Upsheet Creek 2: The Shanty Town ('Upward' build completed) 02/03

[McMordain]

Looks nice so far. I can't wait to see this painted.

[Mason]

Looks nice so far. I can't wait to see this painted.

Thank you, sir.
 

I do realise that there is nothing to really look at yet and what is there looks like a mess, but I am confident the next update will show where I am going with this in a much better fashion.

I think it will continue looking a mess for the time being, though.
At least until it is primed/undercoated.

Hopefully then it may start to look more presentable.
 

[Stu]

I'm having a few problems getting my head around what you're trying to do but the pictures are very intriguing I will watch with interest.

[Elk101]

That's rather clever that is. You can transform your Old West layout much more dramatically than just adding scatter terrain while minimising the additional storage, etc required.

[Mason]

That's rather clever that is. You can transform your Old West layout much more dramatically than just adding scatter terrain while minimising the additional storage, etc required.

That is certainly the plan, mate.
I intend to make additions for all of the Upsheet Creek buildings, mostly building upwards to get a kind of Necromunda/Mordheim feel as I love the three dimensional nature of the gameplay in both of those settings.
It really does feel very different with there are more options when manoeuvring.

As for the storage solution: I am hoping, with the additions breaking down into smaller sections that it will not impact anywhere near as much as it would had I simply made new stuff from scratch.
Fingers crossed.

[Constable Bertrand]

Interesting modular approach Paul .. that could turn out to be a winner. Good luck getting those first levels sorted and wedging in material to create a foundation.

cheers
Matt

[Mason]

Interesting modular approach Paul .. that could turn out to be a winner. Good luck getting those first levels sorted and wedging in material to create a foundation.

Cheers, Matt.

The foundation level was always going to be the fiddly bit as it needs to be stable for gaming, when those ever-so-careful gamers starting putting their filthy mitts near it.
I do not want the whole thing toppling over in a 'Bullock Moment' after all.

This building was always going to be the most difficult to 'pimp' given that it has four different 'levels' of roofline, the rest of them should prove much easier as they are all smaller and only have two rooflines to deal with at most.

Anyway, now that the boring levelling exercise is out of the way I can get to the fun bit: building it up higher and detailing it.
 

[beefcake]

Yes. Best be wary of those gamers. Horrible bunch. I'm enjoying seeing the progress being made in this. Nice work.

[Vanvlak]

Interesting, this modular stuff. Hmmmm 

[ichwillauch]

I really like this idea!

[Mason]

Thanks, chaps.
 

This will jot win ANY competitions, never mind this one, but it is fitting in with one of my projects for this year and fulfilling the most important factor of it: Not to take up too much space!

It is also fun to build something where I can literally just make it up as I go along.

Anyway, back to the build.
Here is a little bit of progress made yesterday, again in several posts so that proper descriptions can be written.

First up is a bit of work that has been done to the foundation that fits on the pitched roof.

The first picture showing the underside with the extra 'support' detailing, whilst the second picture shows the beading that helps hold the new building securely in place

[Mason]

Next, some more MDF off cuts were added to another plastic box to form the basis of the second building, which fits snugly into the foundation level, although seeing the pictures now I notice a couple of bits that need sorting out ....

[Mason]

I also decided to make use of a few odd shapes to make a small stairway.
The bit that slots into it will have the ladder attached to it which will be one of the access points from the ground floor level.

The final picture shows the current state of the build.

[pocoloco]

What a lovely shanty construction it is already Paul! 

Any more weird upper levels to it?

[Mason]

What a lovely shanty construction it is already Paul! 

Thanks, Antti.
 

Any more weird upper levels to it?

Oh, yes.
This is just the basic structure.
There is plenty more to add, including more levels.
And once that is done I can get on to the fun part: The detailing.