"Does Your SF Frontier Town Have A Saloon?" Topic

If not, then I hope this might inspire you a little bit:

I hope one of those image links takes.

And this fella here is doing one heck of a fantastic job with his project:

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Dan

What? No Robo brothel!?

LOL. You're right! I knew there was something missing.

This other place must have something for man or bot to use as a watering hole:

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Dan,

Those slovenly squatters down in Hovellford have a saloon.

Up here in lovely Shackham we have a bar and grille.

Of course in Jøkulhavn they have a pub, but we hardly ever go there.

Don't have a SF frontier town, but if I did, it would have a saloon and a brothel. Between those two locales scenarios would just write themselves!

Those two professions do seem to go hand in hand (often under the same roof) and definitely they always had a history of making life in town mighty interesting!

Dan
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Here's some staff for the Robo Brothel.

Weren't there also some robo girls in Total Recall (2012)?

In addition to the other fleshy ones:

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Those buildings are lovely, I have often dreamed of making a sci fi version of Deadwood, with scifi versions of the characters, then have the Firefly team come to town, what a mix, 2 of the best TV shows around, if you were to throw in a zombie horde and a cheeky dwarf, you would have 4 of the 5 best shows ever, to have all 5 you would need a time machine to take the whole lot back to Rome.

Found one! But it's not the best pic of one really.

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That is some excellent paintwork on those neon signs.
Shame the hotel does not have more rooms though.

Been planning on having one. But those pics have inspired me to get it started soon. Great pics Dan. Really nice.

Not as of yet, but now that you have brought it up, l'm going to have to get on it, and a brothel as well to boot

Yes! We want a brothel! Those robo ho's are funny.

I'd be a bit too afraid of being "shocked" by them!

Dan

You have to pay extra for that! ;)

I like the town ! But stay away from the Fembots … you could get a virus …

I like the "Iron Horse" parking spaces. Charge up! There are actually a couple in a city park near me. They look almost the same.

Sweet! Now we have a place to look for a fight every Unification Day!

I especially like what that first guy did with the neon lighting. Spot on!

The other day a fembot walked in she had a pair of 38s, she also had a gun!

I'm surprised no one suggested 'cantina'.

I've oft thought of trying the kit sitting in my garage, but looks too tight as is. Need to adjust some space into it to move figs through.

Doug

The 'Go Go Hansome Men's Bar' serves my sci-fi town, serving only the best Bembuto Beer

Hey Jav98, what did you do last U-Day (Sept 20)? Did you make sure to toast the victory over the "innepenet" cowards and pots?

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You've gotta have holo-windows at your bar though:

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While you're at it, get yourself a couple of 15mm belly dancers … (though I don't know who makes them in 15mm):

And a drunk or two in mood for a fight …

Dan

"…get yourself a couple of 15mm belly dancers … (though I don't know who makes them in 15mm):"

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CUB18 Exotic dancing girls with musicians

You can check out RAFM's "Space Vixens"

Those dancers are pretty nice too! :D

The GO GO haaaa. There was a place named that on Okinawa. Lots of fights on pay day weekends!

My two favorite names for decidedly redneck places were the Come Back Inn (in my hometown) and the Dew Drop Inn (in that Charlie Daniel's song). Ditto payday fights and drunkenness at the former. Ah… high school.

In my younger days "The Golden Key" in Panama, Panama Rum, women and fights almost made you feel like a Pirate.

Fictional would be Madam Woo Woo's from the movie "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Together Again" ;D

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The Event Horizon is the drinking man's dive of choice in Harmony. It bears an uncanny resemblence to the Go Go Handome Mens Bar (A thoroughly disreputable establishment by all acounts….)

Anyone tried to convert a plastic HO scale Old West or trackside building kit into an SF bar of some sort?

Dan

Dan,

I think I'm going to buy one of GameCraft's Wired West buildings for at least one of my gin joints. Seemed like a pretty fair deal to me.

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Awesome! Please take pics when you get it and start on it. I would love to see how your project takes shape.

Dan

Peter Pig has a great selection of 15mm Wild West buildings that, with a few small modifications, I'm sure could be turned into 15mm "Wired West"!

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Mine would have to include a few hover bots tending bar and doing other cool jobs around the establishment:

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Which brings me to the following question …

What specific 15mm figures would you use for 1) patrons*, 2) bartenders, 3) serving girls, 4) bouncers, 5) game dealers, etc?

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* Patrons both sitting and standing.

Dan said:

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Awesome! Please take pics when you get it and start on it. I would love to see how your project takes shape.

Those are the ones. For around 20 bucks, seems well worth it.

I like the ones with the "porthole" windows.

When I get to building Hovellford, I'll definitely post some pics.

Cheers.

"What specific 15mm figures would you use for 1) patrons*, 2) bartenders, 3) serving girls, 4) bouncers, 5) game dealers, etc?"

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Wow, I hadn't seen those!

Very cool.

Dan

I have totally forgot about Blue Moon's saloon stuff, Thanks for the reminder :D

Converting a railroad saloon eh. That sounds like a great idea, specially for someone that may not have the time to sit down and scratch build one. Follow the link below and click on the Layout tab for the structures menu. lots to check out inside.

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No saloon template here, but plenty of templates for rockets and other flying things, if you want to incorporate some of those pieces into the building itself:

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Guys,

Check out this concept sketch:

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That is really sweet, and one could easily add a couple of extra rooms, nice find there :D

I think that, instead of just wood, it should incorporate metal siding in some areas, along with metal beams and other supports.

Dan

Guys,

I've been gathering some of the materials I may need for my own version of a frontier bar/saloon (in a Firefly/Serenity-like universe), with a West meets East look.

Anyway here are some pics of the stuff I may end up using:

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2 thin plywood sections, 12cm by 17cm, one for the floor and the other for the second floor. Plastic plate will be the top roof section. It measures 4" by 4" along the flat center area.

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Upper left: Beads for making Chinese lanterns.
Lower left: Chinese "coins". I may use the smaller ones as round tables.
Upper center: A small barrel bead to use as a vase of some sort.
Lower center and right: Plastic pins that I have cut to make bar stools. The tiny washers will be the bases for the stools.

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Again, the plastic plate will become the top roof.
The punched pieces on the right will be wall and window panels and screens.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Thanks,

Dan
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I don't know why, but today I'm really having a very difficult time finding how to link the three images directly onto the post above.

Sorry.

Dan

Check this out:

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And this:

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Forgot this one:

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And this one:

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The interior of the bar/saloon should end up looking a little like the interior of the Rekall Lounge:

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The outside should be like the many pictures above, mixing various Western and tech elements, and including lots of corrugated and other metal sheeting:

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