The lone shacks - Fogou Models

I've recently spent a lot of time on scenery from all sources and although it has made progression on models a bit more complicated it's starting to pay off. I have a convention planned in half a year and I would really want to be able to fill a fancy table so there's no other way to achieve this than to roll my sleeves up and get dirty !
I have many projects of scenery on the go but the first I've finished were those lone shacks from Fogou Models.

I had seen some painted by my beloved Axiom during last BOYL and I was very impressed by the quality of the castings and fancy details. I got some of the shanties and one of the adobe buildings but Axiom has done such a great job on those I have to come up with a plan to make my own thing with it.
For the shacks and shanties, I knew exactly what I wanted them to look like. If you know me a bit, the answer will be obvious : Fallout.
Those buildings are just perfect for the junktown look I like.

You can see I've used slightly more coloured panels to bring a bit more life but I have used colours that you'd be likely to find in the game.

First building is the Backhouse. I love the little details like the power supply and left over tiles on the outside. There's also many different textures that make the painting progress very enjoyable.

A very good point about these buildings is that they're fully detailed inside too which for those like my friends and myself who like narrative driven games can be very useful and convenient (like hiding objectives before the game or that sort of stuff).

Just for more conviniency, I've glued some mdf blocks so that the roof pieces fit nicely and don't fall from the main frame during the game when careless players like myself have their sleeve passing by.

The second building is the Razorback shack, pretty much in the same vein as the first one with concrete blocks in one corner. The level of detail is just as good as (or even superior to) what you'd expect from miniatures so you really want to make the best of it.

Last one was Gublob's shanty, a smaller one with a different interior and a bit more wood panels (it really reminded me of the story about the wolf and 3 little pigs).  

  

I'm delighted with these buildings and although they took me a bit more time than anticipated, they were very easy to paint because of the details helping me. The resin is extra crisp and the cast are ready to use as is (after the soap and brush session of course) without sanding or tiresome operations of the kind. The special resin takes paint remarkably well, no hydrophobia or anything. I'm eager to do the other ones now !

Coming soon, some more terrain but of a way more different kind !