Author Topic: ACTUAL GHOST TOWN (Read 6922 times)

dinohunterpoa · « **on:** September 11, 2007, 01:57:22 PM »

Greetings!

A picture of an actual ghost town in Arizona.

Neldoreth · « **Reply #1 on:** September 11, 2007, 02:19:10 PM »

That is very cool... Not only for terrain building inspiration, but it would be so cool to play some paintball there!

n.

Prof.Witchheimer · « **Reply #2 on:** September 11, 2007, 02:21:10 PM »

wow! looks like Witchtown :mrgreen:

dinohunterpoa · « **Reply #3 on:** September 11, 2007, 02:56:14 PM »

Talking about Paintball... in this site there are some pictures of the actual Army training facility where I usually play Paintball here in Southern Brazil... it's a real Ghost Town and very big!

http://www.combatzonepaintball.com.br/galeria/category.php?cat=389&start=240

(sorry, cannot upload the pictures, go to seen them in the website!)

cmsciulli · « **Reply #4 on:** September 11, 2007, 05:27:06 PM »

That's a very cool ghost town, nice shot.

I think it would be fun to ride into that town and explore a bit. . . then have a paintball gunfight at high noon!

Cory · « **Reply #5 on:** September 11, 2007, 08:38:57 PM »

Last week I took several days off and tooled around some of our local ghost towns here in Montana - in front of most the state park service had put up big "WARNING -RATTLESNAKES IN BUILDINGS" signs. Not only was it true, but it cuts down on vandalism and paintball.

Neldoreth · « **Reply #6 on:** September 11, 2007, 08:59:30 PM »

Awesome DinoHunterPOA, that looks like a great spot! Too bad I am nowhere near there :/

I am only a few hours away from Montana... but seriously, a rattlesnake bite would totally ruin a day of paintball... not to mention a cool historical site! That being said, I think you guys just helped me identify a niche market in paintball! The wild west! And I bet it would be super realistic because I would imagine those old lead shot rifles and pistols would be about as accurate as a paintball marker as well!

Anyway, sorry for drawing the conversation off topic, but I gotta get out from behind my desk sometimes

n.

mousy brown · « **Reply #7 on:** September 11, 2007, 11:26:38 PM »

Brilliant picture DinoHunterPOA, very inspirational and informative.

What's the story here I wonder. what cause the town to die out ?

...cant blame the rattlers for making use of the facilities.

mousy

Evilcartoonist · « **Reply #8 on:** September 12, 2007, 01:56:53 AM »

Oh boy- a great photo inspiration for some of us builders

Thanks for the pic, Dinohunter!

Malamute · « **Reply #9 on:** September 12, 2007, 08:25:17 AM »

Great photo.

Looks perfect for inspiration to build a town.

TadPortly · « **Reply #10 on:** September 12, 2007, 10:03:36 AM »

Cool Ghost Town site for more inspiration:

http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/

dinohunterpoa · « **Reply #11 on:** September 12, 2007, 01:26:33 PM »

Guys, sorry for this offtopic...

Neldoreth, some of the guys that I play Paintball with are already into "WWP - Wild West Paintball". For tactical reasons, I am more oriented into military-simulation Paintball (MSP), but since I play with a pair of Tac 8 pistols, I feel myself very confortable to handle WWP as well, and itś very fun! And itś easier and cheaper to get the gear and horses and carts than the gear and vehicles that simulate modern warfare! I wonder how come WWP is not a fever in the US already!

BTW: I have very nice memories from a Warhammer Fantasy RPG game several years ago, in which a duel between two swashbuckler Player Characters was decided in "live-acrtion" using single-shot paintball pistols! (fortunately, both characters lived to keep on the adventure!)

SgtPerry · « **Reply #12 on:** September 13, 2007, 02:57:28 PM »

After a little bit of research yesterday, I found out that it was a very nice film set near Mescal Ridge, not far from Tucson,AZ

http://www.oldtucson.com/film_office/mescal/mescal.htm

There are some very nice pics of inspiration

bandit86 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 17, 2007, 06:11:48 AM »

What I like is that the biggest building in Old Mescal is the Brothel

Gluteus Maximus · « **Reply #14 on:** September 17, 2007, 09:29:11 AM »

Quote from: "bandit86"

What I like is that the biggest building in Old Mescal is the Brothel

Gotta get your priorities right :

:

This is just how I'd like my western town to look. I'm using Whitewash City card buildings and although my modelling skills are poor, I can just about manage to make these without getting too much blood on them.

Having the surrounding terrain in the photo is a great help to an English dude trying to get an authentic look.

Cheers,
Ian

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