4 Ground

I've just received my order from 4 Ground: A horsedrawn utility cart and a general purpose wagon. 

The stagecoach

Yesterday, there was a big fight in the streets of Vancouver. A stagecoach carying the saloon revenues was trying to cross the town from the "Sweet Magnolia" saloon to the "National Bank".

Several gangs were trying to steel the bags of money. 

After six turns of fight, the gang of the french gorilla "Le gros Jascques", won five bags of money. The irish "Big Malone"'s gang won two. "Gus Pennetier", one, and the algonquin renegade "Fucking Horse", no bags. A great fight that deserved gangs with equal profils (algonquins were poor shooters and there abilities in close combat not very effectives).

The house, tutorial

So, here is the clearest picture of the house that Roro has found. There, you can see the chimney pipe. What is not clearly visible is that a part of the house is done with stones and the remaining is done with wood boards.

 At first, I use some mdf (4mm) to do the socle. The house is done with foam board

I use some textured cardboard for the stone wall and the chimney.  

Doors and windows are made with balsa glued on cardboard. Remember that the the more details you create, the more realistic the overall will be.

The part of the house built with wood is done with balsa (1mm) glued on the foam board. To represent the boards, I use a ballpoint pen.

The wood is paint in clear brown, cleared in beige and white (windows on the stone wall are painted before gluing). 

The roof is done with cardboard cut to represent the slates. 

That's done...

Work to do... The Mc Pherson's farm

Roro has given me work to do. He has the intention to make us play the battle of Gettysburg. So, I will have to build the McPherson's farm which stood on the site of the battle.

Here is a vintage photo. We could see that the farm is composed of a barn on the left, a shed for the carts on the center of the photo and a house on the right. Of course I have many photos of the site, but this one is the only one that dates from the time of the battle.

The barn still exists today, so, I will have better pictures...

The Dance Hall

Here is the "Sweet Magnolia", Mrs Cynthia's dance hall...

Work in progress : The Dance Hall

Hi ! I am actually working on a new building for Legends of the old west : The Dance Hall (officially), the brothel (in fact). As you can see, the front of the building will be covered by a equivocal pink paint. The Wood sign on the front is freehand painted and is the reproduction of a town sign I have seen. It will probably be the biggest building in the town with stairs, a balcony and a terrace (many places to be for a shooter...)

The bank

Here is the National Bank which will be used in the Lotow scenario, "Bank Robbery" 

 The building is made with textured cardboard and balsa.