| Tango01 | 23 Oct 2014 11:00 p.m. PST |
Nice work here.
From main page
link Amicalement
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| PKay Inc | 24 Oct 2014 3:49 a.m. PST |
Why does every western/gunfight game have a ground mat or table cover that looks like a sand covered desert? Even in the deeper Southwest regions, it doesn't look like that. I can assure you that the "Great American Desert" doesn't look like a desert…. |
79thPA  | 24 Oct 2014 8:07 a.m. PST |
What kind of mat would you suggest? |
| Mr Canuck | 24 Oct 2014 10:28 a.m. PST |
Why does every western/gunfight game have a ground mat or table cover that looks like a sand covered desert? I think you can thank Hollywood for that… |
| Tango01 | 24 Oct 2014 10:46 a.m. PST |
Agree with you!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Cerdic | 24 Oct 2014 12:47 p.m. PST |
Mr Canuck is right. That is what it looks like in the films! |
| kevin smoot | 24 Oct 2014 1:01 p.m. PST |
It depends on what part of the West you're in. |
| PKay Inc | 24 Oct 2014 7:01 p.m. PST |
The easiest way would be to just look at photos of the region you're interested in – I'm sure you could Google it and come up with many examples. You could make a case for extremely arid regions, but I'm not convinced there would be too much reason for a town in that inhospitable of a location? In general, think of plenty of green (wild grasses), but lighter in color than a deep green of the east coast. At the height of summer (high temps, low moisture), you'll still have plenty of green, but it will be replaced by a drier, dustier appearance. Definitely not Sahara desert though! Just check out some photos of the Little Big Horn battlefield – wild grass and not a desert…. |
| 11th ACR | 24 Oct 2014 11:26 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 24 Oct 2014 11:28 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the info 11th ACR! Amicalement
Armand |
 PaulCollins | 25 Oct 2014 6:08 p.m. PST |
A quick search for old Loredo, TX shows streets very much like the OP depicts them. Dirt streets with no greenery or grass. I can say the same for pictures of old San Diego (grew up there), Tombstone and San Antonio and Yuma (where I have visited) and the ghost town at Yucca near where I live now. Since the OP called his post "streets of Loredo" it might have been a mistake to assume he didn't research what he was saying. I am sure that there were plenty of towns where dirt all around wasn't the norm, put it seems pretty common here in the southwest. |
| PaulCollins | 25 Oct 2014 6:10 p.m. PST |
By the way, by OP I mean the original poster, not Tango. Armand, I know you were just providing us the link and making us aware. Thank you for that. |
| Tango01 | 25 Oct 2014 11:36 p.m. PST |
No mention my friend. Amicalement
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| latto6plus2 | 26 Oct 2014 5:48 a.m. PST |
I've watched enough films to know that the south of the US is parched desert full of rattlers,Mexicans and Apache while the north is just cold mud and the cold wind off the rockies, which can be seen from every town. |
gets his hands on some fields and fences.
