Houses
I'm looking to make a small 18th century European village out of a few resin models I've bought. These houses are all plaster walls (?) with exposed brick courses: do you know what I mean? They're a common type in Mittle Europa Anyone got some inspirational pictures I could look at? donald

Something like this any use ? http://www.romanticroad.com/rothenburg/sights.php

Bit too medieval, sorry. Pretty place though. donald

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/17thc/Versailles11.jpg ?

I'm such a pain. No, not rural but small town type houses. donald

I'm lucky this isn't Frothers: Gary & Duck would be telling me to go perform some impossible physical act by now. donald

Kinda like this. http://www.timecastmodels.co.uk/range_6/6_004.jpg donald

Do you need inspiration on colour Donald, or layout and ancillary items like yards, gardens, roads?

Are these any help? Most of the images are of painted examples of central/eastern German buildings. http://www.jrminiatures.net/15mmaustriabavaria.aspx http://www.jrminiatures.net/15mmprussia.aspx http://www.jrminiatures.net/15mmnapoleonic.aspx I think an old edition of Wargames Illustrated had a series of pics of an East Prussian village built by Herb Gundt of H G Walls, which was excellent for layout and ancillary items such as dung heaps, cow byres, etc. I'll see if I can find it.

I'll have a dig around when I get a chance. Are you looking for photos of real or model buildings? The buildings sound a bit like the old Scenic Effects range of buildings which covered some Napoleonic battlefields in Mittel Europe. Plaster or rendered walls were common, often coloured, using various shades, commonly an ochre. White paint was unusual until the 19th century, & limewash didn't last so wasn't often used. Colours would be fairly dull. Wood was usuall y left exposed & unpainted, in which case it usually weathered to a gray shade fairly quickly. Brickwork was often left exposed but occasionally got a coat of paint (probably depending upon how posh the owner was!). The roof could be slate or tile, depending upon local supplies. Occasionally stone flags were still being used. Roads would usually be mud or dust depending upon season. This is actually in Oz, but it was built by a Silesian immigrant in c1840 & is identical to many that you'll find in Europe.

This is the link to the Dutch Open Air Museum, at Arnhem. Move the magnifying glass acrioss the map, and click on any of the houses. http://www.openluchtmuseum.nl/index.php?pid=249

Well, thankyou everyone for bothering with such a befuddled request. Some good stuff already. As wierd as it sounds, it's easier to paint a model house looking at another model than at the real thing. I like the hint about ochre rendering. donald

And if you want to be impressed (or alternatively depressed) by just what is possible in modelling, possibly both my & Gungnirs favorite site: http://www.pendonmuseum.com/index.jsp

That one is fantastic indeed, the only problem is that it ruins the frail ego of a mere mortal like myself.

Mere amateurs, gentlemen. :isaidwhat: donald