"Hooverville shacks and rubble piles" Topic
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| Mythicus | 11 Feb 2014 4:54 p.m. PST |
Pictures of two of the shacks that I built for my depression era shantytown for use in my pulp gaming and my VACW campaign. They will also be doing double duty as plain old shacks, sheds and chicken I coops.
If you are interest I have more photos on my Hooverville blog post.
Thanks
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| Zeelow | 11 Feb 2014 5:51 p.m. PST |
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| Double W | 11 Feb 2014 6:24 p.m. PST |
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| War In 15MM | 11 Feb 2014 7:51 p.m. PST |
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| Oddball | 12 Feb 2014 4:22 a.m. PST |
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| Simon Jackson | 12 Feb 2014 4:55 a.m. PST |
Interesting article – thanks. And great building work as well. Si |
| Doug em4miniatures | 12 Feb 2014 5:23 a.m. PST |
Well worth following the link to the blog – more good stuff there. Doug |
| Mythicus | 12 Feb 2014 8:25 p.m. PST |
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| capncarp | 15 Feb 2014 8:16 a.m. PST |
Nice. A couple are a little _too_ nice, actually. I appreciate the slapdash construction of the era--my grandfather used salvaged materials (wainscotting, woodwork, bannisters) from old home remodeling jobs in Philly to redecorate/convert his suburban stone barn into a home during the '30s. The result was a bit, ummm… _eclectic_, shall we say. I could see some flimsier shacks, with tar-paper sides being prevalent in your Hoovervilles. |
| Mythicus | 18 Feb 2014 1:39 p.m. PST |
Yep, a tad too nice. The top one is also going to be serving as a railroad building, so it's not in as poor shape as the others and a little more consistent in construction. Interesting story about your grandfather, would love to see some pictures of that house/barn. The good thing about the tar-paper shacks is that they are the easiest to build. |
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