some pics of last year games

[ardbeg]

here's some pics i hope you will enjoy
It was one of our first LOTOW game, as you'll see everything was not fully finished.




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[Terrible Tim]

Great looking town! Are the buildings home made or bought? Is that a Dixon wagon?

[Malamute]

Very nice

[ardbeg]

some are scratchbuild, other are bought from ebay but slightly 'improved' by me

that's a wagon from dixon indeed

[Hitman]

Great looking buildings. By the way, how did you make your signs. I almost have my entire town finished, but I am still trying to figure out how best to make the building signs (ie. The Red Dog Saloon, etc.). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 

[ardbeg]

for the signs i just browsed the web looking for old west looking poster etc...
you will easily find commercial site selling reproduction stuff (search for 'old west signs' on google), you just copy pictures from their webstore, resize them, print, glue it to a strip of balsa wood if you want and you have plenty of it for free.

i do the same for other era (modern road signs etc)

hope it helps

[Hitman]

ardbeg;
Okay...thanks a lot...an idea too simple to think that you could find the solution that easily!! I just figured you actually made them. Your idea sounds a lot easier.

Thanks again!!
Hitman
 

[cmsciulli]

for the signs i just browsed the web looking for old west looking poster etc...
you will easily find commercial site selling reproduction stuff (search for 'old west signs' on google), you just copy pictures from their webstore, resize them, print, glue it to a strip of balsa wood if you want and you have plenty of it for free.

i do the same for other era (modern road signs etc)

hope it helps

Holy crap what a cool idea. . . Google is awesome!  Who would of though you could Google "old west signs!"

Another thing you could do after you resize your signs, is to print them out on waterslide decal paper and then stick the signs on your buildings.  You will get a different look, but it also is cool.

Waterslide decal paper: http://www.decalpaper.com/category-s/2.htm

[ardbeg]

Hitman
you're welcome ;-)

cmsciulli
good idea, will try this for my next batch of road signs!