Malifaux Scenery

[Largo_W]

Hi,

I am not sure which material I should try to achieve. I am capable of building medieval houses and sci-fi stuff, but I do not get the style of Malifaux.

As far as I know there are several 3 different styles of housing.

1. Bayou

Mainly wood shacks, no bricks at all

2. Downtown, Malifaux Outskirts

Brick ? Wood ? No clue.

3. Mining, Badlands

Western Style, Frontier Towns, Mostly wood, some brick houses (Bank, "Sheriff", Mining Office)

I did some reserch on victorian houses and industrial age houses and now I am at a completely loss.

Is this the appearence of Malifaux?

http://www.schweich.com/images/IMGP0093sm.jpg

http://xoomer.virgilio.it/enzo_fortuna/TRAINS/Victorian-houses.jpg

or is it more along this style

http://img.smartnewhomes.com/gwimage/e84e24779cba43ceaa6645eca374c90b_IMG_00.jpg

or is it like these

http://historicbuildingsct.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/mansfield-house.jpg

http://historicbuildingsct.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/john-mccurdy-house.jpg

I need help on this topic since I want to build a little town, approx 4-6 houses, and I really want to cathc the feel of Malifaux.

The only clues are""Based in an alternate Earth, Malifaux uses gothic, steampunk, victorian horror with..." and the fact that it's settled around 1700.

Cheers, Largo

[Dire Hoarcat Snuggler]

I wouldn't rule out using older styles yet, older than 1700. Every once in a while, I throw in a bit of gothic, medieval, or more ancient design to suggest the underlying archaeology of Malifaux.

~J~

[clevername]

Yeah, "Victorian" isn't so much a style as a period with a lot of styles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_architecture

http://architecture.about.com/cs/timeline/a/victorianstyles.htm

Malifaux's Architecture is probably all over the place anyway, due to the chaotic events of its backstory, so mixing these styles is probably "accurate."

Have you seen the youtube shots of their demo boards?

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[goblyn13]

For some of the Malifaux Terrian, I see it as a combination of Multiple types of Architecture, For downtown, slums and such I see it as a lot like how London was during the industrial Revolution with a large range of Gothic and Victorian influences.

For an bunch of ideas, If you've seen the new Sherlock Holmes movie it has all kinds of great ideas.

or courtesy of google images:

http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=industrial+revolution+london&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=dsRES4GKJIu4M8u2mdkH&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CB8QsAQwAw

While for ideas of the Badlands and mining towns these have quite a range of decent looking models (they are papercraft but they do show some decent ideas and designs)

http://www.erichotz.com/whitewash.html

And for the Bayou Range, Louisana has all kinds of archtecture that is made from scads of found wood. For ideas take a look at the Pirates of the Carribean movies when they were going to visit the voodoo woman.

And google images:

http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=lousiana%20bayou%20shacks&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

Edited January 6, 2010 by goblyn13

[n0signal]

Also, maybe watch some movies like From Hell or Sleepy Hollow for the look/feel of Victorian cities/towns/villages in a moody horror theme.

[ork56]

@OP

for number 2 on your list I think your first and last 2 pics are what I would expect to see. think San Francisco in the late 1800's

if you were only doing a small number, then 'Wild West Style' would be acceptable for use in most situations unless you wanted a really run down shack.

[Maniple]

I just started some scenery for malifaux last week. I started with wild west and will be starting on some victorian pieces soon. Check out my blog for a step-by step guide.

http://theuppercrypt.blogspot.com

let me know if it is helpful!

Edited October 20, 2011 by Maniple
blog name fixed

[Talishko]

I just started some scenery for malifaux last week. I started with wild west and will be starting on some victorian pieces soon. Check out my blog for a step-by step guide.

http://thelowercrypt.blogspot.com

let me know if it is helpful!

Wow, really good pieces there and nice website too.

[Cenotaph]

Absolutely fantastic and very inspirational. Wish I could find that much time to make scenery

[Maniple]

Some painted pics are up of my western style terrain. Can't decide what to do next. Bayou or Victorian houses?

[Largo_W]

Victorian, Bayou is rather easy in my opinion

[Maniple]

There appear to be lots of options for victorian architecture. Thanks to all the above for the great links. I guess I am going to build what I find to be scary. Victorian factories scare me because of their height, the small windows, and general "soul crushing" feel to them. Some victorian mansions are scary, particularly if they look like they have lots of rooms and towers one could get lost in. A set of row houses can also be scary, as you can set up lots of narrow streets and alley ways. My plan will be to start with some factory buildings, then some houses, and cap it off with a big mansion, once I get the technique right. Hopefully I can make it match my other buildings enough so that we can mix and mach.

[Keltheos]

I wouldn't rule out using older styles yet, older than 1700. Every once in a while, I throw in a bit of gothic, medieval, or more ancient design to suggest the underlying archaeology of Malifaux.

~J~

This. The City itself is a riot of architectural styles. From the original City (gothic/medieval) that predates the first Earthside Breach to the decade-long building/reconstructing/modifying done by the first visitors in the 1700's, and now by the new residents with their Victoriana/western sensibilities. Downtown could show bits of style from any/all of these eras, in addition to repair work to existing structures. Downtown's going to look a bit more spruced up than other areas since it's the center of Malifaux as far as the Earthsiders go (and consequently they have spent the most time/effort in reconstructing/building there), but there are still buildings showing their age even there.

[Lucifer_Drake]

Sweet I'll check out your blog in greater detail soon. I'll have my brother check it out as well as he's a good terrain builder & might use it for ideas.

[Genetic]

your to kind brother..!

[greenstuff_gav]

sorry for a thread-jack, but having found out Antenociti's Fantasy House is (temporarily) OOP due to mold issues, i found some links

Stone House Miniatures

CT Scenery

Wargamers Headquarters

Miniatures Scenery

ESLO Terrain

the Frothers Showcase maybe of help too...

[Genetic]

not bad looking..

[mechaace]

In case it's been forgotten about or just lost I thought i'd post this link as I think the scenery could be pretty good for Malifaux

http://rustyrail.com/index.html

[Svenn]

In case it's been forgotten about or just lost I thought i'd post this link as I think the scenery could be pretty good for Malifaux

http://rustyrail.com/index.html

Those look pretty cool. Does anyone know what scale fits best with Malifaux?

[mechaace]

I'm pretty sure the HO scale stuff is closer to Malifaux figs scale wise.

[goblyn13]

Malifaux Mini's run about 32mm, there was a discussion long long ago about scale and Warmachine, which came down for O-scale is about 1/48 (here in the US, its a little different sizes in other countries) which is about 1/4-in to the foot, which is roughly 38mm.

HO is going to be much too small as its meant at about 1:87 scale so your figures would tower over the building.

[mechaace]

Good to know i've managed to get my scales mixed up again. Yay.

[Svenn]

So, the HO stuff is too small and the O stuff is too big?

Blargh!:frusty:

[mechaace]

I think people do use O scale stuff though. I think depending on what it is it may not be massive, though I can't say for sure.

Obviously since I can't get my scales right I just shouldn't be trusted in this thread.

:doh:

[Maniple]

The Tamiya company makes military miniatures in 35mm scale. I got some of their brick walls and they look about right. From what I read on Wikipedia, "S" scale in model trains is pretty close, but hard to find. I am ordering some track for my soulstone mine soon and will report on its size when it gets in