Cork city work in progress

[sundayhero]

thanks for the comments,

Honestly it's easy and fast to build, no need for specific skills. Of course we can do better, but not so cheap and fast in my opinion.


 I simply used the tutorials and measurements on Matakishi website :

http://www.matakishi.com/makingcitybuildings.htm


I just made the buildings a bit taller since I'm using 1st gen Heroclix minis, wich are, even 1st gen, super heroic 28mm :

70mm for ground floor (instead of 60mm)
90mm for the 2 stories sections (instead of 80mm)

As I'm using  flat thin bases for my minis, the overall scale effect is good.

Today I'll add some fast weathering effect.

[Legion1963]

Outstanding work.

[black hat miniatures]

They are looking great!

I really need to get back to painting my City and finish the town hall and fire station...

Mike

[Uncle Mike]

Just come across this! Perfect! I will be stealing this idea at some future time...when I have time to build a city...
Love the comic-booky feel to these!

[sundayhero]

This man is THE brain behind this idea :

http://www.matakishi.com/makingcitybuildings.htm


 

when I have time to build a city...

If I can give you an advise, cut and built ALL your city (or at least, a block) once. It's faster to make 3 buildings than making them one by one. Same thing for figures.

 I now have some (humble) experience in speed modelling/painting (60 zeds in less than 1week for example) and when you want to create these fast projects (cork modelling is great, but canno't replace high end modelling we see sometimes on LAF), one big projets is faster to complete than several small projects.

[sundayhero]

The buildings are 100% finished, here's a few sample pics (with zombies, the other universe I'll play in this scenery) of one of them.

I still need to make the interiors. I bought some a4 sticker sheets, I plan to print some wallpapers and floor patterns. Nothing too fancy, but enough to play in them.

Concerning details, I dry brush some brown and black weathering, then I used some black, green, and brown washes. I tried to keep some kind of modern comics book feeling.


Now I have to think what kind of new buildings I will add to my urban table...

[Lord GreyWolf]

They look awesome been trying to find some cork board but nothing where I live next time over visiting family I will check out what shops have cork board and get some.

What else have you got planned?

LGW

[sundayhero]

Thanks !

For now, I plan to build a central park, a bank, a restaurant, a store, a police station, a town hall (if it's the correct name in english for "mayor building"  ) and a supermarket. I will also probably recycle a toy train I bought last year for an elevated subway (once again, I don't know the name in english), because I need something to link diferent locations of my future city (later I'll build a business center with sky scrapers and all, for example).

Sound a lot of buildings, but now that I know the technic, it would be faster. The thing wich I fear about is all the interiors I'll have to make  It's why I choosed to make the interiors printed.

[Lord GreyWolf]

wow you are going to be busy...

Will keep on watching this thread and see if I can try and emulate your buildings.

LGW

[sundayhero]

I started the supermarket and town hall. These are the biggest buildings for now (the base is around 30x30cm). I also prepared an extra base, with same width as my first buildings, but twice deep.



I'll make pics soon.

[sundayhero]

Here's the first pics of the supermarket. In my small town, it will be the biggest building with the future Town Hall I'll make (town hall + some kind of park with super heroic statue). These 2 buildings will be centrals on the table (the measurements are made for this, even if the removable sidewalks can allow diferent configurations).

The building is 1 floor only, the roof will be covered with corrugated cardboard, with an advertisement sign, and small air conditionning pipes and this kind of things.

In the building itself, we'll see 2 rooms : the main room will be the market surface itself (with 2 main glass doors with security metal roll curtain, I don't know the name in english), and 2 big windows. A emergency fire double door will be on the side of the building.

The other small room will be the storage room (where a ladder will access the roof). The rear side of the building (symobilized by the fork lift on pics) will be surrounded with mesh, with an access to the road. The entry storage door will be secured with a metal rolling door too. A side service door will be there too.  

On front of the building (where zombies are walking on the pic) 4 parking spaces will be available.

YOu can see also on the last pic the 2 extra sidewalks, depanding how the buildings will sit on the table. The hashmarks symbolize some kind of future bevel on the sidewalks for easy vehicles crossing.

[Constable Bertrand]

That's a big supermarket. You will need a dedicated railroad to supply that store

Did you finish your toy train kit bash?

Cheers
Matt.

[sundayhero]

Nope,

I think I'll just kitbash the passengers wagons, putting them together to make some kind of aerial subway train. I already find some plastic bits to make the railroad bed pilars

 

[aggro84]

Hmm, Ir appears I have somehow missed this thread.
 
Very nice work!
 
The sidewalks look like mdf. How did you cut them so cleanly?

[sundayhero]

Thanks !

I cut them with a sharp (new blade) cutter. I'm using an heavy duty OLFA cutter and a steel ruler.

The sidewalks are in MDF. I'm also using fiberboard.