IHMN game boards (Guide to Cobbles on page 4)

[Dewbakuk]

Life has been making it hard to get this finished but I've been plodding away. Here are a couple of pics showing progress.

[Captain Blood]

Actually - speaking as an inveterate hater of laser cut MDF buildings - those look blinking great Dean 

[Ray Earle]

Lovely. 

[Mason]

Actually - speaking as an inveterate hater of laser cut MDF buildings - those look blinking great Dean 

Agreed!
 

Still not sure about the bricks...

[lou passejaire]

where do you buy your basketball fabric  .

[Dewbakuk]

Thanks guys. Basketball fabric is from ebay, it ain't cheap.

Actually - speaking as an inveterate hater of laser cut MDF buildings - those look blinking great Dean 

Obviously I'm not a hater, but not do I think it's the saviour as some fanatics seem to spout. It is however very good at representing mass construction styles like Victorian cities, where what you actually want is rows and rows of identical buildings with a few shops/stations etc mixed in. Plus these have several layers which adds plenty of depth etc to the shape rather than just having a flat surface with etchings. Looks better but takes a LOT longer to make them.

[white knight]

Well, the issue with a lot of the kits is the size of the bricks is too big.

With an appropriately sized brick pattern, I'd try to run a steel pin or something in between the lines to make the lines slightly less perfect/clean and roughen up the surface of the blicks so they're not too smooth.

It's probably a lot of extra work though.

[Whtknt1066]

I'd like to +1 the question of where you buy the basketball fabric from-I live in the USA so a specific vendor would likely be useless, but what KIND of vendor did you find it at? How did you locate them? I've been looking for a low-effort, in-scale cobblestone solution for years now, and tat stuff looks like one of the best yet!

[Thunderchicken]

Looking good matey. 

[Mason]

I'd like to +1 the question of where you buy the basketball fabric from-I live in the USA so a specific vendor would likely be useless, but what KIND of vendor did you find it at? How did you locate them? I've been looking for a low-effort, in-scale cobblestone solution for years now, and tat stuff looks like one of the best yet!

It is really good, but about £30 a square meter.
You have been warned.

Like the man said, do a search on ebay for basketball fabric.
It is there to be found, in the UK at least.

I imagine it may be easier to find, and maybe cheaper, in your neck of the woods.
 

[lou passejaire]

i have not found on ebay in EU,
and from USA, Postage is most expensive than the product ... 38,99  euros postage with USPS seems crazy !
http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Vinyl-Basketball-ORANGE-Upholstery-Fabric-/180947035574?pt=US_Fabric&hash=item2a2148a5b6

[Cory]

Whtknt1066, I got my basketball material from a Joann's fabric store. It came in a 72" wide roll, so 2 and a half yards was enough to do a 4x8 table. That was a few years ago, but check fabric retailers. Look for faux leather basketball or football material. Also if you are just doing a small area Joanns and Michaels both carry a textured paper version in 8 1/2 x 11 sheets.

[Whtknt1066]

Thanks guys! Those leads are great. I actually got up off my lazy bum and googled for it myself. The two I found were available on Amazon.com (of all places). One was from the Spaulding company and was $30 a yard for 58" wide. However, I found another one by a no-name company for $10 a yard at 38" wide! No idea if its good or not, we'll see.  I ordered it, and if I like it I'll order more. I'll let you know!

[essayons7]

Wow!  Just wow!  I'm hoping to get my paws on some of these buildings this Christmas.  I'd love to recreate your boards as they are superb!

[Elbows]

Awesome stuff (4Ground whore here).  That's a lot of money in buildings, but that's a magnificent way to have a fantastic very 3D up-n-down gaming table.  Something cool about seeing buildings that large that you can actually play/game in.  Lovely stuff.