Chucklemonkey Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 I have found myself at the point where I am determined to build up a very nice terrain table and want to particularly go for an Old London town, Victorian Whitechapel kind of feel. I am struggling to find suitable buildings on my internet searches, does anyone have any knowledge of where 28mm Victorian buildings could be picked up? Thanks in advance for any assistance provided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapatrick Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 I have looked around and can't really find any, although it seems to me that you may be able to find some really nice stuff around christmas. I have a thread below detailing how I am making a city out of it. It is fairly easy to do if you are interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 (edited) I saw these http://www.davesgames.net/ on TGN. Not quite sure if it's Victorian, because it looks more Shakespearean (I guess Elizabethan is the more proper description) EDIT: HEre's another one, http://www.worldworksgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8115 , again courtesy of TGN. Edited April 11, 2010 by Grim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talishko Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 The new wwg building features Pandora crew with Teddy for scale. Tho it's more of a tudor style building, I'm sure it would fit. Not every one has money for stone buildings... @Chucklemonkey If you really want good victorian buildings, it's probably best scratch building some. You can get some nice accessories (flagstones, windows, etc) from dollhouse shops. Just look out for the scale, the 'traditional' dollhouse is bigger then what we need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapatrick Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 Those linked buildings are certainly tudor. But that doesn't mean they won't fit. There would still be some tudor buildings strewn about amongst the victorian buildings. If you got one or two and put them in-between the Victorian ones, they would blend really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualNet Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 One of the National Trust houses, was built in the Tudor time however it was modernised in the Victorian period. The last owner, upon inheriting it, ripped all this out, brought in architects with specialisation in Tudor buildings, and restored it to it's original glory, including the gardens, plunge pools etc. I'm sure there were periods through the Victorian period where the 'antique' style came back, and the Tudor styles were brought back to light. Hell, up the road from me is a 'Tudor road house' (pub) built after the Victorian times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bexley Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 (edited) Victorian stuff isn't that tough to find- it's just not generally listed as Victorian. "Victorian" is a time period, not an architectural style. Gothic Revival was big at the time, as was Queen Anne, Italianate, and Romanesque. There are plenty of model railroad O scale buildings that will fit the time period. http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/london/index.html Also, keep in mind that Victorian London wasn't all built in that era, and contained buildings from prior periods- Georgian, Greek Revival, and Neoclassical/Federalist would look appropriate as well. Edited April 12, 2010 by Bexley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omenbringer Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 My god Bexley what a great link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keltheos Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 Victorian stuff isn't that tough to find- it's just not generally listed as Victorian. "Victorian" is a time period, not an architectural style. Gothic Revival was big at the time, as was Queen Anne, Italianate, and Romanesque. There are plenty of model railroad O scale buildings that will fit the time period. http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/london/index.html Also, keep in mind that Victorian London wasn't all built in that era, and contained buildings from prior periods- Georgian, Greek Revival, and Neoclassical/Federalist would look appropriate as well. So very much this. Great as always, Bex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonkin Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Well I just download the Hinnelveil streets and Thoumounts buildings PDFs so will get these printed off and see how they look. Thanks for the links D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuicideCommando Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Well I just download the Hinnelveil streets and Thoumounts buildings PDFs so will get these printed off and see how they look. Thanks for the links D. I've been working on finally getting some Himmelveil Streets built up for the past few days. I plan on getting some pictures up once I have enough stuff to show it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonkin Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Have you tried using the Automated cutting or doing it by hand? I have looked into the Craft Robo tool but it's £100 and maybe doesn't cut out all the sections. I need more info on this before I plonk down that kind of money. Is it quick enough by hand or does it get time-consuming and messy? The last thing I want to do is spend money printing off sheets and then mess it up by cutting the wrong place. D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuicideCommando Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Have you tried using the Automated cutting or doing it by hand? I have looked into the Craft Robo tool but it's £100 and maybe doesn't cut out all the sections. I need more info on this before I plonk down that kind of money. Is it quick enough by hand or does it get time-consuming and messy? The last thing I want to do is spend money printing off sheets and then mess it up by cutting the wrong place. D. I'm doing it all by hand. I haven't invested in a robo cutter yet (waiting to find it on sale for under $170 USD). Cutting by hand can also be cathartic for me. I've been working on stuff after work for usually an hour or two for maybe 5-6 days. So far I have about 24 6x6 tiles, 6 3x6 tiles, 10 3x3 tiles, about 16 6" walls, about 10 3" walls, 12 3-way posts, and then in progress is 6 3" railings, 9 6" railings, 16 2 way posts, and more 6x6 tiles. The posts are going to take you the longest as they have the most score lines and small areas to cut out. The good thing about TerrainlinX is there are almost no reverse score lines which tend to be a pain. The biggest thing to keep in mind is using the right glue. You want a glue that's not going to warp the paper. Recently I've been using this Beacon 3-in-1 that works really well. It's in between a craft glue and a super glue, as in it handles like a craft glue but bonds and smells like a super glue. If this is your first time with card stock terrain then it might take a little to get used to it. Once you start getting a feel for it you can get into a state where the process becomes fluid. The key, for me at least, is to bundle things together. For example, print out a bunch of 6x6 tiles and go through them all just scoring the fold lines, then go through them all cutting them out, then fold all the score lines, then glue the foam core template to the tile, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 (edited) To the OP: Are you the same guy who owns this blog and is doing Victorian buildings for Malifaux? --> The Lower Crypt Edited April 20, 2010 by Grim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniple Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Nope- Lower crpyt would be me. I am actually heading home to work on them now. I am really excited to see all the other stuff coming up. I can't believe how good all these different boards are shaping up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucklemonkey Posted April 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Nope- Lower crpyt would be me. I am actually heading home to work on them now. I am really excited to see all the other stuff coming up. I can't believe how good all these different boards are shaping up! They inspired me to try building my own but so far it has resulted in nothing of value. :banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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