What I Did on my weekend

[Operator5]

Well, still working on a lot of different things. In between writing and dealing with playtesters   I spent some time working on the sewer board for Cold Wars 2007.

I still have not gotten a whole page up for it, but I'm building it so that I can move walls around and use it for Pulp, Swashbuckling, and Fantasy (probably sci fi as well). So, this weekend was laying out the plan for where I want the walls to go and what sizes they would need to be.

Here is what it looks like so far.



Here is a close up of the wall detail.



And here is a close up of the well/pit in the center of the board.

[Grimm]

wow I can´t wait to see t in action  :wink:

[Driscoles]

Great.
I would make the stones in a lighter grey. This one looks too dark.
Besides....In Germany ( I know you are not from here but from there ...) some sewers are made of red bricks what do you think of this colour as an alternative ?

Björn

[Morten]

Great scenery and im sure the scenario is also great.
Is there a sewer scenario  :

[Operator5]

I would make the stones in a lighter grey. This one looks too dark.

Besides....In Germany ( I know you are not from here but from there ...) some sewers are made of red bricks what do you think of this colour as an alternative?

--->Working on lightening the walls. They did turn out much darker then the floor. That was the test wall section to make sure Pete's sandpaper idea would work.

And I am doing the sewer tunnels in red blocks (you can see it in the close up. I went with gray because I wanted it dark and I wanted it for multiple uses (a castle dungeon, etc.)

[Operator5]

Is there a sewer scenario  :

There will be.  :wink:

[PeteMurray]

Lookin' good. What's the verdict on the sandpaper?

[Operator5]

As you can see from the photos, the look is perfect (just have to get the painting right). And the prep time is even faster so it should save me a couple of hours using the sandpaper.

However, the down side is that I think I'm killing my exacto blades way too quickly. ::

[Howard Whitehouse]

Rich - I'll loan you as many rats as you can take!

Very nice, and I can't wait to see it finished.  I've been planning (alright, "thinking about planning" a sewer set up) for at least six years now.

[lgkmas]

Sorry I missed this. What is  Pete's sandpaper idea? Some sort of quick way to make dungeon walls?

regards

Bob

[Operator5]

All the walls and floors are sandpaper cut into either 1/2" squares (for the floors) or 1" x 1/2" rectangles for the walls. These are glued to foamcore and then painted. I use a 36 grit paper for the walls and a 60 grit paper for the floors. It provides the right appearance in my opinion.

[theoldschool]

Rich
Lovely work. Have you seen the range of sewers from Old Crow (formerly Ainsty)  www.oldcrowmodels.co.uk/aisewers.htm
There might be a few useful bits and pieces.
Pat