Victorian City continues .... Part 2

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I've finished commissioned board I've been working on.

The final three buildings have a gritty old town feel to them. This was and interesting project to work on because my client had a very specific budget and a need for general purpose terrain that would fit all the encounter locations. So I needed to find a way to make nice looking terrain with the time and materials I could allot to the project.

Overall I think they turned out well, using a template helped to save time as did the lack of doors and window frames. The client has been really happy with the building he's received so far and I think these will receive the same response.

In other news, I bought some "Brown Plastic Furniture" from thequatersource.com. My first impression of the kits was that they are really tiny looking. However, after placing them on a "normal" size base it becomes obvious that these are pretty close to the correct scale. I purchased the bedroom, bathroom, den and kitchen sets. On the site these are the cheapest things they sell. The quality is what you would expect from cheap chinese plastic. It's a hard plastic rather than the flexible rubber type so repainting them shouldn't be an issue. I'll probably use these in my western style buildings, since the scale is pretty close. 

For "overscale" buildings I think I'll need to stick with scratch-building my own stuff. Look for articles on building beds and tables in the future.

In the 1800's products like windows and furniture was made to a smaller scale than what we have today. I'm hoping to take my daughter to Greenfield Village this weekend, and get some inspiration for some new projects. In particular the working of the machine shops should give me some ideas for some Union buildings.

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In non-miniature news, BP may have started a chain of events that will bring about the end times if you believe this report. I don't know how much credit I give a site advertising "cheap" ipads. Regardless the whole thing is a terrible mess. Benzene is not to be messed with, as a designer I know many guys who've developed prostate cancer because of the widespread use of acetone and benzene as cleaners and adhesive removers.

And then there's this.