briddy
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Post by briddy on Mar 28, 2021 20:59:53 GMT
Can anyone advise on what they use for buildings? I am not a modeler and I am total cheapskate. The most I have done is to print out a square ruin (from WargamesVault) and lay out some grey cloth to indicate built up areas, but I would like something more aesthetic. What do other people do, and can you recommend anything you have tried out?
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Post by spiritofethandune on Mar 29, 2021 8:11:45 GMT
briddy,
I'm not sure helpful this is but I gave up using true-scale 54mm buildings a long time ago, as their footprint distorted the playing area and in any case did not work with the ground scale of the rules being used. I now use buildings scaled for 28mm figures and they look perfectly OK next to my 40mm or 54mm armies. I buy ready-made/painted buildings from a variety of sources; my best are the timber-framed buildings I got from the Emperor Toad's Emporium for my ECW 54mm. If you check out previous Woking Games Day pics on this forum you will see what I mean.
Best wishes
Anthony
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Post by jhonpog on Mar 29, 2021 8:26:40 GMT
If you're happy to print stuff out you could try cardstock buildings? Or printing out paper buildings and sticking them together? Not too much modelling involved. Sorry I don't have a link handy but have a google you might find something
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Post by Mike Lewis on Mar 29, 2021 11:09:18 GMT
Like Anthony I use large 28mm scale buildings (I do use 54mm buildings for Garden games...). The best one I have is the Farm that EM4 used to do which is on the large side for 28mm anyway....
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Post by rossmac on Mar 29, 2021 15:24:31 GMT
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Post by aducknamedjoe on Mar 30, 2021 5:31:51 GMT
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Post by alastair on Mar 30, 2021 7:33:22 GMT
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briddy
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Post by briddy on Apr 2, 2021 3:04:28 GMT
Lots of great ideas out there, some of which I have seen. I like the idea of the 28mm buildings and think that might be a way to go, although mine will probably go down more of a stylistic route since that is how I roll.
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Post by spiritofethandune on Apr 2, 2021 8:23:48 GMT
Stylistic works for me too. I've always liked Mike's 'toy town' buildings he makes for 54mm PWG games.
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Post by zuludon on Apr 10, 2021 1:13:44 GMT
I made these two houses out of plain wooden bird houses sold at Michael's Arts and Crafts
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Post by spiritofethandune on Apr 10, 2021 7:47:43 GMT
Now they do look good! I think a visit to my local pet shop might be in order  |
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johnl
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Post by johnl on Aug 12, 2022 3:32:29 GMT
I make my buildings out of foam board covered with craft sticks that represent planking along with balsa wood for roof and floor framing.
I downloaded some pictures of 15mm (1:100) war gaming buildings from websites and scaled them up by 3 to achieve the required size for 54mm wargaming.
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Post by tradgardmastre on Aug 12, 2022 5:34:22 GMT
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johnl
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Post by johnl on Aug 12, 2022 5:49:50 GMT
My first wargame was 10 Airfix 54mm British and 10 Airfix 54mm Germans fighting over an old shoe box with a door and windows cut into the sides.
Later I covered it with strips of balsa wood and added a roof.
John
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johnl
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Post by johnl on Aug 16, 2022 8:20:06 GMT
This is my next building which is under construction. I need to design the roof framing so it is removable as well as install the doors and window frames. Attachments:
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