew stranger and stranger. Maybe Santaroga was the last outpost of American individualism. Maybe they were just a bunch of religious kooks..."
I wouldn't get too close to this. I am sure he already has an eye on you. Do not try to lisk this one!
A picturesque picture of trolly going somewhere.
A vehicles left on the train tracks. What was the driver thinking? (Hint: $$$$)
Screenshots from Lemony Shicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
I added a new label here: 'frogs and toads'. I hope to populate this with worth while specimans.
I have been very slow getting any type of project started, this month, and then to continue working with it. However, I recently started working on a new series named swamp shacks.
At one time this shack might have been constructed of one type of material, but over time parts of the shack were replaced with whatever was avialable adding to its shoddy appearence.
I used wood strips to create a interior framework so that I could model gaps between the mostly plywood sheets. This series of strucures is being built for an addtion to my narrow gauge Bath River railway.
After watching Lemony Shicket's "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" I had a lot of questions. This source helped to answer a few of my questions as it will for you.
A link to "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" was added on 10.18.24 @ 10:26 PM.
Recently I came upon these action figures at the Dollar Tree. They stand around 4.5 inches and are well detailed.
‘By angle-space transmission, any place in the universe is just around the corner from any other place.’
Haigh Company Employee Handbook
By the Book, The Worlds of Frank Herbert, 1971
Having recently viewed the hobbit trilogy, which included the Hobbit an Unexpected Journey, the Hobbit, the Desolation of Smaug, and the Hobbit the Battle of the Five Armies I was looking for more information about dragons and Smaug. This is a short treatsie on that topic.
Orcs are bred for war and have faces only a mother could love.
Screenshot from the Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
“Each problem should be approached in two stages:
1. Locate those areas which contribute most to the malfunction“There is no point in planning sophisticated research on a specific factor’s role unless that factor’s is known to be present.”
Haigh Company Employee Handbook
By the Book, The Worlds of Frank Herbert, 1971
