Shanghai 1920s

[Hammers]

[d phipps]

Beautiful work! 

[Vanvlak]

Wow, that's brilliant 

[FramFramson]

Whoa.

[gary42]

Crazy man!  Dig the beat!

[Duke Donald]

Brilliant, if I stare for long enough at the picture, I start hearing music!

[Wolf Girl]

That is so cool, Hammers! 

I really like how you did the sign, but the use of "Ms." in front of Willie's name seems an unsual choice to me. I'm no expert of course.

[TimK]

the use of "Ms." in front of Willie's name seems an unsual choice

Certainly anachronistic for the 20s, Ms came with womens lib in the 60s, she would have definitely been Miss Willie Scott.

[warrenpeace]

Smirnoff, Bob Murch would probably tell you how he scratch built his "China Station" buildings. If I recall correctly, he used corduroy material soaked in white glue for the curved roofs. There's an image from Trumpeter Salute (a Pacific Northwest convention) here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wirelizard/4437008783/

A lot of the buildings in Shanghai would have been much larger. In recent years I read some books and watched some movies that where set in Shanghai, including one book by Bartle Bull. Building some parts of old Shanghai would be a worthy project.

And check out the buildings in this LAF thread:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=56250.0

[smirnoff]

Thanks warrenbruhn
More I think about this the more I'm inclined to go the outskirts of Shanghai route...ghost market and port kind of thing.
More useful for other places.
The idea of doing the centre of the British settlement (colonial style office blocks/banks etc) would work with the Sarissa and 4ground stuff but I think I will avoid it.
That Bob Murch link is useful, thanks.

[Wirelizard]

Smirnoff, Bob Murch would probably tell you how he scratch built his "China Station" buildings. If I recall correctly, he used corduroy material soaked in white glue for the curved roofs. There's an image from Trumpeter Salute (a Pacific Northwest convention) here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wirelizard/4437008783/

A lot of the buildings in Shanghai would have been much larger. In recent years I read some books and watched some movies that where set in Shanghai, including one book by Bartle Bull. Building some parts of old Shanghai would be a worthy project.

And check out the buildings in this LAF thread:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=56250.0

Hey, those links look familiar... 

Haven't yet wandered Shangai-ward in our pulp gaming, mostly because nobody's committed to doing Chinese gangs and other locals, but the Sarissa buildings would certainly suit for the European areas of the city, with some extra Chinese signs and such added for local flavour.

Bob Murch's China Station setup is amazing; two years ago he had a couple of new buildings in progress that he brought along to Trumpeter Salute - his level of craftsmanship is spectacular! His tile roofs are indeed corduroy material over a curved form of either card or carved/sanded styrofoam, hardened with white glue. They look great.

[gary42]

I'don't love to see Chinatown style roof add-ons for the Sarissa City Block buildings!

[Hammers]

That is so cool, Hammers! 

I really like how you did the sign, but the use of "Ms." in front of Willie's name seems an unsual choice to me. I'm no expert of course.

You mean you think he/she is crossgender.


Check this out: http://indianajones.wikia.com/wiki/Willie_Scott

[Hammers]

Certainly anachronistic for the 20s, Ms came with womens lib in the 60s, she would have definitely been Miss Willie Scott.

Ah. You live and learn. A bit of editing is called for I believe.

[Ignatieff]

There was a rumour that Empress were looking to do a Shanghai 1920s/30s range.  Now that would be good!