Urban Project - The Winchester (ground floor)

Hi all

Now from my previous posts you will have gathered that the Urban Project has a pub as it's final objective - remind you of anything?? Yup, this is the game I have in mind for PAW 2018, based on a rather popular and extremely entertaining Zombie film based in the UK I decided I wanted a game that would be fun and engaging to play.  So anyone up for a race to the Winchester??

So how have I gone about putting together the board, well first of all I've sketched out a rough idea of what the overall board will look like.  This i'm not gonna show you until I've put all of the pieces together as I'm liable to change my mind due to cost and/or time restrictions.  All I did know is that I wanted the Winchester to be extra special, so I've gone all out!

This post will concentrate in looking at the ground floor and then the next two floors after that with a final post to look at it all together.

Firstly I'd just like to put out a disclaimer for all the purists out there who will decry my efforts as not authentic, not looking like the inside of the pub of "that film".  Yes you are right, firstly I'm pretty sure I would fall foul of all sorts of copyright issues and legal bulls*** surrounding ownership rights. Bearing in mind I'm a fan too go easy on me.  I'm not trying to get anything out of this other than a bit of enjoyment for me and anyone who wants to come and play in Plymouth next Feb, I'm just a bloke making this all out of his own pocket and with no intention of selling it in any way.  So yes it is not entirely authentic!

Secondly the lack of online material based around the inside of "that pub" is a real hinderance! So I just made it up! yup I just watched the film again (and again) and then just made it up.  Hopefully it's close enough that you'll like it anyway,,,,



Firstly I needed to get lots of building material, but that can get kind of expensive.  For my hospital build I used 5mm foam board and that stuff is awesome but it is costly,  What I went for instead was blue foam.  This particular foam is 6mm deep and I bought it online for less than a tenner for two massive sheets roughly 5' x 4'. Yes I know its a bit more fragile and I know It's gonna need more work but to be honest for that price its a bargain.

When it arrived I measured out the dimensions - I've gone for 8" x 10" for the ground floor.

I then marked out the paving slabs of the road surrounding the pub.  I decided that the piece is going to go in the corner of the board, so only needs two side of pathways (I can always add some separately if required for other games).  I also decided to carpet tile the pub floor - I'm not sure what kind of flooring it has in the film.  I then used black emulsion (i bought a big tin, probably the most expensive part of this build!) to cover the whole thing!

while that was drying I set about making the bar, for this I used offcuts of the foam covered in coffee stirrers and tongue depressors.

I also cut out the stairs to the first floor.  Now as we don't see the other floors in the film, I've taken some 'licence' (ahem...) with them and imagined what would be in them.

for the walls I used blue foam, painted in emulsion and then "wall papered" with thick craft paper. The door detail I (crudely) carved in the foam with a coffee stirrer frame.

Not satisfied with plain walls, I went about adding the extra detail in.  I made wall lamps out of coffee stirrers, matchsticks and drinking straws.

and then printed some album covers and movie posters for wall art/////

I also put together some signs and billboards that will go on bus stops etc...

I wanted to make the sign a little special so embossed the name of the boozer onto some blue foam with a pencil.

I'm really sorry but I haven't taken too many photos of the rest of the build but the results are....

the jackpot machine and the pool table you've seen as well as the tables and chairs.  The bar was done in a similar way and the drink optics made out of milliput.  The toilet and sink were made out of blue foam as was the fridge and cabinets.

I also used a plastic rifle glued to a coffee stirrer to make a certain trophy that features prominently in the film...

Anyway, that's the ground floor.  I'll show you the outside when I do the finished building, as I'm really quite pleased with it.

hope you enjoy
dGG