this post is more WIP for my hospital project. Last time saw me detailing the basement with all sorts of goodies for the survivors to interact with and other assortments such as posters. I have since added parking lines for the ambo bay and some more weeds to the road. i have posted a pic with it on the table, however this will not be where it stays or the canal in the top part of the pic would drain into the basement....
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| the board in a position on the table |
I will go back to adding more detail later but wanted to move on to the next level so I can get closer to gaming on it. I've made a promise to myself that I won't use it till its completed and I will get the majority of each level complete before moving on.
When I bought the foam board it was on special, so I got 2 X A3 size pieces for £7. This was enough for me to carve out the ground floor, 1st floor and roof to cap it off and to put up all of the walls for the basement. However I started to run out so I've gone out and got a pack of 4xA4 pieces in black from the Range (a large retail chain in the UK) for a fiver, this should see me right for the rest of the project I hope! I prefer the black version, if I miss a bit with the undercoat it's not such a disaster. The challenge for this level will be Windows and external exits. As this level is above ground these things become important apparently :-P
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| the floor plan, sorry the pencil marks are so faint as i didn't want to score the board! |
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| the scroll work on the main entrance, scored into foam. |
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| note the different shaped window for my chapel - its going to be stained glass |
How to do the windows and door frames while sticking to my desire to make this a textured terrain board like my other boards as opposed to photos or drawn on detail? Well I went back to my foam sheets and started to draw some detail into it and stuck them down on the walls this gives it the 3D look I'm after and plus it will hold the card doors in place, it also allows me to put in some scroll-work for the main entrance. This time, unlike the basement, I will be putting the internal walls in after they are painted as this would be easier to get to (*edit* failed to take into account warping of the foam board, d'oh!) and I could add more detail. The picture below is with the walls just placed in and not fixed down.
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| how it should look at the end... |
Hope you like it so far
Great work, Andy. This is going to look mighty impressive once you finish it.
ReplyDeleteCheers Bryan, you'll like the next post on this build (I hope!) the stained glass window, I was just going to make it a normal window until you sent those plans over and I saw the stained glass one. Hopefully will get the vampi seal of approval .... :)
DeleteWhat a fabulous build, the attention to detail is just brilliant.
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael, I appreciate that :)
DeleteThe scale of this build is becoming very apparent now, if it wasn't before. I do think though tht you should look to buying foamboard in bulk and in the buggest sheets you can.
ReplyDeleteI got my last lot a year ago, from an office supplier 10 sheets of A1 for around £20 iirc.(I'm on my last sheet now). I also tried a sheet of black foam and found the pros of using it were outwieghed by the cons.
I know only too well the problems associated with window and door frames so good luck with this, I for one am enjoying the journey.
Ah zabadak if only I'd realised it before I started building it! 20" x 18" with 3 floors not including the roof..... I've just stuck nearly 700 hand painted and cut floor tiles down for this floor alone! Lol
ReplyDeleteAwesome job dude! This is looking the business.
ReplyDeleteCheers dude! I keep coming up with little niggles, but pleased with it so far :)
DeleteNice Progress!
ReplyDeleteThanks matey
DeleteA very impressive build. I would love to make something like this buit storage and transportation stop me 8-[
ReplyDeleteThanks Clint, thankfully I don't have to worry about space too much
DeleteExcellent work! It is going to be impressive when you complete it (it's impressive now, so when done, just more impressive)! Great details and this will be fun to see a bat rep in!
ReplyDeleteThanks N667, this whole project has been an eye opener for me. Lots of planning (which gets changed all the time!) lots of work (which I should really be channelling into my studies!) but lots of fun (which is why I still do it!) I cannot wait to game on it.
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