"Cardstock Building Tutorial" Topic

Nice buildings can greatly improve a tabletop battlefield's appearance. More than any other element of a historical wargame (apart from the figures themselves) they set the tone by identifying the geographical location and time
period of the scenario. The use of cardstock can give the gamer a much larger variety of buildings to choose from, at a very reasonable cost.

In a previous discussion, I was asked to explain my techniques for enhancing the appearance of the cardstock buildings I use in my games. I asked the enquirers to be patient and allow me to put together an illustrated tutorial, since a verbal description would be very lengthy, and likely unclear.

The first tutorial is done, and if you're interested in cardstock buildings, you can view it at:

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It's the first set on the top left (until I add another one) , titled "Cardstock Demo 1".
I hope it is of some use.

Regards,

Jeff

Why not do the same with the chimmey as you did with the windows? Other then that they look G R E A T! I have been looking for ideas on how to do my Paper Terrain Gettysburg buildings. THANKS!
VR
James Mattes

James,

There are a couple paper models for Gettysburg buildings out there already; the cemetery gatehouse, Lee's headquarters and Meade's headquarters. You can see them in these photos of a Gettysburg game for which I did the terrain:

Lee's Headquarters (on the left):

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Meade's Headquarters and the gatehouse (also on the left):

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The web site that had them is long gone, but I still have copies, if you'd like them.

Jeff

Great example of the technique.
It shows us how you get what you put in with time and effort, trying to find it that's the real trick.

time and effort, trying to find it that's the real trick.

It's harder for some than for others, that's true.

But it really doesn't take that much time . . . a couple hours, spent with some relaxing music and an adult beverage or two (oh, alright, maybe it was three). As far as effort, you can see from the demo pics that none of the steps are terribly difficult, although on this particular model, all the half-timbering requires some patience. Not all buildings have it, though.

And the end result, costing very little more than a modest amount of time and effort, is something that will grace your game tables for years. Worth it, I think.

Regards,

Jeff

Jeff,

I'm wanting to get started in paper terrain in 6mm. What should I look for in a printer? I have a b/w laser and this won't do for color models, so I want to get a inkjet color just for this.

Great idea on the table by the way.

BK,

These aren't exactly art prints we're doing here. Just about any inkjet on the market now will do the job well. Get one in your price range (and, let's face it, inkjets are all relatively inexpensive . . . some of them cost less than a set of replacement ink cartridges!) that has the features you want, and you'll be fine.

Jeff

Jeff,

I would love copies of the cardstock buildings if you can manage it. I am at gregoryfk at yahoo dot com.

Thanks!

gregoryk