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Title: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project* UPDATE * 03 July 2010
Post by: Pappa Midnight on 06 June 2010, 04:07:30 PM: I started re-working some card buildings I have been doing for my VSF stuff earlier in the year.
I began in March but was set back when my beloved bulldog Boswell died. I get people saying "he was only a dog" but he was my best mate for 11 years.
Anyhow I had a re-think of what I was trying to achieve and so have gone for a modular sytem with basic building designs which can be "re-skinned" to represent different parts of town.I will be doing different signs, window designs and building materials with historical(ish) and steampunk variations all as printable files.
As the designs are done by hand ( rather than computer) the first build had a couple of errors-
The roof was 8mm to short and the chimney needs to be thicker.
Here's a quick couple of pics of a first build aswell as a rather rough design sketch.

(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c334/pappa_midnight/Firrstbuild2.jpg)
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c334/pappa_midnight/Firrstbuild1.jpg)

(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c334/pappa_midnight/Sketchplan.jpg)

Regards
PM
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Bobble on 06 June 2010, 05:08:25 PM: Looks bloomin' excellent so far!!!!!
Can't wait to see more!
Sorry for your loss

Steve
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Sterling Moose on 06 June 2010, 09:10:32 PM: I hate people with an excess of talent :-[
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: M Blakey on 06 June 2010, 09:12:39 PM: i wish i had the patience to build something as nice as that. i can tell this is a very promising wip
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Chairface on 06 June 2010, 09:18:44 PM: Quote from: Sterling Moose on 06 June 2010, 09:10:32 PM
I hate people with an excess of talent :-[

Truer works have never been spoken.... ;) Or written....
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Thunderchicken on 07 June 2010, 09:34:01 AM: Yep, you've got it PM! Lovely stuff. You'll probably build yours a hell of a lot quicker than me!
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Rabbitz on 07 June 2010, 10:01:48 AM: Looks awesome, how are you going to do the windows and doors?
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Skrapwelder on 07 June 2010, 03:09:42 PM: Excellent concepts. Simple and elegant. Very inspiring.

Alfrik found a copy of this book in a thrift store and has been kind enough to loan it to me. There's some very helpful stuff in it.

http://www.amazon.com/Prospects-England-Thousand-Through-English/dp/1555842399 (http://www.amazon.com/Prospects-England-Thousand-Through-English/dp/1555842399)
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Johnno on 07 June 2010, 04:16:41 PM: Nice work. Can't wait to see more.
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Modhail on 07 June 2010, 05:20:45 PM: This looks very promising!

I can't wait to see where this goes, it's right up my alley! ;) (I'll get my coat...)
I like your idea of multiple skins.
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Admiral Benbow on 07 June 2010, 06:09:53 PM: Nice concept so far; looking forward where this is going to ...
;D
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: lasgunpacker on 10 June 2010, 12:58:03 AM: Very nice work so far.

And remember, errors in construction are not necessarily bad, they can make a building seem more "real" to the eye.
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Hawkeye on 12 June 2010, 12:00:17 AM: Looks great - I remember the building you did in your zombie hunters thread, and I've been looking forward to more of them since then!

Sorry to hear about Boswell. My golden retriever (who's lying beside my chair as I type this), is nine years old, and she's got some white in her muzzle, and I hate the idea that I'm going to lose her one day. She flew from Ireland to America to be with us when my wife and I moved to the US, and I wouldn't have had it any other way.
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Malamute on 12 June 2010, 03:35:09 PM: Arhh, Latenight, there you are. These buildings look marvellous, can't wait to see them develop. ;D
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: fastolfrus on 12 June 2010, 04:15:08 PM: Lovely looking building.
Are you going to let any of us mere mortals have PDFs later ?

Shame about Boswell- we lost our house rabbit (the character on our avatar) a few months back and occasionally still hear the thump of running feet.
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Svennn on 12 June 2010, 04:38:46 PM: Looks excellant and I know it is going to evolve into another piece of PM awesomeness but I cant help thinking it looks like part of a Paddington set at the mo'. :)
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Sterling Moose on 12 June 2010, 08:27:15 PM: Quote
it looks like part of a Paddington set at the mo'
lol lol lol lol

That was my first thought!!
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Pappa Midnight on 03 July 2010, 11:33:16 PM: Just completed the prototype for a corner building ( pub??).
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c334/pappa_midnight/secondbuild1.jpg)
As you do stuff like this you start find out little things which can save hassle in the future..... remember to take into account the thickness of the card you are using when you are measuring!!! The roof of the pub was a nightmare!!!!
Anyhow, I will be looking at doing a few more buildings and then I'll start rendering the surface details.

Regards
PM
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project* UPDATE * 03 July 2010
Post by: Captain Blood on 04 July 2010, 09:27:15 AM: Wow! That's an impressive looking construction :)
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project
Post by: Thunderchicken on 04 July 2010, 10:52:48 PM: Quote from: Pappa Midnight on 03 July 2010, 11:33:16 PM
As you do stuff like this you start find out little things which can save hassle in the future..... remember to take into account the thickness of the card you are using when you are measuring!!!

I'll second that! You've been fastidious with the measurements; cut all the bits out with uber precision; put it all together and it doesn't fit! Foam board in my case and forgot about the 5mm thickness bit ::).

Great work PM, keep it coming.
Title: Re: Restarted my Victorian Buildings Project* UPDATE * 03 July 2010
Post by: Skrapwelder on 08 July 2010, 08:43:51 PM: This site has a lot of nice pictures for the detail oriented.

http://aroundhitchin.net/?cat=67 (http://aroundhitchin.net/?cat=67)