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Post subject: urban planning in epic  Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:51 pm |
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[QUOTE] like it - nice work Novaguard! [CODE]
sadly these arnt mine...  . your praise should go ti javelin98.
but those look great. i may steal a few ideas... roof top swimming pools eh? 
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Post subject: urban planning in epic Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:08 pm |
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Very nice work, Javelin. 
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Post subject: urban planning in epic Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:17 pm |
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Post subject: urban planning in epic Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:50 pm |
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Thanks, all. The boards were really quite cheap, made mostly of "reclaimed" materials glued onto MDF textured with spackle. Some examples:
The cargo bunkers are blister packs that once held electrical tape. The landing pad is the bottom of a USB joystick package. The tower is a section of old Crayola marker topped with two bases (a flight base on top of an upside down hex-shaped slottabase). The only boughten contents were the cargo containers from Old Crow and the Mechwarrior mech which was used for the gantry crane.
The power plant is two pieces -- the bottom is the top lid of the same USB joystick package that I used for the spaceport. The stack is a pour spout for paint cans which I found at Home Despot for $1.50. The buildings with windows were made from plasticard (the type with 1/8" squares on it) while the other buildings are various blister packs. The fence is cross-stitch fabric. The big oil tank thingie is the lid from my wife's last can of styling mousse. My next step here is to add some rust streaks and dirty up the asphalt with some playground sand.
This upscale residential block has two boughten items on it: the mosque and four JR Miniatures Middle Eastern houses. And the trees. Everything else is either keyboard keys or blockhouses made using plaster poured into ice-cube trays. I'd decorate the inside the of the tray with bits of plasticard and sprue, which left some nice impressions (like the skylights-slash-rooftop pools). I'm still in the process of painting this one; after it gets a clearcoat, I'll hit the houses with a wash.
The fourth tile is still very much in progress, needing more paint, flocking, trees, and street markings. It was the first tile I started on, actually, but the others were more interesting, so they got more love.
I actually have this plan in the back of my mind to create 12" square vacu-formed terrain tiles. I think something like that would work well and give people instant cities for not much cost. Sadly, I know nothing about vacu-forming, so that project is a ways off.
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Post subject: urban planning in epic Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:10 pm |
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Ugh! Choking... on... found item... envy...
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Post subject: urban planning in epic Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:27 pm |
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Good use of Odd bitz and Ice Cube trays ! And JR minis ! 
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Post subject: urban planning in epic Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:51 pm |
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With that level of ingenuity I am shocked you bought your trees! I can give you a very cheap alternative that IMO looks better than the the ones they sell online. I used to make miniature trees for a landscaping company.  The only drawback is you have to be careful how you store them or they won't last long.
Still, I love all the goofy bits of stuff being turned into a work of art. I have collected a trash bag full of plastic containers and things for this very purpose. Every time we get something sealed in a plastic container I start eyeballing it and my wife gives me "the  look".
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Post subject: urban planning in epic Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:03 pm |
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I suppose I could have made trees myself, but in the interest of time and the interest of interest, I just bought some. Figured what the heck!
My wife has given me that look, too! Right after she recognizes why I'm standing motionless over the garbage can with a odd plastic bit in one hand and a contemplative look in my eye...
Once I finish these tiles, I'm going to do a downtown/financial district block with tall office buildings and skywalks. Always loved the looks of those. I'll be putting a couple helipads on top, too, for those air assault actions! These are meant to be urban tiles, so I won't be doing any farmland or anything... any other thoughts? I'm thinking an industrial one, a couple more residential (one with a hospital, to be sure), a military base, and maybe a government/palace type thing. We'll see.
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Post subject: urban planning in epic Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:24 pm |
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Ideas for anyone to steal:
I was tinkering with the idea of a pneumatic transportation system. I had picked up this giant tube of candy from one of those mall kiosks (you know, you fill it yourself with the flavored sugar and bounce off the walls for an hour). I looked at it after I was done and said, "Hmm, I bet an epic figurine sitting in a little car would fit nicely in there."
Then I bought another one. 
It is about 2 1/2 feet long and gives you some good material to work with. Flexible but doesn't crease. I wanted to use it on a moonscape but you could adapt it to a futuristic cityscape as well I am sure.
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Post subject: urban planning in epic Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:40 am |
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Hi Guys,
That's one of my projects for this year too... will try to get photos soon.
I'm building a city for Godzilla stomp'in!
Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
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Post subject: urban planning in epic Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:20 pm |
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Hi Andreas,
I'm pretty excited about your tiles and hope to feature them on my blog of you're OK with that.
Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
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Post subject: urban planning in epic Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:51 pm |
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Yeah, no problem. I wish I had a better digicam so I could take some decent bloody pictures of them for you. I'll see if I can do a better job this weekend.
Thanks,
Andreas
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