Two tent structures

 Looking at my pioneer settlement Coffey Gulch so far, I figured it to be a bit short of normal small modest housing, so I decided to round things off with two more dwellings, wooden frame but still with canvas only, no wooden walls or roofs yet.

The basic frames were quite simple.

Roof beams done.

For canvas I used regular printing paper again, not treated in any way.

Acrylic paint in a discoloured look.

Dirty wash with diluted brown acrylic, and done.

Wild West beer tent

 Originally, I had intended the second tent roofed building to be a beer tent, a pop-up saloon, if you'd want to call it that. However, the more I worked on it, the more I figured it to be too small for that purpose - so I added a better sized one.

Quite unsurprising, I started with the floor.

The walls were added.

Roof beams in place.

Instead of tissue paper like I used on previous buildings, I went with regular printer paper.

Like with the tissue, I gave the roof a wash with diluted PVA glue, but it made so little difference I'll skip that step next time.

Dirty acrylic paint applied for that lived-in look.

Brown diluted acrylic paint wash as weathering. A beer sign, and I called it done.

Wild West supplies store

Coffey Gulch, my Wild West pioneer settlement, needed a store.

Wild West pioneer buildings often went through three stages: tent, fake fronted tent, and completely wooden structure. For this project I went with the middle stage.

I have a supply of rough cut 3,5mm wooden "beams," ideally suited for model buildings.

The floor is made out of coffee stirrers.

The front wall is styreen, with matchstick window and door frames. 

The completed basic structure.

Finding the right slapped on paint look took some trying.

The "Supplies" store sign was printed with Word, and glued on styrene.

The floor was dirtied whuile I could still get to it.

A styrene edge made the sign more realistic.

More attempts to get the front colours right.

The roof was covered with (unused) tissue.

I gave the tissue canvas a wash with diluted white wood glue to both strengthen it and give it a more worn look.

Roof painted with broken white acrylic paint.

A final wash with diluted brown acrylic.

Simple materials, simple sketch, but I ended up with a nice addition to my wargames table.

Tent roofed building B

 The second tent roofed building for either the newcomers section of Coffeyville, my still under construction Western town, or the pioneer settlement Coffey Gulch.

This one is identical to model A, only this one is a bit more comfortable with a wooden floor.

Here the floor and the side frames have been done.

Next, the end frames were done.

The whole put together, with plank cladding added.

Even though it would be smart to dirty the floor before the canvas was added, I still did so.

Tissue canvas, given a bit more strength by treating it with diluted white wood glue. 

The acrylic paint for the canvas was giving a bit of a tint, so it wouldn't be too white.

A bit of weathering, and done.

Resistance encampment

 An overview pic of the completed resistance encampment.

As stated elsewhere, this project was mainly conjecture - this is what I feel a partisan encampment could have looked like, and in my opinion it looks the part.

From left to right: HQ, shelter and ammo bunker.

Please check the individual posts for details of the structures.

Resistance HQ

 After building the first resistance shelter, I went on to do a second one, which I dubbed the HQ.

The construction went as usual: styrene on dead CD - yes, still got a pile of those - clad with coffee stirrers, which I do buy wholesale.

Chalk paint as a primer works in my opinion best with acrylic washes.

Floor dirtied.

Landscaping done. My usual mix of sand and diluted white wood glue, which dries rock hard.

Brown wash with diluted acrylic paint.

The "landschaping" painted.

(Clean) tissue canvas roof.

Canvas roof painted and camouflaged.

Again, an easy but functional wargames building, and a rather unique one.

Resistance hide-out

 I've painted quite a few partisans to be used for the Eastern Front, and I figured they needed somewhere to live.

Details of partisan encampments are sketchy to say the least, so I had to improvise. 

I decided to do a semi-dug in structure with a canvas roof, purely because it's something I would and could have built under the same circumstances.

I also decided to make it CD-based, since after all it wasn't just a building but also a bit of terrain.

I started off with a building method I feel comfortable with: styrene, clad with coffee stirrer planks. The roof beams thought they were going to be barbeque skewers.

Primed with chalk paint. The terrain built up with a mix of dried sand and diluted white wood glue, which gives in a rock hard result. 

Wash with diluted acrylic paint. Floor muddied.

The canvas roof originally was a tissue - a clean one, I must stress.

Canvas painted and given an improvised camo pattern.

Almost all the comforts of home deep in the forest.