How to Make a Viking Longhouse

In this video, Keith teaches you how to build your own Viking longhouse in 28mm scale using basic craft materials. The techniques in this tutorial are beginner-friendly and can also be used to model other Dark Ages buildings.

[OldWorldLad]

Great tutorial. Made a decent version of this to introduce my eldest son (6) to Ravenfeast.

Also, toothpicks and lolly pop sticks are a great substitute for balsa wood.

[Caradepato]

little hobby tip : Where I live it is very hard to find foam core, but there is an excess of cork sheet - this works really well as a substitute.

[tabletopgeneralsde]

Good looking house, thanks for taking the time to show how you made that.

[wesdyer]

Great tutorial. Clear, concise, compelling. I always wonder who that person is that downvotes videos like this. Maybe they are having a grumpy day? What's not to like about high quality tutorials.

[jimreid]

Awesome tutorial, thank you for sharing.

[oldschoolfrp]

Thanks for continuing to support the RF project and putting together a set of resources for those new to wargaming or to this period

[Rxxo]

Working on one now! Just got to the painting phase. Lots of fun and looking great.

[stevew]

nice work, good to see wargame basics in a build that gets straight to the point.

[davidmarkley]

Before the watered down glue dries, take an old comb and make downward strokes from the roof ridge. This caused the fur to look more like thatch.

[StormofSteelWargaming]

Great tutorial, I'll be trying out the roof technique for some houses I have for Malaya.

[Katy-sbdr]

This one of yours is pretty cool, I have a viking longhouse moc and it's pretty cool too.

[Tdcfc_]

Thank you for the tutorial we made the long house 👍

[chuckleloaf]

Great little tutorial. You should go into teaching, Keith!

[MisterKisk]

In the current world of Covid, my friends and I can't really gather together to game. Is it possible to use Ravenfeast with say something like Roll20? If so, would you happen to have any suggestions to resources for making Viking age battle maps?

[StacyMelliott]

The measurements are off. If the house is 5 inches wide and 4 inches tall (which they don't state) there is no roof slant can be 3.5 inches. when I CAD it out the slant is more like 4.5 inches.

Does anyone have good measurements?

[michaelmanning]

Ironically, the painted Teddy Bear fur ended up almost the same colour as the original.

A great simple build. I'm going to give it a try.

[deepyamandas]

1 thing
The Roman campaign(i am excited to see it as i am not a patron)
But i have a thought, a campaign on the french or swedish phases of thirty years war in central europe woth france and sweden against habsburgs would be great(still just an idea)

[AzraelThanatos]

I'd suggest one modification, make a full roof beam, skipping the smoke hole. It makes it easier for the sides to be thatched properly and adds more interest to the entire piece

[watchfulistudio]

Great video. I made Rohan houses very similar to this but I cut the teddy bear fur in strips and overlapped them on the roof to give it a little more depth and the look as if the builders applied it in layers. I am working on some tutorials for asian themed buildings since thats where my miniature ranges hail from so hopefully I will get those posted on my channel in the near future. If you are interested in seeing some ancient Asian or Chinese scenery builds let me know. This video motivated me to do some scenery. Great job and thats the point I guess. :) Watchful I Studio

[Scott-Plays-o]

For bit of durability, use pins at the corners prior to glue.