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Offline Ockman

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Urban terrain in the making
« on: August 29, 2013, 08:33:11 PM »
Inspired by the amazing terrain on the LAF boards, I decided to start building some urban terrain.

Although the pics are of somewhat crappy quality, I hope you can make the buildings out!


The three buildings: A Terrace House from Sarrissa Precision's Gaslamp Alley range, assembled, primed and painted in one evening, a scratchbuilt gunshop and a factory


Close-up of the first two buildings. The second building is scratchbuilt from foamcore, card and plasticard. Making individual bricks were a real pain! It will later recieve a sign to cover up the shoddy work in the middle of the upper part.


The start of my factory, which might end up as the centerpiece for my (future) 7TV cast!


I would love some feedback and tips!
/Ockman


Offline Elk101

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Re: Urban terrain in the making
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2013, 08:51:41 PM »
A good start there. What are you looking to do with the factory in terms of cladding, plasticard brickwork? Thunderchicken and Pappa Midnight have some great threads on Victorian buildings that are full of tips and ideas.

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Re: Urban terrain in the making
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2013, 09:02:39 PM »
A good start there. What are you looking to do with the factory in terms of cladding, plasticard brickwork? Thunderchicken and Pappa Midnight have some great threads on Victorian buildings that are full of tips and ideas.

I'm going with a concrete finish on the factory, perhaps with some old cracking paint in places, so no bricks there!

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Re: Urban terrain in the making
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2013, 09:10:59 PM »
Sounds good. There is a very good tutorial on painting concrete on here somewhere. I think it might have been Sangennaru for the one I'm thinking of, though Zizi did it here:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=49644.0

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Re: Urban terrain in the making
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2013, 08:38:52 PM »
That's coming along nice.  8)

Sounds good. There is a very good tutorial on painting concrete on here somewhere. I think it might have been Sangennaru for the one I'm thinking of, though Zizi did it here:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=49644.0

Indeed, all credits go to Sangenaru. His thread is here :
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=26860.0
Somehow the link in the thread doesn't work for me anymore. Nevertheless,the tutorial on his website can be found here : http://www.thelazyforger.com/2011/03/pavel-road-tutorial/
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Re: Urban terrain in the making
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2013, 09:19:56 PM »
A good start! Keep us posted!
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Re: Urban terrain in the making
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2013, 07:01:33 AM »
Really liking the factory, hoping to see it progress soon! What kind of factory is it going to be, how is it going to look inside?

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Re: Urban terrain in the making
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2013, 10:10:16 AM »
Really liking the factory, hoping to see it progress soon! What kind of factory is it going to be, how is it going to look inside?

Chemical plant or brewery, I hope  lol

Offline Ockman

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Re: Urban terrain in the making
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2013, 03:44:22 PM »
Chemical plant or brewery, I hope  lol

For now it looks like it's going to be a chemical plant, but we'll see... In the connecting building I thing I will put some homemade generators: two halves of a plastic soda bottle cap joined together with half a 25 mm base at each end, some plasticard added!

Anyways, the project goes on, mostly with Sarissa Precission buildings!



There might be more detailing down the road, though I think this looks nice enough for now!

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Re: Urban terrain in the making
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2013, 04:02:36 PM »
Nice additions, will you be making interiors to those as well? And what kind of base board you have planned?

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Re: Urban terrain in the making
« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2013, 08:11:18 PM »
Nice additions, will you be making interiors to those as well? And what kind of base board you have planned?

Interiors will have to wait, since I can be somewhat of a perfectionist and want a playable board somewhat soon. But it might come some day (every house is undercoated on the inside)

Base board is a bit of a problem, hasn't found anything that I like yet, but I've got some styrofoam sheets down in the basement. A part of me wants to make a modular board (like miniature scenery's Urban Grounds), but it seems like a lot of work. I'm still waiting for Sarissa Precision's sidewalk set to be released, perhaps that will help me decide on what way to go.

The thing is, I've got a table which is about 900 mm deep, on which I intend to put my finished baseboard, but most games seem to be geared towards 4' x 4' (while I'm thinking about 3' x 4' or 3' x 5' board). What to do?

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Re: Urban terrain in the making
« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2013, 09:59:36 PM »
The thing is, I've got a table which is about 900 mm deep, on which I intend to put my finished baseboard, but most games seem to be geared towards 4' x 4' (while I'm thinking about 3' x 4' or 3' x 5' board). What to do?
Build a dedicated 4 X 4 table of course.  It will fit in the dining room.   :D  My wife does not think so either! 
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Offline Ockman

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Re: Urban terrain in the making
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2013, 04:27:44 PM »
Sorry about the picture quality, but now there's a roof on the latest building!


 

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