Andrew paints some buildings

[AndrewGPaul]

Since my club is running demo games of West Wind Production's new Empire of the Dead Victoriana game, we've been painting buildings. These are my contribution:



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They're all from Sarissa Precision, and are laser-cut MDF. That stuff sucks up paint; the red warehouse on the left took a whole pot, and more, to basecoat it.

[Spevna]

very nice. Have you thought if trying a coat of watered down pva before you try to paint them? Might help.

[me_in_japan]

Lovely jubbly. The mdf works perfectly for that kind of facade. I don't suppose they do eldar buildings, no?
Still, thems nice buildings, and the paint job is spot on, too. Job's a good 'un

[Primarch]

Sarissa do make some very nice buildings.

How is EotD? The last ruleset I got from Westwind (Secrets of the Third Reich) was poorly laid out and featured artwork that was dire to say the least.

[ashmie]

Great work, sounds like a fun game. How long did it take to make all of those?

Put some electric lights in the windows to give it that extra lived in look.

[AndrewGPaul]

very nice. Have you thought if trying a coat of watered down pva before you try to paint them? Might help.

That was suggested.

On the other hand, apart from using a heck of a lot of paint, the absorbency helped to give a more even coat and to make it dry more quickly.

I haven't played EotD properly yet. We're running demos of the Holmes vs The Ripper introductory rules. They don't strike me as a particularly good intro to the full game, but precisely because they're a little bit too simple, they should make an excellent participation game. The rulebook looks pretty good IMO, and the art looks good to me; not the best, but on a level with the first Malifaux rulebook, for example.

I churned out the big red warehouse and the two white buildings on the right over the weekend. I've still got to do the interiors, which should take a bit more time. I think I'll be rescaling the World Works Games Shellendrake Manor set to do that, and printing some stained glass patterns onto acetate.

[ashmie]

Thinking about it, it is gaslight era so putting bright electrics in the buildings might not be the way to go. Perhaps a dim street light or glow would look good.