A Town Begins

[FifteensAway]

You'll have to scroll way down the link to see a few photos I've posted of the town I am scratchbuilding to match to my miniatures collection.  The wild west has moved to the front of the line.  Will clearly to take a while to complete.  Here's the link:

http://steeplechasingzebras.blogspot.com/p/the-wild-west.html

Encouragement to continue progress gladly accepted.

[Cherno]

It' a good start and it looks like a big part, namely the buildings, has already been tackled, so that's good for motivation
I think your town looks fairly uniform so far, it could use some more buildigns of different shape, the church is a good example. It helps break up monotony
The grass green ground is something I don't see often in Old West games, most just use normal brownish prairie. I guess this is because the Old West is commonly depicted as having occured solely in deserts and dusty prairie towns, while in reality I expect it to have occured in a variety of landscapes and climates, including the greener pastures up north (where else would the cowboy's horses have found enough to eat? )

[Tomitchoe]

COOL ! Keep it up... Looking forward to the next stage...

[styx]

Great stuff!

[FifteensAway]

Ah, yes, the Hollywood variation of "the west".  Yes, I use movies as a primary source for inspiration - to a point.  But I don't do what so many production companies do (did?) and limit myself based upon union restrictions that keep shoots within a certain distance of L.A. - and thus all those desert themed movies since even L.A. itself would be a semi-arid place if it weren't for turning the mighty Colorado River into a dry bed at its ocean outlet.  But I also don't plan to have a billiard base for my town, neither!    There will a more naturalistic coloration one day. 

And, yes, there will be more variation in the town - and several churches.  Why, so many of them steepled places that there just might be a scenario or two based on rival congregations getting up in arms over which part of Sunday to hold services.     And, of course, those varied roof lines will help a good deal.  Just wait and see.  And what wasn't in any of the photos were the many private homes that will be part of the town a-building.

Huge project - with no progress likely throughout October (something to do with a script and a writer, maybe) - that will take a long time to get done.  So, thanks for looking and words of encouragement.  They will be needed before Boot Hill gets fully populated.  Yup, I plan to build a hill in the shape of a boot and plant a cemetery smack dab on it.