The building framework was designed on Tinkercad and printed in PLA on a 3D filament printer. A separate set of roof trusses (not shown in the picture) were also printed and slot inside the two end gables.
The sides and ends were glued together using engineer's blacks to ensure squareness. Figure is a Knuckleduster miniatures storekeeper.
Skipped a few steps to get to here but the balsa sides were made of 1mm think balsa sheets with plank lines drawn on using a soft lead pencil. The distance between the lines is 5mm. All the wood was stained before assembly to ensure the wood glue doesn't stop the wood from taking the stain.
The balsa was fixed to the frame using PVA glue and the window and door openings were cut out once the glue had dried. The frame is used as a template so cutting the openings is relatively easy. The door and windows are 3D printed.
The roof is art board cut to shape and PVA'd to the 3D printed former. The surface was painted with dark brown craft paint to stop the board showing through the tiles at a later stage. Strip balsa was then added around the edges as eaves before the addition of tiles.
Tiles were added using strips of laser cut shingles from Oshiro Model Terrain which were then dry brushed using various shades of brown. I'm avoiding using to much grey on the wood as most of the buildings in BLF represent new buildings only a few years old.
The door was hinged using two small strips of linen that were glued to the frame and door edge.
The door can be now be opened and closed which is useful in skirmish games
Signage was made in Adobe Fireworks and printed on photo paper. Door frame and window sills added using 1mm square balsa. The whole building was given a dry brush with a light sand colour to emphasise the edges and individual tiles were stained with inks and thinned acrylic to give the roof some interest.
Finished Lumber Yard Office (although it still needs a door handle)
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