IHMN game boards (Guide to Cobbles on page 4)

[Craig]

Thanks for the update. There are alot of people out here keen to see these boards 

[Dewbakuk]

Right, another update   

I have continued to do a little bit of work each day but it wasn't anything especially noticable or noteworthy for the most part so I haven't taken pics. This weekend I managed to actually get some time to work on it properly so we have a reasonable update

This is a pic of the back wall after the embossed card was added. By the yellow clippers you can see the capping stones I cut from a couple of bass wood strips. This pic was taken earlier in the week I think.




Support posts for the water side. Cut to size from balsa wood and then heavily worn with a wire brush to add texture and age it.




The board with textured paint along the water section, capping stones on the wall, and you can just about see the fence. Untextured areas are for the buildings.




Close up of the fence showing the broken section I made that can allow another entry point for the board.




The waterside wall. This will mostly be hidden by the posts and the small walkway section but it'd look wrong if I'd left it plain or black. Finally found a use for the green GW wash




The board so far.






The wooden sticks won't be used on the posts, they were there to test the sizes and options. Going for a riveted metal edge piece. The white strips on the wall are the buttress/bracings and will again be riveted metal. The concrete morter is painted of course but the cobbles it holds still have to be picked out. The clay dirt of the London river area isn't too far off but it looks like newly uncovered wet clay. Needs to be made much dustier. Still got to do a bit of painting, add the fence posts by the gate and do the water.
Almost there!

[Malamute]

Its certainly coming together, can't wait to see it. Not long to go now, less than two weeks.

[Thunderchicken]

Looking good Dean and coming together nicely. Cant wait to have a game on it at Salute. Oh wait. I'm not going. Bummer.

Looking forward to seeing the finished item.


P.S Is that your scooter in the background of the last pic?

[Malamute]

P.S Is that your scooter in the background of the last pic?

He really should learn to put his toys away rather than just leaving them scattered on the lawn. It will go rusty left there.

[Dewbakuk]

It's got flashy lights on the foot plate, so  to you 

Oh wait. I'm not going. Bummer.

Yeah, but I'm a lot closer and cheaper to visit than Salute 

[Elk101]

That's not a scooter, it's an antique Victorian velocipede (ok so the flashy lights are a later addition)

[fiftyyears]

  good looking boards, just need buildings to give better idea of final look

[Dewbakuk]

good looking boards, just need buildings to give better idea of final look

Yeah, I was supposed to get some today....   


Getting back to cobbles for a second, the cobbles/setts for the road board was causing some issues. I didn't like the effects that I was getting with the different methods I tried so I've tried a new one which seems to work rather well. Basketball style faux leather fabric. It's not cheap but it has a good texture, it's shallower than I'd have liked but as you can see here on this test piece, it takes a drybrush very well. One half was primed black while the other was primed grey, you can just make out the original red between them. The black definately stands out better, although really the gaps between the cobbles should be lighter. Might do another test to see how it looks.

[Dewbakuk]

Actually, I take that back, it's not always lighter 

[Mason]

Actually, I take that back, it's not always lighter 

Certainly not lighter after a downpour!
This is meant to be London, is it not?
 

[Dewbakuk]

It is and this is for the street sections, so dark it is, certainly easier

The dock area is rougher and I always think of rough cobbles like this







Tempting to rip it all off and do it matching with the fabric but I can't do it right now....

[Elk101]

The more regular rectilinear 'cobbles' are usually called setts. Though they can also be squarish too where they can be referred to as cubes or cube setts. The rounder more  irregular stones are more what would be termed cobbles, though they can be quite regular too if they are similar sized rounded river or beach washed cobbles.

The laying pattern with the setts you showed is coarsed and is transverse if it runs perpendicular to the kerb and longitudinal if parallel. Sett layout can also be random, fanned or herringbone (more so with modern concrete block paving for vehicle use). The mortar joints in these layouts is much more regular than with cobbles and will vary in colour depending on available materials. Given that the joints often dirty down quickly I'd have no bother highlighting the setts lighter than the base.

Anyway, I'm rambling now. Victorian London in the early part of the 19thC would probably have been stone (mainly granite), though some were apparently wooden (planks with wooden  blocks over them jointed with pitch). From Victoria's reign onwards there were much more asphalt and macadam roads. Stone was considered to be too noisy, wood too flimsy and macadam too slippery for horses so a range of surfaces were common. It's only really the setts that remain so that's what we relate to.

[The_Beast]

The more regular rectilinear 'cobbles' are usually called setts. Though they can also...

But very useful rambling!

Was there much use of fired brick? Used to be quite common in this town up until a few decades back.

Doug

[OSHIROmodels]

That basketball stuff looks the biz once painted 

cheers

James