Some pulp buildings inspired by Grimm

[Oldben1]

Here is the beginning of a skirmish table I'm building for a quick set of games next month.  I was totally inspired by Grimm and his beautiful plasticville conversions.  This site has really made me step up my game.  My mind is boggled by all the talent.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26861900@N00/

[Operator5]

Excellent work. The buildings look great.

[Wirelizard]

Those are great! I really must get moving on some more urban pulp buildings; two isn't enough!

[marianas_gamer]

Great Buildings!!  The only thing that I would suggest is that you make new signs to hang over the plasticville ones.  Otherwise, top notch, I'm sure that Grimm is proud to be the inspiration for these.
LB

[dodge]

I like those very much cool scenery

dodge

[Hammers]

Very, very nice. Very atmospheric.

[magokiron]

Very good PLASTICVILLE repaints.

And the rest of your pics (Indy, Starwars, dungeons, cemetery, etc) are a joy to see.

It must be great to play with all that beautiful scenery and models.

Thanks for sharing.

[Heldrak]

Very impressive! 

You must remember to take plenty of pictures when you run your game(s)...!

[Oldben1]

Thank -you all.
I tried covering up the plasticville signs with mixed results.  I thought leaving them generic looked better.

My friends are pretty scattered.  I make more terrain then we are able to play with.  It still looks good on the bookshelf.

[richarDISNEY]

What technique did you use on the Five and Dime to get that appearance? 

[Doomsdave]

These are very nice.  I'm a plasticville painter myself and yours make mine look poor.  What make is the diner in your pics?  I haven't seen that one before.

[Oldben1]

The diner is a Lionelville.  Give me a few days and I'll post a picture of the box.

In terms of painting, I spray the buildings black and drybrush with grey and white and a little yellow mixed together.  The 'brick' on the sides is black drybrush red and drybrush red with a little white.

I'm just finishing the factory.

[Gun bunny]

that is a wonderfully done work, so much so that i wish i had a chance to game with them.truly very nice.

[thebinmann]

They look nice, any European distribution for Plasticville and tips on painting?

[Oldben1]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26861900@N00/

As promised, here is the Diner's box.   I've never seen this model before.  I bought it from a local dealer who bought it 10 years ago.  It looks pretty cheesy out of the box but paints well.  Be warned though, it only has 3 completed sides, you have to build the fourth yourself!

I also posted pics of my finished a factory, unfortunately it is not perfect in scale, especially around the doors.  It is such a nice model to paint I think it looks good.

I'm not sure about Plasticivlle in Europe, although you get buy them online.  I paid 40 dollars for all 4 buildings which is a good deal although some of the models were warped or cracked.

In terms of painting I drybrushed everything.  I started black and built up the colous in lighter tones.  I liked how Grim made the 50's stucco look like brick with red drybrushing.  If I found I drybrushed too much or I wanted something to look dirty, I watered paint down heavily and gave the building an 'inkwash' to make it dirty.  Those retro posters and ads are the best.  The cover all my mistakes.