| Pulp Alley | 30 Aug 2014 2:06 p.m. PST |
Mila and I are getting a few more buildings ready for our Vice Alley campaign…
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 ColCampbell  | 30 Aug 2014 3:12 p.m. PST |
Nice looking buildings. Jim |
| Redroom | 30 Aug 2014 3:53 p.m. PST |
esp like the corner bank bldg |
| War Monkey | 30 Aug 2014 4:53 p.m. PST |
Those are look really nice :D |
| War In 15MM | 30 Aug 2014 4:59 p.m. PST |
Those have the look of Old Glory 25s. If they are, you appear to have filled/closed the windows instead of leaving them open. I did that with mine too. If those are Old Glory, did you make the chimney for the center building? I don't have that building but I don't remember any of the Old Glory Gangster buildings coming with a chimney. All very nicely done. Richard |
| drummer | 30 Aug 2014 5:51 p.m. PST |
Looks great. I read that you were casting the walls yourself, but are the doors and windows cast too? And say isn't that Venexiana? Has she left Phantom Ace after Prince Aziz was captured by General Charnock? |
 Murphy  | 30 Aug 2014 6:13 p.m. PST |
Hmm…these are nice buildings…who makes them? |
| Jeff of SaxeBearstein | 30 Aug 2014 9:14 p.m. PST |
For those on a budget, I would recommend .pdf paper buildings. You can download usually very inexpensive files and print the buildings as often as you want. For Western buildings (many of which are still usable today), I suggest looking at Whitewash City (which even come with floorplans): link For "Medieval/Fantasy" or "Science Fiction" buildings, take a look at Dave Graffam models: davesgames.net Please note that the two suppliers listed above are also available from Wargames Vault, RPGNow, etc. I know that I've also seen some nice "Modern" paper buildings but I don't know where (not one of my periods).
-- Jeff
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| Sergeant Paper | 30 Aug 2014 10:41 p.m. PST |
For pulp you can use TVAG's Mean Streets – the pdfs are resonably inexpensive: link |
| Jeff of SaxeBearstein | 31 Aug 2014 4:06 a.m. PST |
Someone else makes "modern" paper city buildings too . . . and I have seen them used for Superhero type games a number of times. Oh, and TVAG also has a line of Western paper buildings as well as Whitewash City.
-- Jeff
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| Sergeant Paper | 31 Aug 2014 8:22 a.m. PST |
Modern buildings include:
Fat Dragon Games "Capital City"
link Stoelzel's Structures:
link Worldworksgames:
link Grekwood:
link Microtactix "Twilight Street"
link And Model Railway stuff such as:
link |
| alan L | 01 Sep 2014 12:32 p.m. PST |
For pulp era, you cannot better Mean Street/Mean Sets from TVAG. |
| Pulp Alley | 01 Sep 2014 8:55 p.m. PST |
@ Richard, Murphy -- Yup, those are made by Old Glory 25s. The chimneys are just something we added. @ drummer -- These are resin casts by Old Glory, not anything we made. Mila is doing most of the painting. Oh, I've been having so much fun writing new scenarios and rules for our fourth Pulp Alley book (Vice Alley) that I haven't had a chance to get Ace and Venexiana on the table. But I'm hoping to soon… Jeff -- Yes, indeed. We looked very seriously at doing paper buildings. There are some really cool sets out there. And my old Whitewash City stuff has held up fairly well through the years.
Personally, I am a fan of Clever Models paper buildings. They are made for railroaders but the textures are stunning to look at. THANKS for all the comments, suggestions, and links! HAVE FUN Dave
Pulp Alley |
| chironex | 03 Sep 2014 3:47 a.m. PST |
I have tried the Microtactix Twilight Street samples, and both have the same problem: the back wall isn't as long as the front wall. This causes warpy assembly. I have yet to try assembling any of the Worldworks Swiftscenics high-rises, but I prefer their Western sets over the sample of Whitewash City I have, as the latter seems like a plan for scratchbuilding rather than something for which one should bother with a colour printer. Fat Dragons Rio Draco is also a decent set. |
