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Post by Quendil on Apr 14, 2016 17:05:52 GMT
Finally got round to making a start on a generic city board. I have just place the buildings there to get an idea of where to place the roads. I am not planning on fixing any buildings to it just have the roads on it so I can change what building etc I have on it
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Post by terrance on Apr 14, 2016 17:42:06 GMT
Nice start. I look forward to watching the progress.
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Post by madmorgan on Apr 15, 2016 11:19:45 GMT
LoL, I've that same playmat under your work on the left side. So what is the material you're using for the board and streets?? I take it the streets are drying from application, thus the bottles holding them down?? Looks really good, nice setup.
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Post by Quendil on Apr 15, 2016 11:46:24 GMT
Its a poly sheet base on mdf. I am glueing card down for the roads which I will try the 4ground texture stuff on.
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Post by Quendil on Apr 29, 2016 12:41:36 GMT
Roads have been textures using the 4ground template and render. I have now started adding the pavements using moulded sheet.
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Post by Quendil on May 3, 2016 18:09:47 GMT
Some colour going on the board now
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Post by madmorgan on May 4, 2016 9:59:20 GMT
Really nice - ty for the step-by-step.
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Post by morbius on Nov 19, 2016 23:12:13 GMT
Hi Quendil!
Any updates on this at all?
I am working on my own, and looking for ideas on how others have done it.
Thanks,
Craig
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Post by Quendil on Nov 20, 2016 11:52:37 GMT
HI Craig This is as far as I have got with it Unfortunately I did not seal the base board properly before glueing on the polystyrene so it has warped slightly. I am also not convinced about a separate board and in the future will make separate roads and building bases thats I can place onto the table to make it more modular
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Post by madmorgan on Nov 20, 2016 14:53:16 GMT
Hmmm, your final point is the key. I'm going to stick to either Paper Terrain roads and buildings or some sort of premade roads in gel or resin format. Much more flexible and better able to conform to odd terrain (bending rivers for example).
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Post by morbius on Nov 21, 2016 0:00:12 GMT
Quendil, Thanks very much for posting the picture. Your terrain looks great! I think I will go with a generic city board, but with some inset pieces so that I can change the layout a bit and make it semi-modular. I can then keep buildings in clusters of 2-3 to change the layout of the city board. I have a lot of 1.5mm HIPS (styrene) that I can scribe as sidewalk, which will give me some depth between the level of the road and the sidewalk. Of course, scribing that amount of sidewalk is going to take some time. Luckily, I am a patient fellow Craig
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Post by hardlec on Nov 28, 2016 2:39:54 GMT
In more recent times, city planners are using a concept called "megablocks" where individual blocks are clustered in squares of 9 or 16 blocks to form communities. The blocks include small parks, residences, businesses, and light industries. The concept is popular in the 21st century to reduce reliance on cars. In the early 20th century, new towns are sprouting up to accommodate refugees. Industrial Might will be called upon to construct new accommodations quickly, but they can't be "made of ticky tacky and they all look just the same." Modular blocks might be "bully" according to Teddy.
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