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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: zizi666 on 26 November 2013, 10:48:33 AM

Title: abandoned places
Post by: zizi666 on 26 November 2013, 10:48:33 AM
Thought this would fit here :

Some nice photos of abandoned places : http://imgur.com/a/D9iDC (http://imgur.com/a/D9iDC)

And here are a bunch of pics of forgotten monuments from the former Yugoslavia : http://indulgd.com/forgotten-monuments-from-the-former-yugoslavia/ (http://indulgd.com/forgotten-monuments-from-the-former-yugoslavia/)
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: moonshado on 26 November 2013, 07:10:38 PM
Both links are fascinating, those Yugoslavian War memorials jump from the most horrible modernistic crap to some really interesting pieces.
The other site is just fascinating. The two photos that really drew my attention were the sunken yacht in the Antartic just for how unusual it was and the hotel in Colombia, which came straight out of a gothic horror story.
Thanks for posting the links.
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: smokezombie on 26 November 2013, 07:38:47 PM
I really like the war monuments/memorials. Even though they are old they still feel futuristic to me.

Thanks for the links
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: robh on 26 November 2013, 07:57:47 PM
Imagine how much fun that sled track would be for the local kids. Beats racing dilly carts down the high street anyday!
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: S_P on 27 November 2013, 01:12:24 AM
Urbex FTW :D :D :D
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: Too Bo Coo on 27 November 2013, 01:26:33 AM
I went to Bunker 42, the old air defense bunker for the USSR in Moscow.  It's about 60 meters under the city and partially flooded.  But they still have a club and working tours.
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: zizi666 on 27 November 2013, 02:49:10 AM
Urbex FTW :D :D :D

Cool site.
Just had a quick look. Love the Dadipark entry (went there a couple of times as a kid), but what really baffled me was the Hélène des Champs Lingerie entry.
The woman in the white bra is a coworker.
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: carlos marighela on 27 November 2013, 03:43:29 AM
The Hotel El Salto isn't abanoned anymore. It has been renovated and is now home to a museum.

They should add the Terra Encantada theme park in Rio de Janeiro, that really is quite spooky. Closed after someone was killed on one of the rides there a few years ago.
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: beefcake on 27 November 2013, 04:04:14 AM
The Colombian hotel and the Taiwanese city were my favourites. I did like that tower with the tree growing out of the top too.  lol
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: beefcake on 27 November 2013, 04:12:45 AM
I've just emailed myself that link. Tomorrow I'm going to get my class to do some really interesting writing using those awesome visuals. Big focus on setting the scene.
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: Momotaro on 27 November 2013, 08:43:30 AM
the amount of dead fun parks was all a bit freaky. I guess they are high risk ventures and fail more than other things.

Japan had a mini-boom in amusement parks in the 80s and 90s - when the economy crashed, they were left to rot.

http://www.tofugu.com/2011/08/17/japans-abandoned-amusement-parks-creepy/

I love the Colombian hotel, but they're ALL amazing.

The hospital I used to work in had a whole abandoned wing that was sealed up and left because it was full of asbestos.  Before it was finally demolished a couple of years ago, it was a favourite for urban explorers.  Really freaky, the amount of old equipment left lying there.  And we used to do a ton of exploring in old mines when I was a geology student (yeah, I know, stupid as shit).

Great links Zizi!
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: beefcake on 27 November 2013, 09:37:31 AM
your kids must like you. You give them cool stuff to do.

 :D I'm the teacher all the kids like.
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: Cory on 27 November 2013, 02:53:41 PM
And we used to do a ton of exploring in old mines when I was a geology student (yeah, I know, stupid as shit)

We used to do the same thing as geology students.  As a result of a few close calls the sound of groaning timbers scares me more than anything else.
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: The Dozing Dragon on 27 November 2013, 04:14:34 PM
Never seen that Kalavantin Durg. A Google image search gave some great blog sites where people had visited it.
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: beefcake on 28 November 2013, 03:36:36 AM
Gave it a go today. Kids were enthralled by the pictures. Got some really good writing out of them, they had to read out there piece and others tried to guess which picture they were describing.
Title: Re: abandoned places
Post by: beefcake on 28 November 2013, 07:18:35 AM
Just worked on creating interesting scenes. Next they can write what they like. The boys will do horror with guns and bombs and the girls will... Well... write interesting stories.