Re: WIP: Another Victorian Street....UPDATE NEW PICS 09 August 2010

[Pappa Midnight]

Thanks for the encouragement Hawkeye!
Hopefully I'll start base coating it later today.

Thunderchicken.....don't think i can actually patent dormer windows...
Sure mate, I think I may have borrowed more than one of your ideas!!!!

PM

[gamer Mac]

That is great stuff.
May need to try some of those windows myself.
Looking forward to the painting

[psyberwyche]

This is one of those threads that really inspires - thanks for sharing. Some great techniques there that I'm sure to use in the future.

[Pappa Midnight]

Thanks again  for the comments.

I've got the "BASIC" paint down on most of the building but it will need weathering, signs and posters added.
It looks a lot brighter in the piture than in life. I will also be adding a small base to hold the battery pack........



A pic of the inside of the entrance to the corner shop:


Two upstairs rooms matching the decor of the shops below:



I knocked together a display to go into the Occult Shoppe window:


A pic of the Occult Shoppe through a window:


I've decided that the internal boxes are a little too dark when the roof is on so I'm off to the electrical shop to grab some small bulbs and some wires. My intention is to place the bulbs directly behind the gaslights on the walls in the rooms. The light that filters through the card should give them a nice glow.
The power souce will sit inside the building so I'll need to make a removable base to get to it. Either that or I grab a DC power socket and use a transformer but I hate leads on the table.

More pics to follow.

Regards
PM

[Thunderchicken]

PM, that is absolutely stunning! 
Bringing light into the building takes it to a new level.

[Svennn]

Totally awesome 

[Malamute]

Wot Svennn said.

[OSHIROmodels]

Like, yeah 

[Hawkeye]

Stunning - and the lights are a brilliant idea! I don't quite know why, but I always imagine that it's twilight in the world in which your zombie hunters live....

[Pappa Midnight]

Well I started the lighting set-up and realised two things........

1) Decide whether or not you want to light something at an earlier stage.
I've just been "Light-proofing" the inside of the building and spent two hours working out how I'm going to fit a powerpack, switch and wires inside an already cramped structure. Still, it's just about done now.....

2) If you are going to solder electrical stuff make sure you know what you are doing. I melted the switch ( which I managed to get working again) and managed to make the battery pack sizzle by crossing a few wires....

Anyhow, I'll post some pics tomorrow.

Regards
PM

[Michi]

I am in silent awe and kiss your feet, master of builders!

[gamer Mac]

WOW

[Gluteus Maximus]

Some people just aren't capable of doing "not bad"    

[Pappa Midnight]

Just completed some more bits to my building: Some shop signs and I finally finished the lighting!!!!


Size comparison with some Westwind minis



Like the rest of the building, the back needs weathering. The upper windows are lit.





Shop fronts un-lit

and




The shops with the lights on.

I have left an access hole through the base so that the building can be "wired" to the table ( using a small connector).The idea is that the table will be foamboard with leads running through it. There will be plug-in points to power the buildings and streetlamps. The power source is a 6v adapter.
Because the electrics use the same connections I can set up buildings in a variety of positions.

Once I've weathered this one I start soon a board section to give you an idea what I'm on about!!!

Regards
PM

[Svennn]

.................

too good for words