Archive for the 'J. Tools – Sketchup' Category

Scenery Props – Cobbled Streets & Muddy Roads

When I started constructing this set, my terrain was a plain flat grass covered field. When I began adding houses, it looked a bit unnatural to have nice undamaged grass streets, so I decided some detailing needed to be added. I considered purchasing some cobbled streets and may still do so for some sets. The ready made ones […]

Making Props – A tricorn hat

Clearly I am going to need a lot of costume items for both the smugglers and for the excisemen. While I will try to find as many as possible in among the iClone marketplace freebies, I will also have to construct some. I figure one way of helping to differentiate the smugglers from the excise […]

Rebuilding St. Mary’s Reculver

As mentioned in an earlier post, my first attempt to build Reculver was done entirely in iClone2 and did not take into account that in the early 18th century (early 1700s) that St. Mary’s would have been a complete church not just a couple of towers. I did some internet research and found a small […]