The Pertwee Farm Revisited

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My third ever bash at a scratchbuild for 25mm was the Pertwee Farmhouse: LINKY

The farm proper has a number of actual buildings, but I tackled the main house first, now is the turn of the barn.

Not much to say about it, some WIP shots are HERE.

As seems to always be the case, during construction I did wonder if it was too small, but upon placing the shell next to the actual farmhouse itself I was assured it was just fine.

However one of the walls seemed very low, so I turned to Merijn of Another Wargaming Blog to ask for his thoughts as he has done the barn and many many more himself. 

His measurements backed up my own, so ahead I steamed.

The astute may notice that my take on it does not have the brick cornered walls.
I thought it looked off given that the main farmhouse does not have them, so I opted to keep the barn the same sort of build as the house.


Here it is:












As a thanks to Merijn he has his own little poster on the side of the barn:







Next up are the rest of the farmers themself...









Comments

  1. Suber13 November 2025 at 00:02

    I simply love it, the whole building looks so natural! It's awesome down to every detail --the sign made me laugh!!

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    1. Mike13 November 2025 at 08:04

      Thank you for the comment.

      I am particularly pleased with the home made things such as the bread, candle and water butt.
      I did make a wheelbarrow but it was too big to fit in the space I had allowed.
      So that is a bonus bit of portable set dressing.

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  2. Old Hob14 November 2025 at 09:24

    Hi Mike. As I said over on the Forum, I'm loving these scratch built buildings. They're so evocative.
    RE: brick cornered walls. "Heiligsheld is a village of mostly woodsmen, trappers, sheep farmers, and hunters." So, no local brickworks then? So, they're not going to have bricks unless the Pertwee's happen to have easily accessible brick clay on their land and make them themselves. And even then, they live next to the woods, so a timber frame would be far easier. All of which is a longwinded way of saying that looks spot on mate. Great stuff.

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    1. Mike14 November 2025 at 09:29

      Thanks!!

      I think I mis-typed, the corners actually look like stones, which of course would be very much a different matter.
      But either way, as you agree, it looks better this way I think.

      :)

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    2. Old Hob14 November 2025 at 13:42

      Stone! Don't even get me started on stone! ;)

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  3. FreeXerjin24 November 2025 at 19:19

    Hello Mike this is great, I don’t know how to say this but it look quaint….rustic…and like a country barn. But I think that’s what you wanted right?

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