BROKEN CRATE.

[eddiesolo]

This ended up a three day build, mainly due to my joint and muscle pain.

I decided to use up some of the coffee stirrers, lollipop sticks etc and decided to make a crate.

The intention, was to make a good, nice, looking crate to house some equipment-it went wrong due to my hands :angry: Sooooooooooo, what to do, after cursing and nearly chucking it in the bin, I went back to what I am used to...making stuff look battered and worn.

Lots of paint effects and weathering on this, that was a day worths right there. Came out okay though.

Another set piece for our 1/16 village, will probably sit next to one of the barns.

The figure is 1/16 and I repainted it, it may sit on the crate in the future...not sure yet.

[BattleshipBob]

Thats a lovely dio sir. Very nice

[minitnkr]

Excellent crate & gardening especially.

[eddiesolo]

Thats a lovely dio sir. Very nice

Thank you Bob, chuffed you like it mate.

Excellent crate & gardening especially.

Cheers Paul, thanks for looking and for enjoying the...well, rotted look :smiling3:

[Tim Marlow]

Nice work. That’ll go well with the flagpole!

[eddiesolo]

Nice work. That’ll go well with the flagpole!

Ta Tim. I had this simple idea to make a box...just a box...but, nah. Still, as you point out, will go with flagpole. Glad you like it mate.

[colin m]

.making stuff look battered and worn

This is indeed your forté . Brilliant work Si.

[papa 695]

Great work Si Really liking the moss and vegetation around the well constructed and weathered broken crate.

[JayCee]

Excellent !! Very well done and realistic. Looks to have been there for years.
John.

[eddiesolo]

This is indeed your forté . Brilliant work Si.

Cheers Colin, glad you like it.

Great work Si Really liking the moss and vegetation around the well constructed and weathered broken crate.

Ta Ian, do I do nice? I try...but when it goes wrong...make it ruined :smiling2: Chuffed you like it mate, means a lot.

[eddiesolo]

Excellent !! Very well done and realistic. Looks to have been there for years.
John.

Thank you John, really pleased you like it.

[Jim R]

Hi Si
That is great. Just shows that with skill a very simple scene can be effective.
Jim

[eddiesolo]

Hi Si
That is great. Just shows that with skill a very simple scene can be effective.
Jim

Thanks Jim, it turned out better than I thought, to be honest. I was so angry with myself for making the crate cuts slightly wrong...it was sooooooo close to been binned. I had a cuppa and then calmed down and thought stuff it, make knackered LOL.

[scottie3158]

Si,
Nicely done mate that has turned out well.

[eddiesolo]

Si,
Nicely done mate that has turned out well.

Thank you Paul, appreciate it. Pleased you like it mate.