Apocalypse Survivors in Waynesboro, Georgia have divided the town into sectors for defense against the zombie herds that roam near and around the town. A rather large zombie herd has discovered that there is a "all you can eat" buffet in town and have decided to stop by and get some lunch and lay siege to parts of the town.
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A bunch of zombies stick out there arms like long lost relatives wanting a hug.
Beautiful board! How do you do the white mortar between the bricks (without having to paint millions of straight white lines)?
ReplyDeletehi thanks. I used white weathering powder or you can use baby powder. but weathering powder works the best. just dust it on whip it off with a damp rag and then spray matte coat on it and let it dry to keep the white powder in between the bricks. I learned it off of a railroad train forum. it’s pretty easy. takes a few practices.
ReplyDeleteZombies notwithstanding, your town section is about the best looking one I've ever seen. Curious as to:
ReplyDelete1. how much is scratchbuilt vs commercial
2. how did you do your streets?
3 source for street hardware (poles, lights, etc.)
Hi I bought a lot of old o scale kits from the 50’s along with some newer buildings. But I scratch bolt the insides and outside of them. Some of the old kits I got from an old lady who had them up in her attic for like 30 years. I took them all rebuilt them. Painted them weathered them. Put detail kits inside them and on the outside. I painted every ting and pretty much made it the way you see. I have like 50 posts on making them in my blog under “paint bench” so you can go there and look at how I made everything. I made like 50 bldgs. And show start to finish on each one. It took me about a year. I guess yes for extra things like street light and street poles, telephone poles all over the internet. Ofcourse I had to paint them all. The tall bldgs come painted but they suck. So I repainted them and make the brick come alive. I fogged all the windows. Etc. printed real business signs off the j yet still and made them to scale on a printer. It really was a lot of work. But worth it. I got most of my ideas and learned off railroad modeler sites as well as just looking at buildings. I probably spent way too much on supplies but it was worth it.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
The streets. I use a mix of things. Poly mats painted line streets but I also use gaming mats made out of the same material you use for mouse pads. I bought like 5 different cities. Like DeepCut studios or MTX. Lots of people make them. Beat gaming mats ever is to use the mouse pad material neoprene I think. I have like 25 mats. Expensive. But that’s only for my 6 x 6 table. My huge table is made of just normal grass mats. I also have side walks made out of dental plaster but those kits are expensive and not very modular friendly to fit different size blocks for bldgs. I just use mats I instead. Out on my big table I use foam mat and I cut sections of highway out of them and paint lines on them. I have about 100 feet of highway. And I am not joking. Lol. Cheers!!
ReplyDeleteI hate spell check on this publisher. lol. sorry for the typos
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