Two Small Medieval Town Homes (or Farmhouses)

    Two more 3-d printed medieval buildings from RRB Minis & More -- these are smaller homes

My latest purchases of 3-D printed buildings for my medieval town from Rich Brown of RRB Minis & More were technically Farmhouses. I felt they could easily work as smaller homes for a more urban setting, though. I slated both of them to be my next additions to my medieval town -- hoping they would paint up significantly faster than the 3+ story buildings that I've been doing in the past.

    Like many of my others, this farmhouse building is from the 'Ferisia' line carried by RRB

One of the two is from the Ferisia line that many of my other buildings are from, while the other is an earlier work of Dadi Dungeon & Dintorni, who created that line. It is called Stormhill City Farmer House. Actually, it was a gift from Rich as thanks for all the exposure my posts here on Lead Legionaries have given him. What better way to accept somebody's generosity than to use the gift they gave you right away? So, on a particularly nice, sunny -- but not humid day -- I spray primed both of them up. Each is two piece -- a roof and bottom level. I did my usual follow up with a 50/50 mix of black acrylic paint and water.

    This photo gives a good look at the thatch roof on this building and its rear

I thought about doing one of them in a different color stone than gray, but in the end, opted for standard gray stonework. There is already so much exposed wood on these buildings that going with a brown tone could be a bit confusing. I remember taking part in a discussion on the Lead Adventure Forum recently about how wood isn't really brown and all stone isn't gray. However, if you paint your wood terrain and scatter gray and your stone ones brown, I feel that you're working against people's expectations. People expect to see wood being brown and stone gray, so your terrain will look "right" in your eyes if you paint it in the stereotyped colors. That's my sentiments, at least!

    The interior of the Ferisia building with its nice wooden floors and wooden beams

Once again, I began with the interiors for the lower level of the farmhouses and the roof of the upper levels. The Stormhill City Farmhouse had a wood tiled roof while the Ferisia Small Farmhouse had thatch. For the interiors, I did a very dark gray wetbrush over the black, followed by medium then light gray highlighting. Next came the woodwork and I painted the beams dark brown first. I followed that up with my usual "wrong" (ha, ha!) recipe of medium brown and khaki dry brushing. I did the window frames in a painted color (highlighted in a lighter tone). I chose blue for the Stormhill City Farmhouse and green for the Ferisia one. I applied the color as a dry brush to the window frames so that they looked like paint had chipped and worn away.

    This farmhouse is from an older line called 'Stormhill City' -- Rich gave it to me as a gift! So kind!!

Meanwhile, I was working on the roofs at the same time. The thatched roof got a medium brown wet brush, dun yellow highlight, and final light gray dry brush. There! I painted some vegetation with a grayish tone...happy?  For the wood tile roof, I decided these would have been painted by the home owner. I liked how the roof of the "Cottage" I purchased from the Misty Hollow line came out, so did it in a relatively similar fashion. Instead of faded green, though, I went for faded blue. It still received the medium brown wet brush and Khaki highlight, I just finished out each tile with a dab of faded blue. The exposed beams were painted next, in exactly the same fashion as the interiors were. Weirdly, I decided to do the small stonework that was showing on the roof sections after the wood beams. Why? I figured they were small enough that the chances of splash over on my highlighting were minimal.

    The rear of the farmhouse with a nice look at its faded, wooden blue tiles

With the roofs done and the interiors completed, it was on to the exteriors. I pretty much followed up with the same recipe for stone and wood on the outsides. I did brighten up the stonework a bit, figuring more light would be playing over its surface than reached the interior through its windows. Otherwise, everything was pretty much the same. I discovered that two small buildings do take significantly less time than the three and four story monstrosities I've been painting up to this point. Once I got started on the, they really took relatively little time to complete. 

    I love the fancy wooden floor with slats going alternating directions -- lots of wood beams, too!

I decided that the buildings did need a black wash over them -- especially the thatched roof. I always worry that I'm going to lose the highlighting I did and give them too much of a gray look when I apply an overall black wash. Hopefully, folks don't think they turned out too dark! So, what else is on my painting desk? Well, I did decide to be a rules lawyer and combine my next two batches of miniatures. I am painting up there Elven wizards from figures bought this year and three ordinary human wizards from the Frostgrave Wizards set I bought last year. They're coming along very nicely and won't take too many more sessions to complete. What's next for terrain? Well, I have a 3-D printed Huey helicopter from my friend Ted B that I've started. It has the base color done and dry brushed. Now, I need to do all the finicky details. Look for those works in progress to be finished next week at the very earliest. I am attending Origins Game Fair this Wednesday through Saturday, so won't be doing any painting during that time.

Last look at the 2 newest additions to my growing medieval town

MINIATURES Acquired vs. Painted Tally for 2026

• Miniatures acquired in 2026: 179
  
• Miniatures painted in 2026: 125

TERRAIN Acquired vs. Painted Tally for 2026

• Terrain acquired in 2026: 12
  
• Terrain painted in 2026: 28

SCATTER Acquired vs. Painted Tally for 2026

• Scatter acquired in 2026: 21
  
• Scatter painted in 2026: 59