Sci-fi urban terrain

[uti long smile]

Very nice effects for the sidewalks. Looking great.

[commissarmoody]

Oh it is comeing togther quite nicely

[dijit]

Thanks,

Wow... thanks for sharing... awesome looking stuff... anyway you can share some techniques on the streets and sidewalks?

The pavements are made from thick cardboard ((2mm thick), which I then scored with a knife along the paving slab edges, then taking a scuplting tool (an old ball point ought to be ok too, I used the flat edge of a craft knife at first, but that didn't seem to work too well) I ran it along to lines widening them and creating a recess. First I painted to whole board a dark grey using a small and cheap roller, then lighten the roads a little. Whilst the pavements got progressively lighter greys (always with a little brown added, I read somewhere it makes the paint look more natural, and it seems to work). Once it was all dry I marked the lines again with a 0.1 drawing pen. Then I took some soft pastels I had a few odd slabs were dusted to add different shades and the whole thing sealed with hairspray (which makes it look dark at first then clears leaving the pastels 'set' in place). I hope that helps explain it, it's pretty simple really, it just takes time.
Duncan

[AKULA]

Very tidy job Dijit.

 

Any chance of a closeup of the staircases...?

[dmaguire]

looks excellent! Can't wait to see it with the facades in place.
thanks for sharing these images as they're inspiring.
Dave

[dijit]

Very tidy job Dijit.

 

Any chance of a closeup of the staircases...?

ahhhh, the staircases, the part I'm least proud of and thats the bit you want to see!  I'll see if I can get a close up later today.
Duncan

EDIT:
As requested the staircases:




Hope that helps?

[Jonas]

No reason not to be satisfied with the stairs, to me they look just fine 

[dijit]

Thanks Jonas!
Yesterday I managed to get a the final touches to the next building done whilst watching Ghost in the Shell. It's a fairly simple box, so was pretty quick to build. The front will be 'glassed' with acetate once it has been painted. This led to some construction issues as the 'glass' couldn't be broken half over, so the front and sides are one piece whilst the back slides out with the first floor and the third floor is free standing - if that makes any sense at all? (hopefully the pictures will help explain it)


Roof off:


Second floor off:


First floor off:


It just needs painting now. I've also finishing the first buildings glazing, it just needs texturing internally and then it's done.
Duncan

[Malamute]

Only just seen this, wow, great stuff, I really like the ultra modern look.

[dijit]

Thanks. I put the first layer of paint on it, and found out that foamboard does indeed warp (well this is my first time using foamboard so now I know!). So it's now sandwiched under an old very heavy laptop (it'd break your thighs if you sat with it on your lap) with a new brace trying to pull the sidewalls in again - lets hope it works!
Duncan

[Ironworker]

Foamcore is pretty good building material.  I use it quite a bit but it does have some properties that take some getting use to.  I like the way your buildings are progressing.  How decorated will the interiors be?

[dijit]

Yeah it's my first build with foamcore, so I'm getting used to it. I'm hoping for reasonably decorated interiors, but I'll be going back and doing them once I've a few more buildings done and can do them together. I'm looking for wallpaper and floor texturesat the moment, found a few good wooden floor textures, but wall paper seems hard to come by.
Duncan

[Hawkeye]

Those buildings are looking great - perfect gaming buildings! Nice shape, well made, lots of nooks and crannies and different levels to make the playing area interesting. Spot on.
If you're thinking of wallpapers for the interiors at some point, you should definitely think about the patterned paper that scrap-bookers use. Lots of them look like contemporary wallpapers, and they're not that expensive at all - anything from 50 cents to two dollars a sheet. I have a feeling, though, that scrap-booking is much more popular here in the US than it is in Europe. I hope I'm wrong, though, as finished interiors would really make these buildings shine!

[dijit]

Thanks for the hint, i was only bemoaning my wife the other day that the only hobby shop here in Vejle  has turned all 'girly' and seems to have nothing but pearls and scrap booking! So maybe there is something useful there after all, I'll have to go have a look on monday - thanks for the hint again!.
Duncan

[Hawkeye]

Scrap-booking may be the answer, then. I've used various scrap-booking papers as wallpaper for my western buildings, and I had always thought that when it comes to doing some contemporary buildings, that there would be much more choice, so I think you'll find something interesting.