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I was thinking the windows would be boarded up, broken, or painted to look really really dirty, similar to what I did here


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hDagH-I9NUE/TNYHna__jmI/AAAAAAAABkA/km9f_nyD6uU/s1600/030.JPG

I dunno yet...


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Brick-over is also an option



Especially because they are commonly a different kind of brick, so I can use what textured plasticard I already have

I need more in-game shots about that shop...but atm the grilled windows seem a bit out of place?...
The tho is looking so sweet o have the urge to cudle it! And of course it is not mandatory to hack everything up...

Gotta graffitti it up as well then Dave!

No, I'm not talking about grilling the windows, just giving them dirt and filth.


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I just airbrushed greys and inks on the clear plastic to get that look. The grills just gave the illusion of separation. These windows already have seperation, so no need. And it won't be just like the in-game buildings, that's not realistic.

Ah that of course! We can't have mint anymore... Even twopenny tower is filthy...

Ha..I don't thin Aerosol cans of spraypaint can survive as long as Salisbury Steak

Certainly not GW or Armory spray paints....

Lol...I wondered so often how these steaks might taste...

I'd say they taste about as well as 5 Rads can taste

Looking good on that new building Dave. I am glad to see we are off politics and back to modeling.

I still like the idea of seeing into the ground floor, I would have thought that originally it would have large plate glass windows, rather than small panes. Maybe broken windows. Mind you I could go with some nice grimy graffiti covered steel shutters!!!! on the ground floor that is. Up top I would go with bricking up. Though I am not sure, if it's meant to be similar to the game best look to that, my logic says that bricking up takes planning and time that a nuclear holocaust would not necessarily afford you, where a good old sheet of plywood nailed (or riveted) home can do perfectly well, in minutes.

There are no small panes! I wasn't talking about the panes. the panes on the previous project are completely different. no panes, no grills, no 1/4" chicken wire. I was just talking about putting in plate glass and dirtying them up.


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I love you guys, but sometimes you read too much into things

yup

Oh, some of the graffitti seems both old ancient spray cans and fresher is apparently crude brush on stuff. a real mix.

And I figured the wire was glued to the panes for the effect, making so many small panes at that scale would drive one insane!

Nice building.
Yeah, not all buildings in the future are entirely ruined.

As for graffiti, the raiders seem to find paint from somewhere...

I suppose they do now that I think about it. The BoS and Riley's Rangers used quite a bit of Graffiti too.

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I suppose they do now that I think about it. The BoS and Riley's Rangers used quite a bit of Graffiti too.

Yes, and markers for locations also seem to have fairly fresh and brightly colored paint as well. and the Outcasts found a major stash of red and black to coat their BoS power armor

If you do the same technique for the windows dave, try a piece of take or putty on the window before you spray. that way when things are dry you can remove the tape or putty to have the spot that someone cleaned off to look in/out.

sorry to be a pain about the panes. that's why they don't so panes on the planes that fly to spain in the rain because to clean them would be a pain.

smartass

Well, if you haven't played the game, it's hard to explain. With the intact buildings like that, the windows are intact,

but when you go inside (and you essentially load a new map) you can see a bit of light coming through, but it's still dirty

Many of the buildings are like the TARDIS, bigger on the inside- but your brain doesn't register that for some reason.


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You see how there are 5 windows and then a wall, then the overpass, but inside it's completely different?

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These Woodland Scenics Resin kits are MUCH MUCH MUCH easier to work with than the plastic DPM panels.

They make all kinds of awesome-looking storefront parts in HO scale, but none in O scale.
I'm thinking this will be Cornucopia Fresh Groceries eh?


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This is just too nice of a kit to be a ruin, flame me all you want fellas, I bought it...

I agree totally with the decision to keep that on intact but filthy.

You say they are better to work with than the others, but how do you think the durability of the WS resin pieces will be? Are they brittle at all?

~Eric

yeah, I was kind of meaning like in the horror movies how grimy the windows are and the people go up to them and use their shirtsleeve to clean a little "peep hole" to look outside.

Nope, not brittle at all. They sand MUCH easier than the plastic, and There is no Belt sander required to get a 45 degree bevel. The friction generated by the belt sander makes a mess of that thick plastic too, melting it, but it cools quickly and leaves strings.


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Hey! getting those screenshots for you guys, I just found the ONLY toilet paper hanger in the entire Wasteland!



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So, you see, the outsides don't match the insides


Here the door is clearly in the angled wall, but once you go inside, it's not

Oh yeah, I meant to come back and say I found some toilet paper hangers (I almost thought I'd imagined that conversation). That was in Big town (I think) and all the toilets in the town had them...

Haha it must've been different level designers at Bethesda working on different areas.

Strange random pattern to the tiles?

Lol

Cool find, now you just need to find the seashells!!!
(I know I am repeating myself.)

That bit of wall is so close to that brilliant affect you do on yours, it's a bit scary.

Interior designers were not shown the exteriors apparently.
ah the one roll hidden as one is used hangers.

dsteingass wrote:I'd say they taste about as well as 5 Rads can taste

so...quite energy rich then?

and I never noticed the mismatch between inside and outside...
also... in new vegas I've found curiously quite often toiletpaperholders...

Ghoulification starts with irradiated hemorrhoids!

Seems New Vegas solved the missing toilet paper holder issue.

Dave, that is what Rad Away hemorrhoidal creme is for.

This is shaping up to be my favourite building yet

I do like the WS stuff, and that one has a great shape to it.

Here's my suggestion for the lower level

This is from the Terry Gilliam film 'Twelve Monkeys'. There's some great / decrepit buildings and interior shots in that film