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Title: Start of a town for skirmishing
Post by: McYellowbelly on 28 April 2025, 07:38:04 PM
Few buildings on board, more to follow
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Post by: TileaG on 28 April 2025, 07:46:47 PM
Wow very nice!
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Post by: voltan on 28 April 2025, 07:47:41 PM
Looking good already, that first setup seems ready for a market to spring up and get in the combatants way.
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Post by: Storm Wolf on 28 April 2025, 07:51:36 PM
Simply  :o :-* :D
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Post by: Elk101 on 28 April 2025, 08:06:36 PM
That's looking really good.
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Post by: Frugalmax on 28 April 2025, 08:09:48 PM
Beautiful! Each one of those pieces would look great on its own, but what really adds to the overall feel of the place is the cohesion between the pieces in terms of color, painting style, design, etc.

I may have written this in a different thread at one point or another, but when I was a kid I'd imagine how great it would be to have a town or city to have games in- well, 30+ years later I've accumulated plenty of buildings (probably around 20), but it's more like a patchwork quilt than a bunch of buildings that look like they actually go together. I'm not complaining- it's still a lot of fun and I'm happy with what I've got, but there's just something extra cool about seeing pieces that really go together well like that! Keep up the good work!
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Post by: snitcythedog on 28 April 2025, 11:02:04 PM
Very nice setting.  Can't wait to see it fully populated. 
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Post by: ced1106 on 29 April 2025, 12:04:35 AM
Nice -- the buildings can be moved around?

What drives me nuts is setting up a good looking board than finding out that either it's no good for a fight, or that all the fighting happens in one small area!

"Playtest" a game or so as you go. Town looks good enough for a game!
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Post by: tomrommel1 on 29 April 2025, 08:51:14 AM
very nice buildings, scratchbuild?
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Post by: McYellowbelly on 29 April 2025, 09:16:02 AM
very nice buildings, scratchbuild?
All scratchbuilt, theres an inn part built too:
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=144958.msg1851916#msg1851916

Planning a toll bridge and a building to span the canal on the board which is for loading barges/ships with grain etc
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Post by: McYellowbelly on 29 April 2025, 09:26:04 AM
Cheers all.
I hope to have a busy but useable board by the end of it, with lots of scenery/clutter(bags,barrels,carts,stalls)
My initial thoughts for the game are an 'Empire/town militia vs chaos types' using Westfalia and Eureka for the chaos and old GW/Wargames Atlantic/Frostgrave for the humans.
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Post by: Ragnar on 29 April 2025, 10:13:01 AM
Beautiful stuff, McYellowbelly
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Post by: blacksoilbill on 29 April 2025, 11:07:03 AM
Yes, that's not a bad start!
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Post by: lilljonas on 29 April 2025, 12:40:28 PM
Very cool start!
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Post by: mikedemana on 29 April 2025, 07:14:58 PM
I've always wanted to do a waterfront like that. It's the logistics of how to raise the buildings (and the rest of the board) above water level that gets me. I want my buildings to be individually based and usable for a variety of games...  ??? ???

Mike Demana
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Post by: SgtSlag on 01 May 2025, 04:58:26 PM
I've always wanted to do a waterfront like that. It's the logistics of how to raise the buildings (and the rest of the board) above water level that gets me. I want my buildings to be individually based and usable for a variety of games...  ??? ???

Mike Demana

One thing to consider, might be PDF buildings, traditionally made with card stock, but I print them on regular paper, which I glue to 2mm thick chipboard.  They require a little out-of-the-box thinking to build but they are not difficult to assemble (https://photos.app.goo.gl/6T36vW4VtDKtKLpt6).  Best thing about my chipboard buildings?  No painting required, other than blackening the cut edges.  For edging chipboard buildings, a black, brush tipped, acrylic paint pen is your best friend.

I use MDF cut to size and shape, to base my buildings, when/if necessary:  round cardboard tube Tower (https://photos.app.goo.gl/rQo77ntb4S6W9obo6); Marx toy wooden fort (https://photos.app.goo.gl/ye6iNp14ZWjnXy9L8), converted to fantasy 28mm game terrain; chipboard Siege Tower project (https://photos.app.goo.gl/mituMAsQkUF1irUs7).  Cheers!
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Post by: AKULA on 09 May 2025, 08:16:23 AM
Great work on those buildings  :-* :-* :-*
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Post by: McYellowbelly on 09 May 2025, 09:11:26 AM
Work progressing on the inn, plus ambitious(for me) plans for a row of shops/houses.
Started collecting 'clutter' for the wharf and shops.
plans after are for a toll bridge and over water granary type thing
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Post by: Captain Blood on 09 May 2025, 10:05:32 AM
Absolutely top notch  :-*  Really well done. Love it :)
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Post by: Digits on 09 May 2025, 10:14:11 AM
This is very fine work…inspiring me no end!
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Post by: Daeothar on 09 May 2025, 10:17:40 AM
Absolutely lovely. Like you I've had this ambition for years to be able to put an entire town onto the table. I even have a very good mental picture of how it should look, but so far, I've never even made a start.

To see somebody actually do it is hugely inspirational, especially to such a wonderful standard :-*

Please keep us updated!