tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post4664355955442226333..comments2024-03-15T02:55:43.872+00:00Comments on Roundwood's World: Who would live in a (Sub-Roman) Villa like this?Sidney Roundwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440705981976797774noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-6505972546444745762013-10-05T09:31:49.713+01:002013-10-05T09:31:49.713+01:00Just spotted this Sidney (sorry), very, very impre...Just spotted this Sidney (sorry), very, very impressive work!Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06230149195753516430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-53389742586812047232012-10-26T07:50:17.867+01:002012-10-26T07:50:17.867+01:00Thanks Mitch....although I'm not sure about th...Thanks Mitch....although I'm not sure about that! Those are some super figures on your (old) site. There's more dark age terrain coming soon-ish.....from north of the Wall!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-52126468483350135922012-10-26T07:48:12.528+01:002012-10-26T07:48:12.528+01:00Thanks Mervyn. It's one of my better photos!Thanks Mervyn. It's one of my better photos!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-29595767635200300392012-10-25T22:36:29.451+01:002012-10-25T22:36:29.451+01:00This is lovely work! Puts mine in the shade. Pleas...This is lovely work! Puts mine in the shade. Please do some more!Mitch Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12350383975066929417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-89099201721635310622012-04-30T19:23:30.291+01:002012-04-30T19:23:30.291+01:00Well done Sidney...great stuff. And have to say yo...Well done Sidney...great stuff. And have to say you look very relaxed, lying there eating your grapes!Mervynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-79301585491070325462012-04-30T10:14:55.480+01:002012-04-30T10:14:55.480+01:00Thanks again, everyone. I really appreciate you t...Thanks again, everyone. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment:<br /><br />@Phil: Thank you very much, Phil.<br /><br />@Silver Whistle: That it too kind, Silver! I did think of just trying to glue the foamboard walls, but in the past I've found that pinning them (and leaving the pins in place) really adds to the strength of th model. Which is very helpful when you're dragging them around wargame shows, or to the club every week. The "No More Nails" is a great impact adhesive. There's also nothing to stop you combining the initial gluing using "No More Nails" and then a top coat of PVA glue for a really strong bond.<br /><br />@Remco: Thanks very much!<br /><br />@Anibal: Thanks Benito. I shall certainly do my best with the looting!<br /><br />@Christopher: That's very kind - and coming from you that is a great compliment. But, in the end, it's all about practice, as you'll know, and finding the time to do it. Cheers anyway!<br /><br />@Secundus: Thank you very much! It is really great to see something, research it and build it. Somehow terrain building can be more rewarding than painting minis - something about making your miniature world come to life!<br /><br />@Lead Legion: Thanks! Have a go. It really wasn't complicated. I'd love to see how you get on. Good luck!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-55342544348216308482012-04-30T00:33:15.239+01:002012-04-30T00:33:15.239+01:00Absolutely mind-blowing peice of scenery. Thank yo...Absolutely mind-blowing peice of scenery. Thank you VERY much for the step by step walkthrough. I might have a go at this myself.Lead Legionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12700198528204457272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-66021388565515122342012-04-29T18:03:19.250+01:002012-04-29T18:03:19.250+01:00Bloody beautiful! A lot of hard work and research ...Bloody beautiful! A lot of hard work and research gone into this and it shows it, a lovely thoughtout model. I made something simalar a few years ago and loved every minute of it. I makes a nice change from painting mini's sometimes.Secundushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03315796155081335530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-81874900385413487202012-04-29T15:24:09.209+01:002012-04-29T15:24:09.209+01:00Not only are you a superb painter, but your just a...Not only are you a superb painter, but your just as good at terrain building, plus giving tutorials and......<br />Wonderful!<br /><br />ChristopherChristopher(aka Axebreaker)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13205928451375232865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-60755960619383388962012-04-29T14:41:38.773+01:002012-04-29T14:41:38.773+01:00Excellent walk through, I wish you a happy sacking...Excellent walk through, I wish you a happy sacking and prosperous new loot.<br /> :-)Anibal Invictushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574972963418062956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-18683291537726549092012-04-29T13:11:28.009+01:002012-04-29T13:11:28.009+01:00Man this is a awesome job, my compliments on the r...Man this is a awesome job, my compliments on the result!Remcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855144575094464505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-32195918645049780452012-04-29T11:15:25.440+01:002012-04-29T11:15:25.440+01:00Thanks Sidney for an excellent walk through on bui...Thanks Sidney for an excellent walk through on building this superb villa. The quality is not just in how it looks but you have gone that little bit further in making it really strong as well. Where I would have just glued the walls together with PVA you used 'no nails' and also pinned them together.<br />Made to last, just like a real Roman building.Silver Whistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621423467123295954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-12190572200716507862012-04-29T11:11:06.321+01:002012-04-29T11:11:06.321+01:00A really nice looking building, great work!A really nice looking building, great work!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-91304240517487744492012-04-29T11:10:41.029+01:002012-04-29T11:10:41.029+01:00Hey Matt - great minds think alike, right? The str...Hey Matt - great minds think alike, right? The strange thing was, when I first thought of building a Roman villa and I looked online, I was surprised that they were double-storied. I mentioned this to my good friend Rich Clarke who said something along the lines of "No you muppet, there's a difference between a Roman villa of the fifth century AD and a villa in Tenerife"!! So, like you, I followed the online illustrations!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-25780949624934298102012-04-29T11:07:45.880+01:002012-04-29T11:07:45.880+01:00Thank you! I am really looking forward to seeing ...Thank you! I am really looking forward to seeing your WWI building. It sounds great. And on the time spent - you know, Rodger...I think my 16 hours was 16 hours of modelling. If I add in all the time I spent faffing about and shilly-shallying around trying to find the right paint or the sandpaper, it'll probably have been longer!!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-70430048524018562982012-04-29T11:03:57.647+01:002012-04-29T11:03:57.647+01:00Sidney,
That looks superb! Funnily enough it'...Sidney,<br /><br />That looks superb! Funnily enough it's almost exactly how I plan to build one of my own - probably because I'd copied it from a similar drawing of a historical building.<br /><br />Good step by step post too.<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />MattMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095250467469356503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-55029657432840019552012-04-29T10:47:58.098+01:002012-04-29T10:47:58.098+01:00Fantastic Sidney. Just finished making a WW1 ruine...Fantastic Sidney. Just finished making a WW1 ruined building myself, a lot more work than I originally thought!I think mine took more than 16 hours though.Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447816347472085277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-54618656366195507332012-04-29T10:14:48.612+01:002012-04-29T10:14:48.612+01:00Thanks everyone.
@Captain Richard and Scotty - th...Thanks everyone.<br /><br />@Captain Richard and Scotty - thanks guys! Expect to see burning torches surrounding it in a play-test very soon!<br /><br />@Michael Awdry - thanks Michael! Yes, I was determined to fit this into a cabinet to keep it out of the way of the children. They kept calling it "their farm" as I was building it. I had visions of them filling it with Lego Harry Potter figures the second my back was turned!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-44043308742257807902012-04-29T10:11:15.868+01:002012-04-29T10:11:15.868+01:00Thanks Phil. Yes, all ready for looting. As for ...Thanks Phil. Yes, all ready for looting. As for copying ... oh crikey, nouveau riche Saxons - now there's a leadership type we need to include in the rules!!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-60435516335997822832012-04-29T10:08:32.375+01:002012-04-29T10:08:32.375+01:00Thanks Kinsleypark. I really should keep better tr...Thanks Kinsleypark. I really should keep better track of time for these things! I built it over four weekends, probably doing about 3 to 4 hours each weekend. So, I'd say about 12 to 16 hours altogether. But that's a rough estimate - might have been a it more or a bit less (by an hour or so).Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-85681213835647343162012-04-29T10:00:43.419+01:002012-04-29T10:00:43.419+01:00What a cracking build Sidney and I love the idea t...What a cracking build Sidney and I love the idea that it fits perfectly into the display cabinet! I shall be looking out for it in future posts.Michael Awdryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049982879661559305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-90352960817786049442012-04-29T07:01:16.311+01:002012-04-29T07:01:16.311+01:00Great looking building. Enough to tempt any Saxon ...Great looking building. Enough to tempt any Saxon warlordNeil Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05796937765907984193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-24936235271620932732012-04-29T06:15:47.099+01:002012-04-29T06:15:47.099+01:00Fabulous stuff Sidney! Dare I ask how long it took...Fabulous stuff Sidney! Dare I ask how long it took you to build it?kingsleyparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161045327971275146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-77796692890128955612012-04-29T02:38:44.314+01:002012-04-29T02:38:44.314+01:00Nice work, SidneyNice work, SidneyCaptain Richard's miniature Civil Warhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149386738466118837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-26918298702288646432012-04-29T01:27:20.661+01:002012-04-29T01:27:20.661+01:00Thats a splendid piece, any Saxon worth his salt w...Thats a splendid piece, any Saxon worth his salt would be proud to sack it (or copy it even ;-))Phil Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951076081660516802noreply@blogger.com